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Franco D'ANDREA
SOLO 5 - DUKE

(CD PHILOLOGY / W 405 2) Italy

2001

Medley : Take the A train - Perdido / Medley : I got it bad and that ain't good - It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing - I'm beginning to see the light / Caravan / Medley : In a sentimental mood - Just squeeze me - Sophisticated lady / The mooche / Prelude to a kiss / Satin doll / Solitude.

Franco D'ANDREA TRIO
CREOLE RHAPSODY
The Duke Ellington Suites chapter 1

(CD PHILOLOGY / W 314 2) Italy

2005
Franco d'Andrea (piano), Ares Tavolazzi (bass), Massimo Manzi (drums)


Under the balcony (take 1) / Afrique / Apes and peacocks (take 1) / Before the time / Bourbon Street jingling jollies (take 1) / Come Sunday / Creole rhapsody / Diminuendo in blue / Half the fun / Island virgin / Apes and peacocks (take 2) / Bourbon Street jingling jollies (take 2).

Franco D'ANDREA TRIO
NEW WORLD A-COMIN'
The Duke Ellington Suites chapter 2

(CD PHILOLOGY / W 315 2) Italy

2005
Franco d'Andrea (piano), Ares Tavolazzi (bass), Massimo Manzi (drums)


I like te sunrise / Lay by / Portrait of Wellman Braud / Isfahan (take 1) / Purple gazelle / New world a-comin' / Star-crossed lovers / Oclupaca / Reminiscin' in tempo / Music is my mistress / isfahan (take 2) / Bourbon street jingling jollies (take 3).

Franco D'ANDREA TRIO
DEEP SOUTH SUITE
The Duke Ellington Suites chapter 3

(CD PHILOLOGY / W 316 2) Italy

2005
Franco d'Andrea (piano), Ares Tavolazzi (bass), Massimo Manzi (drums)


Hearsay or Orson Welles (take 1) / The tattoed bride / Sunset and the mocking bird / The telecasters / Angu / Uwis / Something / Ouverture to a jam session / Hearsay or Orson Welles (take 2) / Under the balcony (take 2).

DANISH RADIO JAZZ ORCHESTRA
THE GOVERNOR

(CD STORYVILLE / STCD 4237) Danmark

Copenhagen Jazzhouse - March 9, 1999 Conducted by Niels Jorgen Steen

Take the A train / In a mellow tone / Prelude to a kiss / Main stem / Concerto for Cootie / Blue rose / Perdido / The Governor / Second line / Mood indigo / Harlem air shaft.

The Governor is not an Ellington tune.

Benoît DELBECQ
CRESCENDO IN DUKE

(CD NATO / 43) France

2012
With Steve Arguëlles, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Michael Bland, Tony Coe, Antonin-Tri Hong, the Hornheads, Tony Malaby andet Yohannes Tona


Bateau / Portrait of Mahalia Jackson / Portrait of Wellman Braud / The spring / Art o'clock rock / Whirpool / Goutelas suite : Fanfare - Goutelas - Get with itness - Something - Having at it / Blue pepper / Tina / Diminuendo and crescendo in blue / Fontainebleau forest.

Gene DiNOVI
PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN

(CD BALDIN STREET MUSIC)

Live - 2002

Tomorrow mountain / Introduction / Raincheck / Introduction / Morning glory / Introduction / Cop out / Introduction / Medley : A single petal of a rose - A flower is a lovesome thing / Introduction / Passion flower / Lady Mac / Introduction / Isfahan / I'm beginning to see the light / Medley : Chelsea bridge - Warm valley.

DOODLIN'
IN A MELLOW TONE

(CD KAZOO - LA FABRIQUE) France

2012



Cotton tail / In a mellow tone / Just squeeze me / Caravan / Do nothing 'till you hear from me / All too soon / Love you madly / Perdido / Sophisticated lady / I'm beginning to see the light / Don't get around much anymore / Satin doll / It don't mean a thing.

