The Small Group Sessions are indicated as follows:
BB=Barney Bigard Co=Coronets CW=Cootie Williams DE=Duke Ellington
GS=Gotham Stompers JH=Johnny Hodges RS=Rex Stewart SG=Sonny Greer
Titles in {brackets} are not currently accepted by
discographers as genuine Ellington recordings, but have appeared on Ellington
albums or in old discographies.
| Date | Title Composer Vocalist | Matrix | Original Release | CD |
Fade Up see Tootie For Cootie | ||||
Fair Wind [Norman Symonds] | ||||
| 25jul67 | 12644 | Decca DL-75069 | Collages:4 | |
Falling Like A Raindrop [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 17jan54 | 12311-12 | Capitol T-679 | CCR:4/4 | |
The Falls [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 8jun70 | LMR CD-83004 | PC:5/2.6 | ||
Fancy Dan [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 22sep45 | Dets 24 | Dets13:1/11 | ||
| 26sep45 | Dets10:1/25 | |||
| 7oct45 | AFRS ONS-764 | Dets7:2/17 | ||
| 10may51 | CO45814-1 | Columbia 39428 | C50-51:7 CoCo:3/14 | |
| 23jun51 | Session Disc 107 | 2GC:4 | ||
Fanfare [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 7nov40 | Fargo:2/7 | |||
Fanfare [The Goutelas Suite] [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 27apr71 | Pablo 2310-762 | TES:7 | ||
| 27apr71 | Pablo 2310-762 | TES:12 | ||
Fanfare By Band [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 23jun45 | Dets 11 | Dets6:2/21 | ||
Fantazm [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 13nov48 | VJC 1024-2 | CH4811:2/3 | ||
| 10dec48 | Cornell2:3 | |||
Far Away Blues [Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges] | ||||
| 10jun47 | Capitol Transcriptions | CapTrans:3/18 | ||
THE FAR EAST SUITE [Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn] | ||||
| 19dec66 | RCA LPM-3782 | RCA:21/1-9 FES:1-9 | ||
Farewell Blues [Elmer Schoebel-Paul Joseph Mares-Leon Rappolo] | ||||
| 9jan35 | C884-2 | For Discriminate Collectors 1003 | C33-35:23 | |
Fat Mess [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 7jan70 | Fantasy F-9462 | Pianist:10 | ||
Fat Mouth [Dick Vance] | ||||
| 27mar59 | Fresh Sound | DJSpecial:1 | ||
Father Forgive [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 19feb68 | Fantasy F-8407 | RCA:20/1 | ||
Fatstuff Serenade [Duke Ellington-Rex Stewart] | ||||
| 20mar39 | WM996-1 | Vocalion 5448 | C38-39:21 SG2:2/21 SGS:6/10 | |
Feed The Birds [Richard M. Sherman-Robert B. Sherman] | ||||
| 6-9sep64 | 2950 | Reprise R-6141 | RSR:5/3 | |
The Feeling Of Jazz [Duke Ellington/Bobby Troup-George T. Simon] | ||||
| 3jul62 | -4 | DJ FW-40359 | NMI:3 FOJ:9 | |
| 26sep62 | 11119 | Impulse A-30 | Coltrane:7 | |
| 22feb63 | 3526-7 | Atlantic SD-1688 | RSR:2/20 | |
Feetbone [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 3jan56 | 56131-9 | LMR CD-83000 | PC:1/2 | |
| 3jul58 | N58:1/10 N58M:13 | |||
Ferryboat Serenade [Eldo Di Lazzaro/HaroldAdamson] aka La Piccinina | ||||
| 7nov40 | [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
Fargo:1/11 | ||
