The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Duke Ellington

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: The Rough Guide to Jazz Legends: Duke Ellington
▼ CD 2: Original Jazz Legends
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1The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke)
recording of:
The E and D Blues (E for Ella, D for Duke)
lyricist:
Billy Strayhorn
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
Ella Fitzgerald4:52
2Basin Street Blues
producer:
Norman Granz
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1959-02-20)
double bass [bass]:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-02-20)
drums (drum set):
Jo Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-02-20)
guitar:
Leslie Spann (on 1959-02-20)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1959-02-20)
trumpet:
Harry Edison (on 1959-02-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Music Group (now known as Verve Label Group; not for release label use!)
recorded at:
Columbia Studios in New York, United States (on 1959-02-20)
instrumental recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1959-02-20)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges8:04
3Don’t Get Around Much Any More
recording of:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Harrison Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label)
version of:
Never No Lament
Louis Armstrong3:38
4Serenade to a Bus Seat
Clark Terry4:37
5Rockin’ in Rhythm
recording of:
Rockin’ in Rhythm
writer:
Harry Carney, Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
composer:
Harry Carney, Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Irving Mills
is based on:
Kinda Dukish
Oscar Peterson2:59
6Segue in C
recording of:
Segue in C
composer:
Frank Wess
Count Basie6:14
7It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing
cover recording of:
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
lyricist:
Irving Mills (in 1931)
composer:
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1931-08)
publisher:
Duke Ellington Music and EMI Mills Music (ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Thelonious Monk4:44
8Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
recording of:
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
medley of:
Diminuendo in Blue
medley of:
Crescendo in Blue
Duke Ellington and Paul Gonsalves7:22
9Stormy Monday Blues
recording of:
Stormy Monday Blues
writer:
Bob Crowder (tenor saxophone), Billy Eckstine and Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader)
publisher:
7 Arts and Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases)
Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine3:10
10Honeysuckle Rose
recording of:
Honeysuckle Rose
lyricist:
Andy Razaf (in 1928)
composer:
Fats Waller (in 1928)
publisher:
Intersong Music
part of:
New York, New York (soundtrack of the 1977 film)
part of:
Thousands Cheer (1943 movie)
Fats Waller4:32
11King Porter (A Stomp)
recording of:
King Porter Stomp
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton2:39
12Stormy Weather
Willie “The Lion” Smith2:40

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part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1247) (order: 247)