DR. JOHN
DUKE ELEGANT

(CD PARLOPHONE / 2 23220 2)

1999



On the wrong side of the railroad tracks / I'm gonna go fishin' / It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing) / Perdido / Don't get around much anymore / Solitude / Satin doll / Mood indigo / Do nothing 'till you hear from me / Things ain't what they used to be / Caravan / Flaming sword.

Silvia DROSTE
DUKE'S SOUND OF LOVE

(CD LAIKA RECORDS / 3510103 2) Germany

2000

Cotton tail / Duke Ellington's sound of love / Take love easy / In a mellow tone / Rockin' in rhythm / I didn't know about you / Caravan / Time's a wastin' / Ballad medley : Day dream - The star-crossed lovers - Warm valley - Tonight I shall sleep with a smile on my face / Everything but you / The lonely ones / Oh ! Miss Jaxson.

Duke Ellington's sound of love is composed by Charles Mingus.

DUKE AND BILLY'S NEW COLORS
DUKE AND BILLY'S NEW COLORS

(CD JUSTE UNE TRACE - Ellington Conséquences Serie) France

April, 2022
Julie Saury (drums, percussions), Bruno Rousselet (bass), Frédéric Couderc (sax, flûtes & divers)
Guest : Sébastien Giniaux (guitar, cello), Claude Egéa (trumpet)



Prelude to a kiss / Satin doll / It don't mean a thing (solo) / Johnny come lately / Heaven / C jam blues (solo) / All too soon / In a sentimental mood / Half the fun (solo) / Oclupaca / Single petal of a rose / Come Sunday (solo).

DUKE ORCHESTRA
DUKE ELLINGTON IS ALIVE

(CD JUSTE UNE TRACE) France

1999
Conducted by Laurent Mignard




Ko-ko / Harlem airshaft / Black and tan fantasy / Kinda-dukish - Rockin' in rhythm / Sophisticated lady / Madness in great ones / Half the fun / Diminuendo and crescendo in blue / Isfahan / The eighth veil / It don't mean a thing / Ad lib on Nippon / Take the A train.

Laurent MIGNARD DUKE ORCHESTRA vs Michel PASTRE BIG BAND
BATTLE ROYAL

(CD JUSTE UNE TRACE) France

Live in Jazz à Vienne - July, 2011



Overture - Battle Royal / In a mellow tone / Manhattan murals - Take the A train / Dickie's dream / Kinda dukish - Rockin' in rhythm / Segue in C / It don't mean a thing / A midnight in Paris / Wild man moore / Jumpin' at the Woodside / Perdido.

DUKE ORCHESTRA
ELLINGTON FRENCH TOUCH

(CD JUSTE UNE TRACE) France

Clamart, France - December 27, 2011
Conducted by Laurent Mignard




The good life (La belle vie) / Goof / Gogo / Gigi / Paris blues / Battle royal / Paris blues (alternate bed) / Autumnal suite / Under Paris skies (Sous le ciel de Paris) / No regrets (Non, je ne regrette rien) / Daily double / Clopin-clopant / A midnight in Paris / The old circus train / Turcaret : Annonce (bandcall) & ouverture - Turcaret court - Flamant - La baronne - Madame Turcaret - Chevalier - Frontin (Sempre amore) - La colère de Turcaret - Lisette - Turcaret final.

The good life, Under Paris skies, No regrets and Clopin-clopant were french standards played by Ellington.

DUKE ORCHESTRA
SACRED CONCERT

(CD + DVD JUSTE UNE TRACE) France

Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris, France - Octobre 1st, 2014
Conducted by Laurent Mignard
With Mercedes Ellington (speaker), Emmanuel Pi Djob, Nicolle Rochelle et Sylvia Howard (vocal), Fabien Ruiz (tap dancer)
Les voix en mouvement + chords




CD : Praise God / Tell me it's the truth / Come Sunday / In the Beginning God / Almighty god - choral / The shepherd / Heaven / It's freedom / Meditation / Every man prays / The Lord's prayer / Praise God and dance.

