Portrait

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Annotation

10-CD box.

Annotation last modified on 2014-06-29 05:10 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Buffet Flat
#TitleRatingLength
1Dinah's in a Jam
2:52
2I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue
2:35
3Swingtime in Honolulu
2:51
4You Gave Me the Gate
2:23
5Rose of the Rio Grande
recording of:
Rose of the Rio Grande
lyricist:
Edgar Leslie
composer:
Ross Gorman and Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
3:01
6Pyramid
2:55
7When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
recording of:
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
writer:
Gene Austin, Jimmy McHugh (songwriter) and Irving Mills
2:40
8Watermelon Man
2:36
9A Gypsy Without a Song
recording of:
Gypsy Without a Song
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:59
10The Stevedore's Serenade
recording of:
The Stevedore's Serenade
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:47
11La de Doody Doo
2:27
12A Blues Serenade
recording of:
A Blues Serenade (Henry King's Theme Song)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Frank Signorelli
2:21
13Love in Swingtime
2:37
14Please Forgive Me
recording of:
Please Forgive Me
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter) and Irving Mills
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:02
15Lambeth Walk
recording of:
The Lambeth Walk
lyricist:
Douglas Furber (in 1937) and L. Arthur Rose (playwright and lyricist) (in 1937)
composer:
Noel Gay (in 1937)
publisher:
Cinephonic Music Co., Ltd. and Richard Armitage Ltd
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25672)
2:28
16Prelude to a Kiss
recording of:
Prelude to a Kiss
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter) (in 1938) and Irving Mills (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1938)
publisher:
J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
3:01
17Hip Chic
alto saxophone:
Barney Bigard (on 1938-08-09), Harry Carney (on 1938-08-09), Otto Hardwick (on 1938-08-09) and Johnny Hodges (on 1938-08-09)
baritone saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1938-08-09)
clarinet:
Barney Bigard (on 1938-08-09), Harry Carney (on 1938-08-09) and Johnny Hodges (on 1938-08-09)
cornet:
Rex Stewart (on 1938-08-09)
double bass:
Billy Taylor (jazz bassist) (on 1938-08-09)
double bass [bass]:
Billy Taylor Sr. (jazz bassist) (on 1938-08-09)
drums (drum set):
Sonny Greer (on 1938-08-09)
guitar:
Fred Guy (on 1938-08-09)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1938-08-09)
reeds:
Barney Bigard (on 1938-08-09)
saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1938-08-09) and Johnny Hodges (on 1938-08-09)
soprano saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1938-08-09)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1938-08-09) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1938-08-09)
trumpet:
Wallace Jones (on 1938-08-09) and Cootie Williams (on 1938-08-09)
valve trombone:
Juan Tizol (on 1938-08-09)
orchestra:
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (on 1938-08-09)
recorded at:
American Record Corporation Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1938-08-09)
recording of:
Hip Chic (on 1938-08-09)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:57
18Buffet Flat
recording of:
Buffet Flat
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:28
19Prelude to a Kiss
recording of:
Prelude to a Kiss
lyricist:
Irving Gordon (US songwriter) (in 1938) and Irving Mills (in 1938)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1938)
publisher:
J. R. Lafleur & Son Ltd. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
2:43
20There's Something About an Old Love
2:41
2▶CD: Cotton Club Stomp
3▶CD: I Never Felt This Way Before
4▶CD: Dusk
5▶CD: After All
6▶CD: Moon Over Cuba
7▶CD: I'm Beginning to See the Light
8▶CD: Frantic Fantasy
9▶CD: Mood Indigo
10▶CD: Suddenly It Jumped