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- Published
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Sony Music Entertainment
[2012]
- Language
- English
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- Item Description
- Program notes inserted in container; original liner notes printed on individual disc sleeves.
- Physical Description
- 9 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
- Disc 1. Masterpieces by Ellington. Mood indigo (15:26)
- Sophisticated lady (11:28)
- The tattooed bride (11:41)
- Solitude (8:24)
- bonus tracks. Vagabonds (3:09) ; Smada (2:48) ; Rock skippin' at the Blue Note (2:28) (Recorded 1950-1951)
- Disc 2. Ellington uptown. Skin deep (6:48)
- The mooche (6:36)
- Take the "A" Train (8:00)
- A tone parallel to Harlem (Harlem Suite) (13:47)
- Perdido (8:23)
- The controversial suite. Before my time (6:08) ; Later (4:23)
- The Liberian suite. I like the sunrise (4:28) ; Dance no. 1 (4:50) ; Dance no. 2 (3:26) ; Dance no. 3 (3:45) ; Dance no. 4 (3:05) ; Dance no. 5 (5:08) (Recorded 1947-1952)
- Disc 3. Blue rose. Hey baby (3:53)
- Sophisticated lady (2:57)
- Me and you (2:28)
- Passion flower (4:33)
- I let a song go out of my heart (2:37)
- It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (2:48)
- Grievin' (4:10)
- Blue rose (2:21)
- I'm checkin' out, goodbye (3:09)
- I got it bad (and that ain't good) (3:07)
- Mood indigo (6:28)
- If you were in my place (what would you do?) (3:01)
- Just a-sittin' and a-rockin' (2:40) (Recorded 1956) (with Rosemary Clooney, vocals)
- Disc 4. A drum is a woman. A drum is a woman (3:39)
- Rhythm pum te dum (2:56)
- What else can you do with a drum - Calypso (1:52)
- New Orleans (2:34)
- Hey, Buddy Bolden (4:56)
- Carribee Joe/Congo square (9:00)
- A drum is a woman, part two (4:33)
- You better know it (2:45)
- Madam Zajj/Ballet of the flying saucers (9:50)
- Zajj's dream (3:00)
- Rhumbop/Carribee Joe, part two (2:21)
- Finale (3:50) (Recorded 1956) (featuring Margaret Tynes, Joya Sherrill, and Ozzie Bailey, vocals, with chorus)
- Disc 5. Such sweet thunder. Such sweet thunder (3:22)
- Sonnet for Caesar (3:00)
- Sonnet to Hank Cinq (1:24)
- Lady Mac (3:41)
- Sonnet in search of a Moor (2:22)
- The telecasters (3:05)
- Up and down, up and down (I will lead them up and down) (3:09)
- Sonnet for Sister Kate (2:24)
- The star-crossed lovers (4:00)
- Madness in great ones (3:26)
- Half the fun (4:19)
- Circle of fourths (1:45)
- bonus tracks. Star-crossed lovers (4:15)
- Circle of fourths (1:47)
- Suburban beauty (4:56)
- A flat minor (2:33)
- Café au lait (2:49)
- Half the fun (4:08)
- Suburban beauty (2:56)
- A flat minor (3:49)
- Café au lait (6:21)
- Pretty girl (8:54) (Recorded 1956-1957)
- Disc 6. Ellington indigos. Solitude (4:39)
- Where or when (3:59)
- Mood indigo (3:04)
- Autumn leaves (7:10)
- The sky fell down (2:57)
- Prelude to a kiss (4:42)
- Willow weep for me (4:13)
- Tenderly (5:19)
- Dancing in the dark (4:25)
- bonus tracks. Night and day (2:50)
- Cop-out (2:50)
- The perfume suite. Under the balcony (2:55) ; Strange feeling (3:53) ; Dancers in love (2:1) ; Coloratura (2:48)) (Recorded 1957)
- Disc 7. Black, brown, and beige. Black, brown, & beige : Part I (8:17) ; Part II (6:14) ; Part III (Light) (6:26) ; Part IV (Come Sunday) (7:58) ; Part V (Come Sunday) (3:46) ; Part VI (23rd psalm) (3:01)
- bonus tracks. Track 360 (2:02) ; Blues in orbit (2:36) ; Black, brown, & beige (alternate take) : Part I (6:49) ; Part II (6:38) ; Part III (Light) (3:08) ; Part IV (Come Sunday) (2:23) ; Part V (Come Sunday) (5:51) ; Part VI (23rd psalm) (1:59) ; Studio conversation (:07) ; Come Sunday (5:47) (Recorded 1958) (featuring Mahalia Jackson, vocals)
- Disc 8. At the bal masque. Alice blue gown (2:55)
- Who's afraid of the big bad wolf (2:51)
- Got a date with an angel (2:31)
- Poor butterfly (3:39)
- Satan takes a holiday (3:17)
- The peanut vendor (3:27)
- Satin doll (3:42)
- Lady in red (2:49)
- Indian love call (3:37)
- The donkey serenade (2:14)
- Gypsy love song (3:56)
- Laugh, clown, laugh (2:53)) (Recorded 1958)
- Disc 9. The cosmic scene. Avalon (3:20)
- Body and soul (4:55)
- Bass-ment (3:01)
- Early autumn (3:08)
- Jones (2:53)
- Perdido (2:48)
- St. Louis blues (5:05)
- Spacemen (2:31)
- Midnight sun (3:36)
- Take the "A" train (4:57)
- bonus tracks. Body and soul (4:44)
- Jones (2:35).