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Cotton tail
Also named Cottontail or Hot chocolate
(Duke Ellington)



ELLINGTON VERSIONS - 32
Date
Type
Album - Record
Label
1940 05 04 Studio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1940
THE DUKE 1940 - COTTON TAIL
THE BLANTON-WEBSTER BAND
CLASSIC RECORDINGS VOL. 7 : COTTON TAIL 1940
JAZZ ARCHIVES n° 216 : THE BEST OF DUKE ELLINGTON - THE GLORIOUS FORTIES
THE WORKS OF DUKE volume 10
CLASSICS
HISTORY
BLUEBIRD - RCA
NAXOS
EPM
RCA

1940 06 10 Radio THE BRITISH CONNECTION 1933 - 1940
THE RADIO YEARS 1940 - 45
JIVE RHAPSODY
JIMMIE BLANTON CHEZ DUKE ELLINGTON
JAZZ UNLIMITED
JAZZ UNLIMITED
MOON RECORDS
LA MAISON DU DUKE

1940 11 07 Concert DUKE AT FARGO 1940 - SPECIAL 60TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA NOVEMBER 7, 1940
AT FARGO, 1940 LIVE
FARGO ENCORES...
STORYVILLE
VINTAGE JAZZ CLASSICS
BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH
JAZZ GUILD

1941 11 or 12 Soundie HARLEM ROOTS volume 1 - THE BIG BANDS (Hot chocolate) (various artists) (VHS) STORYVILLE

1943 01 23 Concert CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS - JANUARY 1943
THE IMMORTAL DUKE ELLLINGTON volume 1 - Collectors Series
PRESTIGE
HALL OF FAME

1943 08 29 Radio THE DUKE IS ON THE AIR ! QUEEN-DISC

1943 12 11 Concert CARNEGIE HALL DECEMBER 11th 1943
LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL Dec. 11, 1943
EMBER
STORYVILLE

1945 06 06 Radio A DATE WITH THE DUKE volume 5 FAIRMONT RECORDS

1945 06 16 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 6
A DATE WITH THE DUKE 1945
INDIANA LIVE SESSION - June 1945
D.E.T.S.
CARACOL (Ref. 434)
MUSIDISC

1945 10 01 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 12
DUKE'S JOINT !
D.E.T.S.
BUDDAH RECORDS

1945 10 06 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 13 D.E.T.S.

1945 10 07 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 11 D.E.T.S.

1945 11 10 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 16
BROADWAY GALA
D.E.T.S.
GIANT OF JAZZ

1945 11 28 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 9 D.E.T.S.

1946 07 27 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 21 D.E.T.S.

1947 12 27 Concert CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS - DECEMBER 1947
THE DUKE 1946-1947 - IN A MELLOW TONE
PRESTIGE
HISTORY

1948 11 13 Concert CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT 1948
CARNEGIE HALL - NOVEMBER 13, 1948
IMMORTAL SESSIONS Volume 2
CARACOL
VINTAGE JAZZ CLASSICS
SAGA

1949 02 Concert DUKE ELLINGTON AT THE HOLLYWOOD EMPIRE STORYVILLE

1950 10 03 Studio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1950
GREAT TIMES ! PIANO DUETS
DUKE ELLINGTON AND THE ELLINGTONIANS
ARCHIVE OF JAZZ volume 31
DUKE ELLINGTON, BILLY STRAYHORN - Jazz Selection n° 2
CLASSICS
RIVERSIDE
VOGUE
BYG
VOGUE-SONY MUSIC

1952 04 Concert FIRST ANNUAL TOUR OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOLKWAYS RECORDS

1953 02 09 Concert MINGUS CHEZ DUKE LA MAISON DU DUKE

1956 02 Studio THE BETHLEHEM YEARS volume 2
DUKE ELLINGTON PRESENTS - BIG BAND BOUNCE & BOOGIE
BETHLEHEM RECORDS
AFFINITY

1961 04 04 Studio THE GREAT REUNION - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
ECHOES OF AN ERA
MEMORIAL DUKE ELLINGTON
ROULETTE
ROULETTE
ROULETTE

1962 06 06 Studio THE PRIVATE COLLECTION volume 7 - STUDIO SESSIONS 1957 & 1962 SAJA RECORDS

1963 02 22 Studio JAZZ VIOLIN SESSION
THE (ALMOST) COMPLETE VIOLIN SESSION (master + alternate)
WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS
LA MAISON DU DUKE

1965 10 Studio ELLA AT DUKE'S PLACE VERVE

1966 02 07 Concert THE STOCKHOLM CONCERT, 1966 - Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington PABLO

1966 12 28 Concert THE PRIVATE COLLECTION volume 8 - STUDIO SESSIONS SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, NEW YORK WEA

1967 07 01 Concert THE GREATEST JAZZ CONCERT IN THE WORLD (Ella Fitzgerald with Jimmy Jones Trio & Duke Ellington Orchestra) PABLO

1971 10 22 Concert TOGO BRAVA SUITE
THE ENGLISH CONCERT
THE ENGLISH CONCERTS - 1969 and 1971
UNITED ARTISTS
UNITED ARTISTS
SEQUEL JAZZ

1971 11 07 Concert THE DUKE ELLINGTON MASTERS - 1971 (DVD) QUANTUM LEAP

1973 01 08 Studio DUKE'S BIG 4 PABLO

REPRISES - OTHER VERSIONS - 61
Artist
Album
Date
Label
Musical SOPHISTICATED LADIES (CD) 1981 RCA

