Boxset / Compilation · 1992
Tracklist
1 –Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra Love Is Like A Cigarette 3:00
2 –Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra Kissin' My Baby Good-Night 3:16
3 –Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday 2:49
4 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Shoe Shine Boy
5 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra It Was A Sad Night In Harlem 3:04
6 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Trumpet In Spades (Rex's Concerto) 3:06
7 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Yearning For Love (Lawrence's Concerto) 2:52
8 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra In A Jam 2:55
9 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Exposition Swing 3:08
10 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Uptown Downbeat (Black Out) 3:19
11 –Rex Stewart And His Fifty-Second Street Stompers Rexatious 2:43
12 –Rex Stewart And His Fifty-Second Street Stompers Lazy Man's Shuffle 2:55
13 –Barney Bigard And His Jazzopaters Clouds In My Heart 2:54
14 –Barney Bigard And His Jazzopaters Frolic Sam 2:56
15 –Barney Bigard And His Jazzopaters Caravan 3:02
16 –Barney Bigard And His Jazzopaters Stompy Jones 2:42
17 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Scattin' At The Cotton Club 3:13
18 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Black Butterfly 3:01
19 –Duke Ellington Mood Indigo And Solitude 3:02
20 –Duke Ellington Sophisticated Lady And In A Sentimental Mood 3:01
21 –Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra The New Birmingham Breakdown 2:45
22 –Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra Scattin' At The Kit Kat 2:41
23 –Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter 2:31
24 –Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra The New East St. Louis Toodle-O 2:57
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Pete Clark (tracks: 1 to 3)
Alto Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Otto Hardwick (tracks: 4 to 10, 17, 18, 21 to 24)
Bass – Billy Taylor Sr. (tracks: 2, 4 to 9, 17, 21), Hayes Alvis (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 10, 17, 18, 22, 24)
Clarinet – Barney Bigard (tracks: 1 to 10, 13 to 18, 21 to 24)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney (tracks: 1 to 18, 21 to 24)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1 to 12, 17, 18, 21 to 24)
Cornet – Rex Stewart (tracks: 1 to 12, 17, 18, 21 to 24)
Drums – Sonny Greer (tracks: 1 to 10, 13 to 18, 21 to 24)
Guitar – Fred Guy (tracks: 1 to 10, 17, 18, 21 to 24)
Liner Notes [August 1992] – Anatol Schenker
Piano, Directed By – Duke Ellington
Tenor Saxophone – Ben Webster (tracks: 8 to 10, 17, 18)
Trombone – Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (tracks: 1 to 10, 13 to 18, 21 to 24), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 1 to 12, 17, 18, 21 to 24)
Trumpet – Arthur Whetsol (tracks: 1 to 10), Cootie Williams (tracks: 1 to 10, 13 to 18, 21 to 24), Wallace Jones (tracks: 17, 18, 21 to 24)
Valve Trombone – Juan Tizol (tracks: 1 to 10, 13 to 18, 21 to 24)
Vocals – Ivie Anderson (tracks: 1 to 5, 23)
About this release
Classics Records – Classics 666 (France)
Recording info:
#1 to 3: New York, February 28, 1936
#4 to 7: New York, July 17, 1936
#8 to 10: New York, July 29, 1936
#11, 12: Hollywood, December 16, 1936
#13 to 16: Hollywood, December 19, 1936
#17 to 20: Hollywood, December 21, 1936
#21 to 24: New York, March 5, 1937
Thanks to snobb for the addition