Festival Junction [Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn] | ||||
| 7-9jul56 | CO56791 | Columbia CL-934 | N56C:2/11 | |
| 7jul56 | N56:1 N56C:1/9 | |||
| 9jul56 | N56C:2/9 | |||
Fickle Fling [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 13apr43 | White Label RM-297/298 Caracol CAR-435 Rarities 70 |
*** | ||
| 30jun45 | Dets 12 | Dets7:1/3 | ||
| 22sep45 | Dets 24 | Dets13:1/13 | ||
| 15oct45 | Buddha 7446599629 | DJ:11 | ||
| 16jul46 | Capitol Transcriptions | CapTrans:2/2 | ||
Fiddle On The Diddle [Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn] | ||||
| 14apr65 | -2 | Reprise R-6185 | RSR:5/15 | |
Fife [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 26nov69 | Solid State SS-19000 | 70th:2/5 EC:1/14 | ||
| 7nov71 | TIVOLIdvd:2/7 | |||
| 7nov71 | TIVOLIdvd:1/6 | |||
Finale [Beige from Black, Brown & Beige] [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 23jan43 | Prestige P-3400 | CH4301:2/2e | ||
Finale [A Drum Is A Woman] [Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn] | ||||
| 6dec56 | [Margaret Tynes, Ozzie Bailey, vocal] |
Columbia CL-951 | DW:15 | |
Finesse [Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges] | ||||
| 21mar39 | WM1005-1 | Columbia CL-663 | C39:7 SGS:6/16 | |
Fishing For The Moon [Eddie Seiler-Sol M. Marcus/Guy B. Wood] | ||||
| 7oct45 | AFRS MC-131 Joyce LP 1071 |
Dets2:2/21 | ||
Five O'Clock Drag [Duke Ellington/Harold Adamson] | ||||
| 28jul42 | Natasha 4016 | SRIE:22 | ||
| 18jun43 | Rarities 56 | *** | ||
| 8sep40 | [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
Jazz Supreme 704 | *** | |
| 26sep41 | 061684-1 | Victor 27700 | C41:11 RCA:12/17 BWB:3/3 | |
Five O'Clock Whistle [Josef Myrow/Kim Gannon-William C.K. Irwin] | ||||
| 5sep40 | [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
053429-1 | Victor 26748 | C40v2:3 RCA:9/5 BWB:2/1 |
| 7nov40 | [Ivie Anderson, vocal] |
Fargo:2/6 | ||
The Flaming Sword [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 17oct40 | 053552-1 | RCA FXM1-7072 | AT8:1 RCA:9/16 | |
| 17oct40 | 053552-2 | Victor 26796 | C40v2:9 RCA:9/17 BWB:2/3 | |
| 17oct40 | 053552-3 | RCA FXM1-7072 | AT8:2 RCA:9/18 | |
| 7nov40 | Fargo:1/21 | |||
Flaming Youth [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 16jan29 | BVE49652-1 | Up-to-Date 2006 | M6:5 AT4:24 RCA:2/11 | |
| 16jan29 | BVE49652-2 | Victor V-38035 | M6:6 C28-29:16 RCA:2/12 | |
| 12-17aug29 | RKO | DEIHdvd:4 M7:16j BJ&B | ||
| 10sep29 | 4063-B 9018-2 | Pathe 37059 | M8:2 C29-30:4 | |
Flamingo [Theodor Grouya/Edmund Anderson] is one of Billy Strayhorn's most famous arrangements. | ||||
| 28dec40 | [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
053781-1 | Victor 27326 | C40-41:6 RCA:11/5 VDisc:1/17 BWB:2/8 |
| 16feb41 | [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
Moon Records MCD-084-2 | *** | |
| 25aug41 | [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
Columbia CBS forecast N. 12 | *** | |
| 17sep41 | [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
Standard 169 | StdTrans:2/3 | |
