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ELLINGTON VERSIONS - 21
Date
Type
Album - Record
Label
1940 07 22 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° 205 : COOTIE WILLIAMS - THE ELLINGTON'S DAYS
THE WORKS OF DUKE volume 10
THE JIMMY BLANTON ERA
CLASSICS
HISTORY
BLUEBIRD - RCA
NAXOS
EPM
RCA
GIANTS OF JAZZ

1940 07 29 Radio CHICAGO :: DETROIT 1940
REFLECTIONS IN ELLINGTON
STEREO REFLECTIONS IN ELLINGTON
JIMMIE BLANTON CHEZ DUKE ELLINGTON
JAZZ MODERNE
EVERYBODYS
NATASHA IMPORTS
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
LIVE FROM THE CRYSTAL BALLROOM - Jazz Anthologie
THE DUKE 1940
STORYVILLE
VINTAGE JAZZ CLASSICS
BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH
MUSIDISC
JAZZ SOCIETY

1943 12 01 Radio VOLUME 3 - 1943 & 1945 (takes 1, 2, 3) CIRCLE

1945 05 12 Radio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1945
THE DUKE 1945 - MOOD INDIGO
THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 3
JAZZ ARCHIVES n° 216 : THE BEST OF DUKE ELLINGTON - THE GLORIOUS FORTIES
V DISC - A musical contribution by America's best
CLASSICS
HISTORY
D.E.T.S.
EPM
V-DISC

1945 08 11 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 10 D.E.T.S.

1945 10 11 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 7 D.E.T.S.

1945 10 28 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 6
BROADWAY GALA
D.E.T.S.
GIANT OF JAZZ

1947 07 25 Concert LIVE AT CIRO'S (1 version + closing theme) SOUNDS OF YESTER YEAR

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

1951 06 23 Concert WEST COAST TOUR
RARE BROADCAST RECORDINGS 1951
JAZZ BIRD
MUSIDISC

1953 02 09 Concert MINGUS CHEZ DUKE LA MAISON DU DUKE

1953 06 24 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 24 D.E.T.S.

1955 05 17 Studio THE COMPLETE CAPITOL RECORDINGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON (2 takes)
DUKE ELLINGTON SHOWCASE - Box 3 LP
ELLINGTON SHOWCASE
MOSAIC RECORDS
CAPITOL
WORLD RECORD CLUB

1955 07 09 Radio SPECIAL OCCASIONS WITH CAB CALLOWAY, MENUHIN & KENTON LA MAISON DU DUKE

1956 07 02 Concert HEADING FOR NEWPORT DOCTOR JAZZ

1956 07 18 Concert LIVE FROM THE 1956 STRATFORD FESTIVAL
CONCERTS IN CANADA
MUSIC & ARTS
ELLINGTON '87

1958 10 29 Concert ALHAMBRA 29 OCTOBRE 1958 - Part. 1
EN CONCERT AVEC EUROPE 1 - ALHAMBRA
LIVE IN PARIS OCT-NOV 1958
TREMA
TREMA
FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES

1958 11 02 Concert LIVE IN '58 (DVD) JAZZ ICONS

1958 11 20 Concert THE CONCERT AT PLEYEL PARIS 1958
IN CONCERT AT PLEYEL PARIS
SUBMARINE RECORDS
MAGIC

1960 06 22 Concert PIANO IN THE BACKGROUND (bonus CD) CBS

REPRISES - OTHER VERSIONS - 7
Artist
Album
Date
Label
Alan BARNES HARLEM AIRSHAFT 2008 WOODVILLE

Claude BOLLING HARLEM 1991 MILAN

DANISH RADIO JAZZ ORCHESTRA THE GOVERNOR 2019 STORYVILLE

DUKE ORCHESTRA DUKE ELLINGTON IS ALIVE 2009 JUSTE UNE TRACE

LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ ORCHESTRA LIVE IN SWING CITY 1998 COLUMBIA

SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA IN THE SPIRIT OF THE DUKE 2012 SPARTACUS RECORDS

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