Duke Ellington – Masterpieces 1926-1949

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Label:	Proper Records (2) – PROPERBOX 25
Series:	Proper Box
Format:	4 x CD Box Set, Compilation
Country:	UK
Released:	Jul 16, 2001
Genre:	Jazz
Style:	Big Band, Swing

Tracklist

		Mood Indigo
1-1	Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra–	East St. Louis Toodle-oo	2:53
1-2	Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra–	Birmingham Breakdown	2:46
1-3	The Washingtonians–	Black And Tan Fantasy	3:17
1-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Black Beauty	2:50
1-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Mooche	3:11
1-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Awful Sad	2:48
1-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blues With A Feelin'	3:14
1-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Misty Mornin'	3:17
1-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Flaming Youth	3:14
1-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Hot Feet	2:38
1-11	Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra–	Double Check Stomp	2:51
1-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Ring Dem Bells	2:51
1-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Old Man Blues	3:03
1-14	The Jungle Band (2)–	Mood Indigo	2:55
1-15	The Harlem Footwarmers–	Rockin' In Rhythm	3:12
1-16	Duke Ellington And His Cotton Club Orchestra–	Echoes Of The Jungle	3:25
1-17	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Mystery Song	3:11
1-18	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	3:09
1-19	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Lazy Rhapsody	3:15
1-20	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Creole Love Call	4:08
1-21	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Ramble	3:13
1-22	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Ducky Wucky	3:05
1-23	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Eerie Moan	3:11
1-24	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Sophisticated Lady	3:37
		In A Sentimental Mood
2-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Slippery Horn	3:04
2-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Drop Me Off At Harlem	2:57
2-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Daybreak Express	2:53
2-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Delta Serenade	3:15
2-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Stompy Jones	3:02
2-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Solitude	3:29
2-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Feeling	3:10
2-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Saddest Tale	3:17
2-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Moonglow	3:06
2-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	In A Sentimental Mood	3:16
2-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Showboat Shuffle	3:02
2-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Reminiscing In Tempo	12:32
2-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto)	3:08
2-14	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Echoes Of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)	3:01
2-15	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Black Butterfly	2:54
2-16	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Caravan	3:06
2-17	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Azure	3:00
2-18	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Diminuendo In Blue	2:45
2-19	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Crescendo In Blue	3:17
2-20	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Steppin' Into Swing Society	3:02
2-21	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Lost In Meditation	2:45
		Ko-Ko
3-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart	2:59
3-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Rose Of The Rio Grande	3:03
3-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Pyramid	2:54
3-4	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Prelude To A Kiss	2:54
3-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Light (Transbluency)	2:58
3-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Boy Meets Horn	2:38
3-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Slap Happy	2:44
3-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Serenade To Sweden	3:20
3-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Sergeant Was Shy	2:41
3-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Jack The Bear	3:15
3-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Ko-Ko	2:40
3-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Congo Brava	2:56
3-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Concerto For Cootie	3:18
3-14	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Cotton Tail	3:10
3-15	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Never No Lament	3:16
3-16	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Dusk	3:18
3-17	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Bojangles	2:51
3-18	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Portrait Of Bert Williams	3:07
3-19	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Harlem Air Shaft	2:57
3-20	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	All Too Soon	3:28
3-21	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Sepia Panorama	3:21
3-22	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	In A Mellotone	3:14
3-23	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Warm Valley	3:12
3-24	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Across The Track Blues	2:59
		Take The "A" Train
4-1	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Pussy Willow	4:29
4-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	The Sidewalks Of New York	3:13
4-3	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Take The 'A' Train	2:54
4-04	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Blue Serge	3:20
4-5	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin'	3:33
4-6	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)	3:18
4-7	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Clementine	2:58
4-8	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Jump For Joy	2:56
4-9	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Chelsea Bridge	2:53
4-10	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Raincheck	2:28
4-11	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Perdido	3:07
4-12	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	C Jam Blues	2:36
4-13	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Moon Mist	2:57
4-14	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	What Am I Here For	3:24
4-15	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Main Stem	2:48
4-16	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Johnny Come Lately	2:40
4-17	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	I'm Beginning To See The Light	3:08
4-18	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Transblucency	2:54
4-19	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Lady Of The Lavender Mist	3:19
4-20	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Sultry Serenade	3:07
4-21	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Air Conditioned Jungle	2:39
4-22	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Clothed Woman	3:51
4-23	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra–	Snibor	2:49

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Proper Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Proper Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Proper Records Ltd.

Credits

Liner Notes – Joop Visser

Notes

1926 (Disc 1 Tracks 1 & 2)
1927 (Disc 1 Track 3)
1928 (Disc 1 Tracks 4-8)
1929 (Disc 1 Tracks 9 & 10)
1930 (Disc 1 Tracks 11-15)
1931 (Disc 1 Tracks 16 & 17)
1932 (Disc 1 Tracks 18-22)
1933 (Disc 1 Tracks 23 & 24, Disc 2 Tracks 1-3)
1934 (Disc 2 Tracks 4-9)
1935 (Disc 2 Tracks 10-12)
1936 (Disc 2 Tracks 13-15)
1937 (Disc 2 Tracks 16-19)
1938 (Disc 2 Tracks 20 & 21, Disc 3 Tracks 1-7)
1939 (Disc 3 Tracks 8 & 9)
1940 (Disc 3 Tracks 10-24, Disc 4 Tracks 1 & 2)
1941 (Disc 4 Tracks 3-10)
1942 (Disc 4 Tracks 11-16)
1944 (Disc 4 Track 17)
1946 (Disc 4 Track 18)
1947 (Disc 4 Tracks 19-22)
1949 (Disc 4 Track 23)

Box set includes individual card sleeve for each CD and a 52 page illustrated booklet with liner notes and credits.