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ELLINGTON VERSIONS - 46
Date
Type
Album - Record
Label
1932 02 02 Studio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1931 - 1932
THE DUKE 1931-1932 - CREOLE RHAPSODY
HOT'N SWEET volume 12
IT DON'T MEAN A THING - CLASSIC RECORDINGS VOL. 2 : 1930-1934
JAZZ ARCHIVES n° 42 : IVIE ANDERSON WITH DUKE ELLINGTON & HIS FAMOUS ORCH.
JAZZ ARCHIVES n° 135 : THE BEST OF DUKE ELLLINGTON - IN THE THIRTIES volume 1
THE COMPLETE DUKE ELLINGTON volume 3 - Aimez-vous le Jazz 35
THE DUKE ELLINGTIN ERA 1927 - 1940 volume 1 - part 1
THE DUKE ELLINGTON STORY 1927-1939 volume 3
THE BRUNSWICK SESSSIONS volume 1
CLASSICS
HISTORY
EPM
NAXOS
EPM
EPM
CBS
CBS
PHILIPS
JAZZ INFORMATION

1943 07 11 Radio AT THE HURRICANE CLUB - N.Y.C. volume two HURRICANE

1943 09 05 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 16 D.E.T.S.

1943 12 01 Radio ORIGINAL RECORDINGS Vol. 9 : 1943-1945 - BLACK BROWN AND BEIGE
VOLUME 2 - 1943 (takes 1, 2, 3)
NAXOS
CIRCLE

1944 04 09 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 17 D.E.T.S.

1944 05 07 Radio LIVE AT THE HURRICANE 1944 MUSICA JAZZ

1944 12 19 Concert CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS - DECEMBER 1944 PRESTIGE

1945 01 17 Concert AN EVENING WITH THE DUKE GIANT OF JAZZ

1945 04 21 Radio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1945
THE DUKE 1945 - MOOD INDIGO
THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 2
TREASURY SERIES 2
V DISC - A musical contribution by America's best
CLASSICS
HISTORY
D.E.T.S.
PHONTASTIC
V-DISC

1945 05 14 Studio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1945
THE DUKE 1945 - MOOD INDIGO
THE INDISPENSABLE VOLUMES 11/12 - JAZZ TRIBUNE n° 69
BLACK, BROWN & BEIGE - Anthology 3 CD
JAZZ ARCHIVES n° 216 : THE BEST OF DUKE ELLINGTON - THE GLORIOUS FORTIES
THE WORKS OF DUKE volume 20
JOHNNY COME LATELY
CLASSICS
HISTORY
RCA
RCA - BLUEBIRD
EPM
RCA
RCA VICTOR

1945 05 19 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 4
TREASURY SERIES 6
A DATE WITH THE DUKE volume 1
D.E.T.S.
PHONTASTIC
FAIRMONT RECORDS

1945 11 03 Radio THE TREASURY SHOWS volume 15 D.E.T.S.

1947 05 10 Radio THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1946 - 1947 CLASSICS

1948 11 13 Concert CARNEGIE HALL - NOVEMBER 13, 1948 (medley) VINTAGE JAZZ CLASSICS

1948 12 10 Concert CORNELL UNIVERSITY 1948 - The Great Concerts (medley)
CORNELL UNIVERSITY - SECOND SET
ELLINGTON IN CONCERT - 2
NIMBUS RECORDS
MUSIC MASTERS JAZZ
WORLD RECORD CLUB

1949 08 31 Radio FOR COLLECTORS volume 4 RARETONE

1952 01 05 Concert RARE 'LIVE' RECORDINGS 1952-3 (medley) ACROBAT MUSIC

1952 03 10 Concert FIRST ANNUAL TOUR OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOLKWAYS RECORDS

1952 03 22 Concert AT THE CRYSTAL GARDENS HEP RECORDS

1952 03 25 Concert THE CHRONOLOGICAL DUKE ELLINGTON 1952 (medley)
SEATLE CONCERT, 25 MARS 1952
THE 1952 SEATTLE CONCERT
THE WORKS OF DUKE volume 24
CLASSICS
RCA VICTOR
BLUEBIRD
RCA

1953 03 30 Concert PASADENA CONCERT - Jazz Legacy (medley)
A DUKE IN CONCERT
VOGUE
VOGUE

1954 02 08 Concert HAMILTON, ONTARIO CANADA (medley) MUSIC & ARTS

1954 06 17 Studio THE COMPLETE CAPITOL RECORDINGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON
ELLINGTON '55 (bonus CD)
UP TO DATE volume 5
MOSAIC RECORDS
CAPITOL JAZZ
MERITT RECORDS

