Duke Ellington: And His World Famous Orchestra Of 1946-47 (3 CD Set)

DIGITALLY REMASTERED 1946-1947
FEATURING THE DUKE, BILLY STRAYHORN, JOHNNY HODGES, LAWRENCE BROWN, CAT ANDERSON, HARRY CARNEY, OSCAR PETTIFORD, RUSSELL PROCOPE, TYREE GLENN, HAROLD BAKER, WALLACE JONES, WILBUR DEPARIS, WILSON MYERS, WILBUR BASCOMB, TAFT JORDAN, AL SEARS, FRED GUY, SHELTON HEMPHILL, FRANCIS WILLIAMS, BERNARD FLOOD, RAY "TRICKY SAM" NANTON, JIMMY HAMILTON, OTTO HARDWICKE, SONNY GREER AND VOCALISTS AL HIBBLER, RAY NANCE AND KAY DAVIS

DISC 1 (TOTAL TIME 68:15)

1. TAKE THE A TRAIN (THEME) 2. CROSSTOWN 3. PASSION FLOWER 4. MAGENTA HAZE 5. EVERYTHING GOES 6. THE EIGHTH VEIL 7. RIFF N' DRILL 8. BLUE ABANDON 9. TRANSBLUCENCY 10. RUGGED ROMEO 11. JENNIE 12. SONO 13. JEEP IS JUMPIN 14. PERDIDO 15. TIP TOE TOPIC 16. ROCKABYE RIVER 17. PRETTY WOMAN (VOCAL: AL HIBBLER) 18. GATHERIN' IN A CLEARING 19. YOU DON'T LOVE ME NO MORE (VOCAL: AL HIBBLER) 20. JUST SQUEEZE ME (VOCAL: RAY NANCE) 21. HEY, BABY (VOCAL: RAY NANCE) 22. SUDDENLY IT JUMPED

DISC 2 (TOTAL TIME 66:37)

1. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE (VOCAL: KAY DAVIS) 2. FICKLE FLING 3. 9:20 SPECIAL 4. ONE O'CLOCK JUMP 5. THE UNBOOTED CHARACTER 6. THE SUBURBANITE 7. INDIANA 8. MOON MIST 9. IN A JAM 10. ON THE ALAMO 11. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME 12. TEA FOR TWO 13. JUST YOU, JUST ME 14. SOMEONE 15. DOUBLE RUFF 16. A FLOWER IS A LOVESOME THING 17. THE MOOCHE 18. GOLDEN CRESS 19. FLIPPANT FLURRY 20. JAM-A-DITTY

DUKE ELLINGTON and his great band!

• 63 Songs digitally remastered on 3 CDs
• Over 3 hours of Ellingtonia
• 20 page booklet

Full of Rare Photographs, track by track annotations by Patricia Willard, and liner Notes by Brad McCuen.

price $30.95