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In a mellotone
Also named In a mellow tone or Baby, you and me
(Duke Ellington / Milt Gabler)



ELLINGTON VERSIONS - 23
Date
Type
Album - Record
Label
1940 09 05 Studio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1940 volume 2
THE DUKE 1940 - COTTON TAIL
THE BLANTON-WEBSTER BAND
CLASSIC RECORDINGS VOL. 7 : COTTON TAIL 1940
THE WORKS OF DUKE volume 11
THE JIMMY BLANTON ERA
CLASSICS
HISTORY
BLUEBIRD - RCA
NAXOS
RCA
GIANTS OF JAZZ

1940 11 07 Concert FARGO ENCORES... JAZZ GUILD

1941 06 Radio JIMMIE BLANTON CHEZ DUKE ELLINGTON LA MAISON DU DUKE

1943 09 10 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 20 D.E.T.S.

1945 05 12 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 3 D.E.T.S.

1945 07 21 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 8 D.E.T.S.

1945 09 24 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 13 D.E.T.S.

1945 09 26 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 10 D.E.T.S.

1945 10 10 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 4 D.E.T.S.

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

1946 01 04 Concert CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS - JANUARY 1946
THE DUKE 1946-1947 - IN A MELLOW TONE
PRESTIGE
HISTORY

1946 01 20 Concert THE GREAT CHICAGO CONCERTS
CHICAGO 1946
LIMELIGHT
NIMBUS RECORDS

1946 05 18 Radio D.E.T.S. 37
THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 19
D.E.T.S. (LP)
D.E.T.S.

1946 10 11 Radio AQUARIUM RESTAURANT NYC FANFARE

1947 07 04 Concert JAM-A-DITTY JAZZ & JAZZ

1953 02 04 Concert MINGUS CHEZ DUKE (2 versions : "In a mellotone" and "Baby, you and me") LA MAISON DU DUKE

1956 02 Studio THE BETHLEHEM YEARS volume 1
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING
STOMP LOOK AN LISTEN
BETHLEHEM RECORDS
BETHLEHEM MUSIC
EMBER RECORDS

1958 06 24 Studio HAPPY REUNION (2 takes)
THE 1956-58 SMALL GROUP RECORDINGS (2 takes)
DOCTOR JAZZ
PHENIX

1958 12 28 Concert AT THE BLUE NOTE, CHICAGO ROULETTE

1959 08 09 Concert LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE ROULETTE

1959 12 03 Studio BLUES IN ORBIT CBS

1961 04 03 Studio THE GREAT REUNION - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
ECHOES OF AN ERA
THE MAKING OF THE GREAT SUMMIT (warm-up and take 1)
ROULETTE
ROULETTE
ROULETTE JAZZ

1971 10 24 Concert TOGO BRAVA SUITE
THE ENGLISH CONCERT
THE ENGLISH CONCERTS - 1969 and 1971
UNITED ARTISTS
UNITED ARTISTS
SEQUEL JAZZ

REPRISES - OTHER VERSIONS - 69
Artist
Album
Date
Label
Musical PLAY ON ! 1997 VARESE SARABANDE

Collective concert 1969 ALL-STAR WHITE HOUSE (medley) 1969 BLUE NOTE

Monty ALEXANDER THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK 1984 MPS