1956 01 27 Studio BLUE ROSE - Rosemary Clooney and Duke Ellington CBS

1958 10 11 Concert DUKE ELLINGTON IN LONDON 1958 (medley) TELLINGTON'88

1958 10 29 Concert ALHAMBRA 29 OCTOBRE 1958 - Part. 2 (medley)
EN CONCERT AVEC EUROPE 1 - ALHAMBRA
LIVE IN PARIS OCT-NOV 1958
TREMA
TREMA
FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES

1958 11 02 Concert LIVE IN '58 (medley) (DVD)
BERLIN CONCERT 1969 (bonus DVD)<
JAZZ ICONS
IMPRO-JAZZ

1958 11 06 Concert LIVE 1958 (medley) MUSICA JAZZ PRESENTS

1958 11 14 Concert THE DUKE IN MUNICH (medley) STORYVILLE

1958 11 20 Concert THE CONCERT AT PLEYEL PARIS 1958 (medley)
IN CONCERT AT PLEYEL PARIS PART 2
SUBMARINE RECORDS
MAGIC

1959 09 20 Concert LIVE IN PARIS 1959 (medley) AFFINITY

1960 06 02 Studio PIANO IN THE BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
CBS
CBS

1960 07 22 Concert HOT SUMMER DANCE RED BARON

1961 04 03 Studio THE GREAT REUNION - Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington
ECHOES OF AN ERA
MEMORIAL DUKE ELLINGTON
ROULETTE
ROULETTE
ROULETTE

1963 08 12 Radio SPECIAL OCCASIONS WITH CAB CALLOWAY, MENUHIN & KENTON
(medley - Cab Calloway MC, Billy Strayhorn on piano)
LA MAISON DU DUKE

1964 02 05 Concert PIANO SOLO (medley)
SOLO PIANO CONCERT 1964
FLUTEGROVE
SQUATTY ROO

1964 04 20 Concert MONTREAL 1964 (medley) (DVD) VAI - RADIO CANADA

1966 02 25 Concert DUKE SOLO (medley)
DUKE A GOUTELAS (25 cm)
PRESIDENT
JBP

1968 08 26 Concert CONTRAPUNTAL RIPOSTE SQUATTY ROO

1968 09 23/28 Concert LIVE IN MEXICO
THE MEXICAN CONCERT
MEMORIES OF DUKE (DVD)
TRING
MCPS
MVD

1969 11 01 Concert BE COOL SQUATTY ROO

1969 11 02 Concert THE DUKE ELLINGTON MASTERS - 1969 (DVD)
TIVOLI - 1969 (DVD)
QUANTUM LEAP
IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT

1969 11 07 Concert ROTTERDAM 1969 (medley) STORYVILLE

1970 02 04 Concert LIVE AT THE CAVE (medley) SQUATTY ROO

1971 11 09 Concert UPPSALA 1971 (medley) STORYVILLE

1973 09 05 Studio AND TERESA BREWER - IT DON'T MEAN A THING FLYING DUTCHMAN

REPRISES - OTHER VERSIONS - 141
Artist
Album
Date
Label
Musical PLAY ON ! 1997 VARESE SARABANDE

  SOPHISTICATED LADIES (version + reprise) (CD) 1981 RCA

Collective album A TRIBUTE TO DUKE 1977 CONCORD JAZZ

  SATIN DOLL : SMOOTH JAZZ PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 2001 SHANACHIE

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

  GOING HOME - A TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON 2000 PLATINUM

Beegie ADAIR PLAYS THE SONGS OF DUKE ELLINGTON 2002 GREEN HALL

Toshiko AKIYOSHI & Lew TABACKIN VINTAGE - Duke Ellington songbook 2008 T-TOC RECORDS

Harry ALLEN PLAYS ELLINGTION SONGS 1999 RCA VICTOR

Michael ARBENZ REFLECTIONS OF D 2013 Self-released

Lynne ARRIALE INSPIRATION 2002 TCB RECORDS

Georges ARVANITAS PLAYS... DUKE ELLINGTON 1993 DJAZ DIFFUSION

Chet ATKINS MY FAVORITE GUITARS 1964 RCA VICTOR

Alice BABS MUSIC WITH JAZZ FLAVOUR 1973 SWEDISH SOCIETY DISCOFIL

  YESTERDAY 1999 PROPHONE

Gérard BADINI THE SWING MACHINE 1975 BLUE STAR

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

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

Tony BENNETT SINGS ELLINGTON HOT & COOL 1999 RPM RECORDS

Tony BENNETT & LADY GAGA CHEEK TO CHEEK 2014 POLYDOR

Claude BOLLING PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1959 FONTANA

  PLAYS ELLINGTON MUSIC volume 1 1987 CBS

  HARLEM 1999 MILAN

BOSWELL SISTERS VOLUME 1 1932 COLLECTABLES

Teresa BREWER & Shelly MANN A SOPHISTICATED LADY 1981 COLUMBIA

Teresa BREWER & Mercer ELLINGTON LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL AND MONTREUX 1984 DOCTOR JAZZ

