1
Satin Doll
2
Without a Song
3
Cocktails for Two
4
My Old Flame
5
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
6
Ain't Nothin Nothin (Baby Without You)
7
Stormy Weather
8
Stardust
9
Three Little Words
10
Orson
11
Boo-Dah
12
Blossom
13
Ballin the Blues
14
Warm Valley
15
Flamingo
16
Blue Jean Beguine
17
Liza
18
Who Knows?
19
Retrospection
20
B Sharp Blues
21
Passion Flower
22
Dancers in Love
23
Reflections in D
24
Melancholia
25
Prelude to a Kiss
26
In a Sentimental Mood
27
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
28
All Too Soon
29
Janet
30
Give Me the Right
31
Is It a Sin? (My Loving You)
32
Basin Street Blues
33
Big Drag
34
Don't Ever Say Goodbye
35
Kinda Dukish
36
Montevideo
37
December Blue
38
I'm Just a Lucky So and So
39
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream
40
What More Can I Say?
41
Rockin in Rhythm
42
Ultra Deluxe
43
Flying Home
44
Blue Moon
45
Just A-Sittin and A-Rockin
46
Ultra Deluxe
47
Flying Home
48
What More Can I Say?
49
Serious Serenade
50
Just A-Sittin and A-Rockin
51
Honeysuckle Rose
52
Stompin at the Savoy
53
Don't Ever Say Goodbye
54
Black and Tan Fantasy
55
Frivolous Banta
56
In the Mood
57
One O'Clock Jump
58
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
59
Happy Go-Lucky Local
60
Rockin in Rhythm
61
Falling Like a Raindrop
62
All Day Long
63
Bunny Hop Mambo
64
Isle of Capri
65
C Jam Blues
66
Band Call
67
Gonna Tan Your Hide
68
Smile
69
Echo Tango
70
If I Give My Heart to You
71
Chile Bowl
72
Bakiff
73
Twelfth Street Rag Mambo
74
September Song
75
Caravan
76
La Virgen de la Macarena
77
Harlem Air Shaft
78
Look What I've Got for You
79
Commercial Time
80
Clarinet Melodrama
81
Theme for Trambean
82
Coquette
83
Serious Serenade
84
Body and Soul
85
Once in a Blue Mood
86
Lady Be Good
87
So Long
88
It Don't Mean a Thing
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ABOUT THE ALBUM
Four CD set containing 88 tracks that covers the two year period when Ellington was signed to Capitol Records. The period between 1953 and 1955, was a hard time for the Duke, a moment of low popularity which would last until the tremendous success at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, when Paul Gonsalves' extended solos would drive the public into a frenzy. The Capitol recordings give evidence to the Duke's urgency to find new forms of expression during this difficult stage of his career. This large body of recordings contains many elements outside of Ellington's familiar repertoire. For instance, instead of playing his old and new compositions, he devoted many sessions to arrangements of jazz standards and popular songs commonly associated with other bands. The most obvious gems here were generated during the duo/trio sessions of 1953, in which the Duke was backed by Wendell Marshall on bass and Butch Pollard on drums. The last Capitol session, recorded on May 19, 1955, is another curiosity. Here Ellington again called upon a smaller unit, playing with a septet and on electric piano!!! Recorded in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York between April 6, 1953 and May 19, 1955. Definitive. 2006.
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