Harry ALLEN PLAYS ELLINGTION SONGS 1999 RCA VICTOR

John ALLRED & Wycliffe GORDON HEAD TO HEAD 2002 ARBORDS RECORDS

BARRELHOUSE JAZZBAND PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON (medley) 1988 BELLAPHON

BASIE ORCHESTRA (without Count Basie) COUNT PLAYS DUKE 1998 MAMA

Bill BERRY FOR DUKE 1978 M & K REALTIME

Claude BOLLING PLAYS ELLINGTON MUSIC volume 1 1987 CBS

Dee Dee BRIDGEWATER DEAR ELLA 1997 VERVE

  LIVE AT YOSHI'S 1999 VERVE

David Budda BROOKS SMOOTH SAILING 1995 TCB

Kenny BURRELL JAZZMEN FROM DETROIT 1956 BYG

Patrick CABON AFRICAN FLOWER 2014 PEACH PROD

Bruno CANFORA TRIBUTE TO ELLINGTON 1977 TWILIGHT MUSIC

CANADIAN BRASS TAKE THE A TRAIN (The cottontail caper) 1999 RCA VICTOR

Kristen CORNWELL DUKE ELLINGTON'S SOUND OF LOVE 2012 PROVA RECORDS

DOODLIN' IN A MELLOW TONE 2012 KAZOO - LA FABRIQUE

Dany DORIZ DANY DORIZ BIG BAND 2014 FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES

Silvia DROSTE DUKE'S SOUND OF LOVE 2000 LAIKA RECORDS

DUKE ORCHESTRA DUKE LADIES VOL. 1 2021 JUSTE UNE TRACE

DUKE'S PLACE QUARTET NEW ELLINGTON PROJECT 2018 JAZZ AND C°

DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BAND PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1999 MASTERTONE

Mercer ELLINGTON DIGITAL DUKE 1987 GRP RECORDS

ELLINGTON LEGACY THANK YOU UNCLE EDWARD 2007 RENMA RECORDINGS

Ella FITZGERALD THE GREATEST JAZZ CONCERT IN THE WORLD 1967 PABLO

FRANKFURT JAZZ BIG BAND TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON 1999 EFA

Pasquale GRASSO PASQUALE PLAYS DUKE 2021 MASTERWORKS

Sadik HAKIM TRANSCRIPTION - Plays Duke Ellington 1974 RADIO CANADA INT.

Ted HEATH SALUTES THE DUKE 1975 LONDON RECORDS

Joe JACKSON THE DUKE (medley) 2012 EAR MUSIC

Harry JAMES ONE NIGHT STAND AT THE CLICK 1947 JOYCE

  AND HIS NEW SWINGIN' BAND 1959 MGM

LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS SING ELLINGTON 1959 COLUMBIA

Jay LEONHART, Joe BECK,
Gary BURTON & Terry CLARKE
FOUR DUKE 1994 LCR DTD.

LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA LIVE IN SWING CITY 1998 COLUMBIA

LONGINES SYMPHONETTE A DUKE ELLINGTON FESTIVAL 1966 L. S. SOCIETY

Humphrey LYTTELTON DUKE ELLINGTONS CLASSICS 1969 BLACK LION

Wes MONTGOMERY SO MUCH GUITAR ! 1961 RIVERSIDE

NEW YORK VOICES SHEARTS OF FIRE 1991 GRP

James NEWTOWN THE AFRICAN FLOWER 1985 BLUE NOTE

Marty PAICH THE MODERN TOUCH (medley) 1959 LONE HILL JAZZ

Oscar PETERSON PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1952 CLEF RECORDS

  PLAYS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK 1959 VERVE

  A TRIBUTE TO MY FRIENDS 1983 PABLO

John PIZZARELLI ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM (medley) 2010 TELARC

Graham REYNOLDS DUKE ! Three portraits of Ellington
(normal version + string abstraction)
2011 INNOVA

Buddy RICH LIVE ON KING STREET 1985 CAFE RECORDS

SAXSAMYCKE ECHOES OF DUKE Live (various artists) 2008 DESS

George SHEARING DEXTERITY (Duke Ellington medley) 1987 CONCORD JAZZ

Carol SLOANE COTTONTAIL 1979 CHOICE RECORDS

  I NEVER WENT AWAY 2001 HIGH NOTE

Martial SOLAL DODECABAND PLAYS ELLINGTON (medley) 1997 DREYFUS JAZZ

Sonny STITT WITH STRINGS - A tribute to Duke Ellington 1977 CATALYST

Les STRAND PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON (On the Hammond organ) 1958 FANTASY

Clark TERRY CARNEGIE BLUES 1986 SQUATTY ROO

Claude TISSENDIER SAXOMANIA 1988 IDA RECORDS

Mel TORME & George SHEARING MEL & GEORGE D'WORLD WAR II (Ellington medley) 1990 CONCORD JAZZ

WDR BIG BAND KÖLN THE WORLD OF DUKE volume 2 1994 BHM

Ben WEBSTER PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1967 STORYVILLE

  PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1969 STORYVILLE

Rodney WHITAKER ALL TOO SOON - The music of Duke Ellington 2017 ORIGIN RECORDS