Claes BRODDA TRIBUTE TO HOAGY CARMICHAEL AND DUKE ELLINGTON 1999 KENNETH RECORDS

Henry BRUN RHYTHMS AND REEDS 2009 PULSAR RECORDS

Kenny BURRELL ELLINGTON IS FOREVER volume 1 1975 FANTASY

Patrick CABON AFRICAN FLOWER 2014 PEACH PROD

CANADIAN BRASS BRASS ON BROADWAY (medley) 1994 PHILIPS

  TAKE THE A TRAIN 1999 RCA VICTOR

COTTON CLUB BAND COTTON CLUB BAND 1997 JAZZ REPERTORY

Franco D'ANDREA SOLO 5 - DUKE (medley) 2001 PHILOLOGY

Lucy DIXON LULU'S BACK IN TOWN 2016 DSTREAM

Arne DOMNERUS WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I 2004 LADY BIRD

Arne DOMNERUS & Rune GUSTAFSSON SKETCHES OF STANDARDS 1990 PROPIUS

Arne DOMNERUS & Bernt ROSENGREN FACE TO FACE 1999 DRAGON

DOODLIN' IN A MELLOW TONE 2012 KAZOO - LA FABRIQUE

Cleve DOUGLASS DUKE ELLINGTON BOULEVARD 1994 NAMSKAR

DR. JOHN DUKE ELEGANT 1999 PARLOPHONE

DUKE AND BILLY'S NEW COLORS DUKE AND BILLY'S NEW COLORS 2022 JUSTE UNE TRACE

DUKE ORCHESTRA DUKE ELLINGTON IS ALIVE 2009 JUSTE UNE TRACE

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

Harold DUMONT SINGS DUKE ELLINGTON 1975 CLEEMO

Roy ELDRIDGE LITTLE JAZZ 1950 VOGUE

Art FARMER TO DUKE WITH LOVE 1975 TEST OF TIME

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

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

Ella FITZGERALD ELLA IN LONDON 1974 PABLO

Laura FYGI LAURA FYGI'S TUNES OF PASSION 1999 Z MUSIC

Erroll GARNER SOLO FLIGHT 1952 COLUMBIA

Giorgio GASLINI DUKE ELLINGTON LEGEND 2000 AGORA MUSICA

Stan GETZ AT THE SHRINE 1955 VERVE

Dizzy GILLESPIE & Stan GETZ DIZ AND GETZ 1955 NORGRAN RECORDS

Pasquale GRASSO PASQUALE PLAYS DUKE 2021 MASTERWORKS

Johnny GUARNIERI THE DUKE AGAIN ! 1956 CORAL

  ECHOES OF ELLINGTON 1993 STAR LINE PRODUCTIONS

Rune GUSTAFSSON ON A CLEAR DAY 1976 SONET

Adelaďde HALL HALL OF ELLINGTON 1976 EMI

John HALLAM & Amy ROBERTS THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET 2012 PEK SOUND

Chico HAMILTON THE ORIGINAL ELLINGTON SUITE 1958 PACIFIC JAZZ

Paul HEMMINGS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONGBOOK 2018 LEADING TONE RECORDS

Barbara HENDRICKS TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON (CD) 1994 EMI

  TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON (DVD) 1994 EMI CLASSICS

Michele HENDRICKS A LITTLE BEAT OF ELLA 2016 CRISTAL RECORDS

Earl HINES PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON volume 2 1972 NEW WORLD RECORDS

Sylvia HOWARD SINGS DUKE 2014 BLACK AND BLUE

Ted HOWE ELLINGTON 2005 SUMMIT RECORDS

Joe JACKSON THE DUKE 2012 EAR MUSIC

Jane JARVIS & Jay LEONHART AT DUKE'S PLACE 1995 PROGRESSIVE RECORDS

JAZZ BAND BALL ORCHESTRA TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON - Polish Jazz vol. 60 1979 MUZA

Jo JONES OUR MAN, PAPA JO 1977 DENON

Sheila JORDAN & Johnny KNAPP TRIO SHEILA 1977 GRAPEVINE

Sheila JORDAN & Arvie SWARTZ OLD TIMLE FEELING 1983 PALO ALTO RECORDS

Knud JORGENSEN DUKE'S IDEAS 1979 PHONTASTIC

Lad'a KERNDL 1899 1999 TRIBUTE TO DUKE ELLINGTON 1999 MULTISONIC

Barney KESSEL & Stéphane GRAPPELLI LIMEHOUSE BLUES 1969 BLACK LION

Simone KOPMAJER LIVE AT HEIDI'S JAZZCLUB 2012 LUCKY MOJO

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

Oleg LUNDSTREM IN MEMORY OF DUKE ELLINGTON 1975 MELODIA

Humphrey LYTTELTON DUKE ELLINGTONS CLASSICS 1969 BLACK LION

Wynton MARSALIS TIMELESS IS MODERN 2011 ST REGIS

Marian McPARTLAND THE SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE 2003 CONCORD JAZZ

