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The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1938Classics 700 |
The Classics Chronological series on Ellington is not to be missed. Classics has plenty of albums out and good sound as well. The liner notes could be more extensive, but no other company is this far along in reissuing Ellington.

| Date | Track | Title (Composer) [Vocalist] |
| 13jan38 | 1 | Stepping Into Swing Society (Ellington-Nemo-Mills) |
| 13jan38 | 2 | Prologue To Black And Tan Fantasy (Ellington-Miley) |
| 13jan38 | 3 | The New Black And Tan Fantasy (Ellington-Miley) |
| 19jan38 | 4 | Drummer's Delight (Ellington-Bigard) |
| 19jan38 | 5 | If I Thought You Cared (Ellington-Bigard-Jackson-Mills) |
| 19jan38 | 6 | Have A Heart (Ellington-Tizol-Singer-Mills) |
| 19jan38 | 7 | My Day
(Heyman-Lombardo-Loeb) [Mary McHugh, vocal] |
| 19jan38 | 8 | Silvery Moon And Golden Sands
(Pease-Haid-Stock) [Mary McHugh, vocal] |
| 19jan38 | 9 | Echoes Of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto) (Ellington) |
| 2feb38 | 10 | Ridin' On A Blue Note (Ellington-Redmond-Mills) |
| 2feb38 | 11 | Lost In Meditation (Ellington-Tizol-Singer-Mills) |
| 2feb38 | 12 | The Gal From Joe's (Ellington-Mills) |
| 24feb38 | 13 | If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do?)
(Ellington-Nemo-Mills) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 24feb38 | 14 | Scrounch
(Ellington-Nemo-Mills) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 3mar38 | 15 | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Ellington-Nemo-Mills) |
| 3mar38 | 16 | Braggin' In Brass (Ellington-Nemo-Mills) |
| 3mar38 | 17 | Carnival In Caroline
(Ellington-Nemo-Mills) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 28mar38 | 18 | Jeep's Blues (Ellington-Hodges) |
| 28mar38 | 19 | If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do?)
(Ellington-Nemo-Mills) [Mary McHugh, vocal] |
| 28mar38 | 20 | I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
(Ellington-Nemo-Mills) [Mary McHugh, vocal] |
| 28mar38 | 21 | Rendezvous With Rhythm (Ellington-Hodges) |
| 4apr38 | 22 | A Lesson In C
(Ellington-Nemo-Mills) [Jerry Kruger, vocal] |
| 4apr38 | 23 | Swingtime In Honolulu
(Ellington-Nemo-Mills) [Jerry Kruger, vocal] |