Alice BABS DON'T BE BLUE 2001 PROPHONE

Chris BARBER'S JAZZ BAND ECHOES OF ELLINGTON 1976 BLACK LION

Sathima BEA BENJAMIN SATHIMA SINGS ELLINGTON 1979 EKAPA

Tony BENNETT SINGS ELLINGTON HOT & COOL 1999 RPM RECORDS

Claude BOLLING PLAYS ELLINGTON MUSIC volume 1 1987 CBS

Teresa BREWER THE COTTON CONNECTION 1985 DOCTOR JAZZ

Nick BRIGNOLA L.A. BOUND 1979 NIGHT LIFE RECORDS

David Budda BROOKS SMOOTH SAILING 1995 TCB

Kenny BURRELL ELLINGTON IS FOREVER volume 2 1975 FANTASY

  ELLINGTON A LA CARTE 1983 MUSE RECORDS

Ann Hampton CALLAWAY FROM SASSY TO DIVINE 2014 SHANACHIE RECORDS

Buck CLAYTON DUKE ELLINGTON / BUCK CLAYTON - AT NEWPORT 1956 COLUMBIA

Hank CRAWFORD SOUTH CENTRAL 1992 MILESTONE

DANISH RADIO JAZZ ORCHESTRA THE GOVERNOR 2019 STORYVILLE

Wild Bill DAVIS SWING SYSTEM D volume 1 1978 JAZZMOSPHERE

DOODLIN' IN A MELLOW TONE 2012 KAZOO - LA FABRIQUE

Silvia DROSTE DUKE'S SOUND OF LOVE 2000 LAIKA RECORDS

DUKE ORCHESTRA / PASTRE BIG BAND BATTLE ROYAL 2011 JUSTE UNE TRACE

Mercer ELLINGTON DIGITAL DUKE 1987 GRP RECORDS

ELLINGTON LEGACY SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE 2012 RENMA RECORDINGS

Cynthia FELTON COME SUNDAY - The Music of Duke Ellington 2010 FELTON ENTERTAINMENT

Kjell FERNSTRÖM ECHOES OF DUKE Live (various artists) 2008 DESS

Dizzy GILLESPIE A PORTRAIT OF DUKE ELLINGTON 1960 VERVE

Paul GONSALVES HUMMING BIRD 1970 DERAM

Pasquale GRASSO PASQUALE PLAYS DUKE 2021 MASTERWORKS

John HALLAM CRAZY RHYTHM 2000 P.E.K. SOUND

Chico HAMILTON THE ORIGINAL ELLINGTON SUITE 1958 PACIFIC JAZZ

Jane HARVEY SINGS ELLINGTON - ONE TO ONE 2012 LITTLE JAZZ BIRD

Coleman HAWKINS & Eddie Lockjaw DAVIS NIGHT HAWK 1960 PRESTIGE

Paul HEMMINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK 2018 LEADING TONE RECORDS

Earl HINES PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON volume 2 1972 NEW WORLD RECORDS

Johnny HODGES MEMORIES OF ELLINGTON 1956 NORGRAN RECORDS

Knud JORGENSEN DUKE'S IDEAS 1979 PHONTASTIC

Simone KOPMAJER MY WONDERLAND 2020 LUCKY MOJO

Stan LAFERRIERE A DUKE'S SCENT - LIVE 1997 NOCTURNE

LAMBERT, HENDRICKS & ROSS SING ELLINGTON 1959 COLUMBIA

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

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

Oleg LUNDSTREM IN MEMORY OF DUKE ELLINGTON (medley) 1975 MELODIA

MANHATTAN TRANSFERT PASTICHE 1978 ATLANTIC

Ellis MARSALIS DUKE IN BLUE (medley) 1999 COLUMBIA

Johnny MATHIS IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD 1990 COLUMBIA

Billy MAY CHA CHA ! 1960 CAPITOL

Frazer McPHERSON ELLINGTON '87 1987 SACKVILLE RECORDINGS

Helen MERRILL & Ron CARTER DUETS 1989 EMARCY

NEW YORK VOICES SING ! SING ! SING ! 1999 CONCORD JAZZ

Joe PASS PORTRAITS OF DUKE ELLINGTON 1974 PABLO

Oscar PETERSON PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1952 CLEF RECORDS

  PLAYS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK 1959 VERVE

  MELLOW MOOD 1968 MPS

John PIZZARELLI ROCKIN' IN RHYTHM 2010 TELARC

Len PHILLIPS BIG BAND LUNCHTIME JAZZ (medley) 2020  


André PREVIN WE GOT IT GOOD AND THAT AIN'T BAD 1999 DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON

SAX FOUR FIRES IN THE TIME FOREVER 2007 ALESSIO BROCCA

Zoot SIMS PASSION FLOWER 1999 PABLO

Carrie SMITH SINCE IN FELL FOR YOU 1987 SQUATTY ROO

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

STOCKHOLM SWING ALL STARS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON 2009 IMOGENA RECORDS

Aki TAKASE MY ELLINGTON (medley) 2012 INTAKT RECORDS

Clare TEAL DON'T TALK 2004 COLUMBIA

Clark TERRY DUKE WITH A DIFFERENCE 1957 RIVERSIDE

  CARNEGIE BLUES 1986 SQUATTY ROO

Stan TRACEY PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1986 MOLE JAZZ

Sarah VAUGHAN DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK ONE 1979 PABLO

Ben WEBSTER PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1969 STORYVILLE

Val WISEMAN SOPHISTICATED LADY 2008 LAKE