The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1927-1973

~ Release by Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: 1927-28
2▶CD: 1928-29
3▶CD: 1929
4▶CD: 1930
5▶CD: 1930-31
6▶CD: 1931-33
7▶CD: 1933-34
8▶CD: 1940
9▶CD: 1940
10▶CD
11▶CD: 1941
12▶CD: 1941
13▶CD: 1941-42
14▶CD
15▶CD
16▶CD
17▶CD: The Seattle Concert
18▶CD: The First Concert of Sacred Music
19▶CD: The Second Sacred Concert
20▶CD: The Second Sacred Concert (cont'd) / The Third Sacred Concert
21▶CD: The Far East Suite
22▶CD: The Popular Duke Ellington / The Jazz Piano / The Duke at Tanglewood
23▶CD: The Duke at Tanglewood (cont'd) / ...and His Mother Called Him Bill
24▼CD: ...and His Mother Called Him Bill (cont'd) / Eastbourne Performance
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1All Day Long
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1967-09-01)
producer:
Brad McCuen (producer)
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1967-09-01) and Russell Procope (on 1967-09-01)
bass trombone:
Chuck Connors (trombonist) (on 1967-09-01)
double bass:
Aaron Bell (jazz double bassist) (on 1967-09-01)
drums (drum set):
Steve Little (on 1967-09-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1967-09-01)
reeds:
Harry Carney (on 1967-09-01), Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1967-09-01) and Russell Procope (on 1967-09-01)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Gonsalves (on 1967-09-01)
trombone:
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) (on 1967-09-01) and Buster Cooper (on 1967-09-01)
trumpet:
Cat Anderson (on 1967-09-01), Mercer Ellington (on 1967-09-01), Herbie Jones (on 1967-09-01) and Cootie Williams (on 1967-09-01)
DJ-mixer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
recording of:
All Day Long (on 1967-09-01)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
2:58
2Lotus Blossom (take 1)
recording of:
Lotus Blossom (on 1967-09-01)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
3:56
3Lotus Blossom
recording of:
Lotus Blossom (on 1967-09-01)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
4:57
4Smada (take 3)
recording of:
Smada (on 1967-08-28)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Billy Strayhorn
3:21
5Smada (take 4)
recording of:
Smada (on 1967-08-28)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Billy Strayhorn
3:20
6Midriff
recording of:
Midriff (on 1967-08-30)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn and Gerald Valentine (trombone, aka Jerry Valentine)
4:35
7My Little Brown Book
recording of:
My Little Brown Book (on 1967-08-30)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
4:13
8Acht O'Clock Rock
recording of:
Acht O'Clock Rock (on 1967-11-15)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
2:26
9The Piano Player
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1973-12-01)
drums (drum set):
Quentin White (on 1973-12-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
2:56
10Creole Love Call
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
live recording of:
Creole Love Call (on 1973-12-01)
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
4:29
11Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know)
live recording of:
Don’t You Know I Care? (on 1973-12-01)
lyricist:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) (in 1944)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1944)
4:30
12I Can't Get Started With You
recording of:
I Can’t Get Started (on 1973-12-01)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell’s • Sydney, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:53
13New York, New York
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1973-12-01)
drums (drum set):
Quentin White (on 1973-12-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
reeds:
Harold Ashby (on 1973-12-01), Harry Carney (on 1973-12-01) and Russell Procope (on 1973-12-01)
tenor saxophone:
Percy Marion (on 1973-12-01)
trombone:
Art Baron (on 1973-12-01)
trumpet:
Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1973-12-01), Mercer Ellington (on 1973-12-01), Barry Lee Hall (American Jazz Trumpet player) (on 1973-12-01) and Harold "Money" Johnson (on 1973-12-01)
woodwind:
Harold "Geezil" Minerve (on 1973-12-01)
3:01
14Pitter Panther Patter
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1973-12-01)
drums (drum set):
Quentin White (on 1973-12-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
2:27
15How High the Moon
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1973-12-01)
drums (drum set):
Quentin White (on 1973-12-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
reeds:
Harold Ashby (on 1973-12-01), Harry Carney (on 1973-12-01) and Russell Procope (on 1973-12-01)
tenor saxophone:
Percy Marion (on 1973-12-01)
trombone:
Art Baron (on 1973-12-01)
trumpet:
Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1973-12-01), Mercer Ellington (on 1973-12-01), Barry Lee Hall (American Jazz Trumpet player) (on 1973-12-01) and Harold "Money" Johnson (on 1973-12-01)
woodwind:
Harold "Geezil" Minerve (on 1973-12-01)
live recording of:
How High the Moon (on 1973-12-01)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (library/production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
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 (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:17
16Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues (on 1973-12-01)
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:59
17Tiger Rag
recording of:
Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) (on 1973-12-01)
composer:
Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing France
3:50
18Soso
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1973-12-01)
drums (drum set):
Quentin White (on 1973-12-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
reeds:
Harold Ashby (on 1973-12-01), Harry Carney (on 1973-12-01) and Russell Procope (on 1973-12-01)
tenor saxophone:
Percy Marion (on 1973-12-01)
trombone:
Art Baron (on 1973-12-01)
trumpet:
Johnny Coles (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1973-12-01), Mercer Ellington (on 1973-12-01), Barry Lee Hall (American Jazz Trumpet player) (on 1973-12-01) and Harold "Money" Johnson (on 1973-12-01)
woodwind:
Harold "Geezil" Minerve (on 1973-12-01)
3:43
19Meditation
double bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (on 1973-12-01)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
live recording of:
Meditation (on 1973-12-01)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:24
20Mecuria, the Lion
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1973-12-01)
4:01

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