DVD : Praise God / A glimpse of God / Something about believing / Reading the bible / In the beginning God / Almightty God / Pastor John G.Gensel / The shepherd / Optimism / Tell me it's the truth / Come Sunday / Every man prays... / The Lord's prayer / Heaven / It's freedom / Communication / Meditation / David danced before the Lord / Love / Is God a three letter before the Lord / Mistakes / Father forgive / Praise God and dance.

DUKE ORCHESTRA
JAZZY POPPINS

(CD JUSTE UNE TRACE) France

Pan Piper, Paris - January 7, 2018
Conducted by Laurent Mignard

Music of Mary Poppins with the Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn arrangements




Quelle vie parfaite (The life is lead) / La nounou idéale (The perfect Nanny) / Un p'tit morceau de sucre (A spoonful of sugar) / Jolie promenade (Jolly holiday) / Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious / Ne fermez pas vos beaux yeux (Stay awake) / C'est bon de rire (I love to laugh) / Nourrir les p'tits oiseaux (Feed the birds) / Chem cheminée (Chim chim cher-ee) / Beau cerf volant (Let's go fly a kite) / Gardez l'rythme (Step in time).

DUKE ORCHESTRA
DUKE LADIES VOL.1

(CD JUSTE UNE TRACE) France

2021
Conducted by Laurent Mignard
Featuring Natalie Dessay, Rhoda Scott, Roberta Gambarini, Nicolle Rochelle, Sylvia Howard, Myra Maud, Aurore Voilqué, Rachelle Plas, Julie Saury, Aurélie Tropez




Love you madly / Black beauty / Cotton tail / Warm valley / Bakiff / Satin doll / T.G.T.T. / Congo square / Sophiticated lady / Balcony serenade / Blues for New Orleans / Le sucrier velour / The tattoed bride.

DUKE ORCHESTRA
DUKE LADIES VOL.2

(CD JUSTE UNE TRACE) France

2021
Conducted by Laurent Mignard
Featuring Natalie Dessay, Rhoda Scott, Roberta Gambarini, Nicolle Rochelle, Sylvia Howard, Myra Maud, Aurore Voilqué, Julie Saury, Aurélie Tropez




The Lord's prayer / On a turquoise cloud / Lady Mac / Portrait of Mahalia Jackson / Something to live for / Flirtibird / Heaven / The blues / Lady of the lavendert mist / Golden feather / The closed woman / All heart / Perdido.

DUKE'S PLACE QUARTET
NEW ELLINGTON PROJECT

(CD JAZZ & C°) France

September 2018
Franck Pilandon (tenor & baryton), Fabien Mille (piano, arr.), André Wentzo (bass), Lionel Grivet (drums)




Kinda dukish - Rockin' in rhythm / Oclupaca / Perdido / New world a comin' / Cotton tail / Limbo jazz / Jubilee stomp / Way way back.

Bonus track : Jubilee stomp (version old styl bass : arco).

Harold DUMONT
SINGS DUKE ELLINGTON

(LP CLEEMO / CL 1001) Usa

1975


Do nothin' til you hear from me / Mood indigo / I let a song go out of my heart / Solitude / Don't get around much anymore / Caravan / I got it bad and that ain't good / Prelude to a kiss / It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing / Sophisticated lady.

DUTCH SWING COLLEGE BAND
PLAYS DUKE ELLINGTON

(CD MASTERTONE / 0883) Netherlands

1999



East St. Louis toodle-Oo / Goin' to town / I let a song go out of my heart / Cotton tail / Sophisticated lady / Things ain't what they used to be / Creole love call / Just squeeze me / Caravan / In a sentimental mood / Prelude to a kiss / Black and tan fantasy / Riff interlude / Do nothing till you hear from me / Take the A train.

Riff interlude is not an Ellington tune.