Boxset / Compilation · 2000
Tracklist
1 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 3:03
2 Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:02
3 Once Upon A Dream 2:58
4 It's Love I'm In 3:11
5 I Could Get A Man 2:54
6 On A Turquoise Cloud 3:20
7 I Like The Sunrise (Instrumental) 4:32
Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite (Tracks 8-13)
8 I Like The Sunrise (Vocal) 4:30
9 Dance No. 1 4:54
10 Dance No. 2 3:25
11 Dance No. 3 3:45
12 Dance No. 4 3:06
13 Dance No. 5 5:09
14 A Woman And A Man 2:42
15 The Clothed Woman 2:51
16 New York City Blues 3:10
17 Let's Go Blues 2:24
18 The Tattooed Bride - Part 1 6:30
19 The Tattooed Bride - Part 2 5:54
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 13, 18, 19)
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney (tracks: 1 to 16, 18, 19)
Bass – Edgar Brown (tracks: 1), Alvin "Junior" Raglin (tracks: 5 to 17), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 2 to 13), Wendell Marshall (tracks: 18, 19)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 1 to 14, 17 to 19)
Drums – Sonny Greer
Guitar – Fred Guy (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 13, 18, 19)
Piano – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 2 to 5, 7 to 13)
Piano, Directed By – Duke Ellington
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: 1 to 14, 17 to 19), Ben Webster (tracks: 18, 19)
Timpani – Elayne Jones (tracks: 7 to 13)
Trombone – Claude Jones (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 13), Lawrence Brown (tracks: 1 to 14, 17 to 19), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 18, 19)
Trombone, Vibraphone – Tyree Glenn (tracks: 1 to 13, 17 to 19)
Trumpet – Al Killian (tracks: 5, 7 to 14, 16 to 19), Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb* (tracks: 1 to 4), Francis Williams (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 13, 18, 19), Harold Baker (tracks: 2 to 5, 7 to 19), Herman Grimes (tracks: 1), Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 13, 18, 19)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 13, 18, 19)
Vocals – Al HIbbler (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 8), Delores Parker (tracks: 3, 5, 14), Kay Davis (tracks: 6)
About this release
Classics Records – 1119 (France)
Track 1 recorded in New York, November 18, 1947.
Tracks 2 to 4 recorded in New York, November 20, 1947.
Tracks 5 and 6 recorded in New York, December 22, 1947.
Tracks 7 to 13 recorded in New York, December 24, 1947.
Tracks 14 to 17 recorded in New York, December 30, 1947.
Tracks 18 and 19 recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York, November 13, 1948
Thanks to snobb for the addition