Frazer McPHERSON ELLINGTON '87 1987 SACKVILLE RECORDINGS

Carmen McRAE & Betty CARTER DUETS 1987 GAMH

Helen MERRILL JUST FRIENDS 1989 EMARCY

Helen MERRILL & Dick KATZ THE FEELING IS MUTUAL 1967 MILESTONE

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET PYRAMID 1959 ATLANTIC

  LIVE IN PARIS 1960 DREYFUS & ASSOCIES

  FOR ELLINGTON 1988 EAST WEST

MODERN STRING QUARTET PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1990 MOON RECORDS

Thelonious MONK PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON 1955 RIVERSIDE

NDR BIGBAND ELLINGTONIA 1984 ACT

Robin NOLAN AMSTERDAM 1994 No Label

  ROBIN NOLAN TRIO 1998 No Label

  NAT MEETS DJANGO 2001 RNT PROD.

Anita O'DAY THERE'S ONLY ONE 1978 COBRA

Marty PAICH THE MODERN TOUCH 1959 LONE HILL JAZZ

PARIS WASHBOARD CARAVAN 1999 STOMP OFF

Rebecca PARRIS DOUBLE RAINBOW 1987 SHIRA RECORDS

Freda PAYNE AN EVENING WITH FREDA PAYNE 1993 DOVE

André PREVIN A TOUCH OF ELEGANCE 1960 COLUMBIA

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

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

Buddy RICH BUDDY RICH JUST SINGS 1957 VERVE

Buddy RICH & Gene KRUPA BURNIN' BEAT 1962 VERVE

Mavis RIVERS MAVIS 1961 REPRISE

ROSENBERG TRIO GYPSY SWING 1995 VERVE

  LIVE IN SAMOIS - TRIBUTE TO DJANGO REINHARDT 2003 UNIVERSAL

RTE CONCERT ORCHESTRA REMEMBERING DUKE ELLINGTON 1993 NAXOS

SAX FOUR FIRES IN THE TIME FOREVER 2007 ALESSIO BROCCA

Helen SHAPIRO & Humphrey LYTTELTON ECHOES OF THE DUKE 1984 CALLIGRAPH RECORDS

Nina SIMONE SINGS ELLINGTON 1961 COLPIX RECORDS

Zoot SIMS PASSION FLOWER 1999 PABLO

Carol SLOANES SOPHISTICATED LADY 1977 AUDIOPHILE

Martial SOLAL DODECABAND PLAYS ELLINGTON 1997 DREYFUS JAZZ

James SPAULDING PLAYS THE LEGACY OF DUKE ELLINGTON 1976 STORYVILLE

Grant STEWART PLAYS THE MUSIC OF ELLINGTON & STRAYHORN 2009 SHARP NINE RECORDS

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

STOCKHOLM SWING ALL STARS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON 2009 IMOGENA RECORDS

Harry STRUTTERS TOTUS PORCUS 1979 BLACK LION

SUN RA ELLINGTONIA Volume 1 - Mp3 Compilation Unknow BANDCAMP

Helen SUNG ANTHEM FOR A NEW DAY 2013 CONCORD

Aki TAKASE MY ELLINGTON 2012 INTAKT RECORDS

Clark TERRY CARNEGIE BLUES 1986 SQUATTY ROO

Mel TORME THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK 1992 TELARC JAZZ

McCoy TYNER PLAYS ELLINGTON 1964 IMPULSE

Piero UMILIANI ODE TO DUKE ELLINGTON 1974 EASY TEMPO

Maurice VANDER VANDER/TRUSARDI/JONES 1978 CY RECORDS

Sarah VAUGHAN DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK TWO 1979 PABLO

VOICE MESSENGERS UN PEU DE MENAGE 1997 BLACK AND BLUE

WDR BIG BAND KÖLN THE WORLD OF DUKE volume 1 1994 BHM

  THE WORLD OF DUKE volume 3 (medley) 1994 BHM

Mike WESTBROOK THE ORCHESTRA OF SMITH'S ACADEMY 1995 ENJA RECORDS

Randy WESTON ANCIEN FUTURE 2001 MUTABLE MUSIC

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

Jessica WILLIAMS I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART 2000 HEP RECORDS

Joe WILLIAMS & Carmen McRAE BLUES IN MY HEART 2002 PAST PERFECT

Dave YOUNG INNER URGE 1998 JUSTIN TIME