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The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1940Classics 805 |
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] |
| 6mar40 | 1 | You, You Darlin'
(Scholl-Jerome) [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
| 6mar40 | 2 | Jack The Bear (Ellington) |
| 6mar40 | 3 | Ko-Ko (Ellington) |
| 6mar40 | 4 | Morning Glory (Ellington) |
| 6mar40 | 5 | So Far, So Good
(Lawrence-Mundy-White) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 15mar40 | 6 | Conga Brava (Ellington-Tizol) |
| 15mar40 | 7 | Concerto For Cootie (Ellington) |
| 15mar40 | 8 | Me And You
(Ellington) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 4may40 | 9 | Bojangles (A Portrait Of Bill Robinson) (Ellington) |
| 4may40 | 10 | Cotton Tail (Ellington) |
| 4may40 | 11 | Never No Lament (Ellington) |
| 4may40 | 12 | Blue Goose (Ellington) |
| 28may40 | 13 | Dusk (Ellington) |
| 28may40 | 14 | Bojangles (A Portrait Of Bill Robinson) (Ellington) |
| 28may40 | 15 | A Portrait Of Bert Williams (Ellington) |
| 28may40 | 16 | Blue Goose (Ellington) |
| 22jul40 | 17 | Harlem Air Shaft (Ellington) |
| 22jul40 | 18 | At A Dixie Roadside Diner
(Leslie-Burke) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 22jul40 | 19 | All Too Soon (Ellington-Sigman) |
| 22jul40 | 20 | Rumpus In Richmond (Ellington) |
| 24jul40 | 21 | My Greatest Mistake (Fulton-O'Brien) |
| 24jul40 | 22 | Sepia Panorama (Ellington) |