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The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1941Classics 851 |
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] |
| 2jul41 | 1 | Jump For Joy
(Ellington-Webster-Kuller) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 2jul41 | 2 | Moon Over Cuba (Ellington-Tizol) |
| 3jul41 | 3 | Some Saturday (Stewart) |
| 3jul41 | 4 | Subtle Slough (Ellington) |
| 3jul41 | 5 | Menelik The Lion Of Judah (Stewart) |
| 3jul41 | 6 | Poor Bubber (Stewart) |
| 3jul41 | 7 | Squaty Roo (Hodges) |
| 3jul41 | 8 | Passion Flower (Strayhorn) |
| 3jul41 | 9 | Things Ain't What They Used To Be (MEllington-Persons) |
| 3jul41 | 10 | Goin' Out The Back Way (Ellington) |
| 26sep41 | 11 | Five O'Clock Drag (Ellington) |
| 26sep41 | 12 | Rocks In My Bed
(Ellington) [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
| 26sep41 | 13 | Bli-Blip
(Ellington-Kuller) [Ray Nance, vocal] |
| 26sep41 | 14 | Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn) |
| 29sep41 | 15 | Brown Suede (Ellington) |
| 29sep41 | 16 | Noir Bleu (Strayhorn) |
| 29sep41 | 17 | The "C" Jam Blues (Ellington) |
| 29sep41 | 18 | June (Bigard) |
| 2dec41 | 19 | Raincheck (Strayhorn) |
| 2dec41 | 20 | What Good Would It Do?
(Pepper-James) [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
| 2dec41 | 21 | I Don't Know What Kind Of Blues I Got
(Ellington) [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
| 2dec41 | 22 | Chelsea Bridge (Strayhorn) |