| nov-dec41 | [Herb Jeffries, vocal] |
100dvd:5 DEHOFvhs | ||
| 1sep45 | [Al Hibbler, vocal] |
Dets 21 | Dets11:2/11b | |
| 3oct50 | M5712 | Mercer 1964 | C50:3 GT:3 | |
| 9apr53 | 11406-9 | Capitol H-440 | C53:1 CCR:1/15 | |
| 29apr54 | [Jimmy Grissom, vocal] |
Laserlight 15787 | HBD:5/7 | |
| 10apr72 | Impulse IMPD-173 | Whitney:11 | ||
Fleurette Africaine [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 17sep62 | -2 | United Artists UAJ-14017 | MJ:2 | |
| 20may64 | Foxy 9001 | NYC:11 | ||
| 1jul64 | PP:5b | |||
Flippant Flurry [Billy Strayhorn] | ||||
| 5dec46 | 5818-3 | Musicraft 465 | C46-47:6 HGLL:6 | |
| 7jan47 | Capitol Transcriptions | CapTrans:2/19 | ||
| 6aug47 | Dems 58 | Ciros:13 | ||
Flirtibird [Duke Ellington] see also Almost Cried | ||||
| 1jun59 | RZSP46261-5 | Columbia CL-1360 | AM:2 EsCo:3/9 | |
| early jun59 | -17 | Columbia CL-1360 | AM:3 | |
| early jun59 | -20 | AM:25 | ||
| 4jul59 | Foxy 9003 | N59:4 | ||
| 9aug59 | Roulette 828637-2 | BN:1/4 | ||
| 24may62 | -4 | MFD G4RS-2536 | FOJ:2 | |
A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing [Billy Strayhorn] | ||||
| feb41 | unissued | |||
| 17jul46 | Capitol Transcriptions | CapTrans:2/16 | ||
| 14jul60 | RHCO46727 | Columbia JC-35342 | UnkSes:8 | |
| 17-20oct65 | [Ella Fitzgerald, vocal] |
-5 | Verve V-4070 | EADP:2 |
Flute [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 8jun70 | Storyville 1018402 | NYNY:2 | ||
Fly Me To The Moon [Bart Howard] | ||||
| 16apr64 | 5018 | Reprise R-6122 | RSR:4/3 | |
Flying Home [Benny Goodman-Lionel Hampton/Eddie De Lange] | ||||
| 5dec53 | 20266-3 | Up-to-Date 2007 | C53v2:9 CCR:3/1 | |
| 21dec53 | 20288-5 | Capitol T-521 | C53v2:15 CCR:3/7 | |
A Foggy Day In London Town [George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin] | ||||
| 13feb62 | [Della Reese, vocal] |
National Guard 39/40 | DR:10 | |
Follow Me [Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner] | ||||
| 22dec52 | [Jimmy Grissom, vocal] |
CC05399-1 | Columbia CG-33961 | C52-53:7 CoCo:4/19 |
| 12dec67 | [Frank Sinatra, vocal] |
K6326 | Reprise F-1024 | Sinatra:1 |
Fontainebleau Forest [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 1mar61 | RHCO70023-1 | Columbia CL-2029 | PIF:5 | |
Foolin' Myself [Jack Lawrence/Peter Tinturin] | ||||
| 20may37 | [Buddy Clark, vocal] |
B21186-1 | Variety 576 | C37:22 SG1:2/1 SGS:2/19 |
| 20may37 | [Buddy Clark, vocal] |
B21186-2 | Raretone RTE-23005 | AT5:24 SGS:2/18 |
For Dancers Only [Sy Oliver] | ||||
| 14dec62 | 3389-2 | Atlantic SD-1665 | RSR:1/13 RBBE:2 | |
Four And A Half Street [Duke Ellington-Rex Stewart] | ||||
| 29apr37 | M434-1 | Variety 564 | C37:17 SG1:1/21 SGS:2/13 | |
| 29apr37 | M434-2 | Blu-Disc 1003 | AT5:21 SGS:2/12 SB:7 | |
Fragmented Suite For Piano And Bass [Duke Ellington-Ray Brown] | ||||
| 5dec72 | Pablo 2310-721 | FB:6 | ||
| 5dec72 | Pablo 2310-721 | FB:7 | ||
| 5dec72 | Pablo 2310-721 | FB:8 | ||
| 5dec72 | Pablo 2310-721 | FB:9 | ||
| 8jan73 | LastJamdvd:9 | |||
Frankie And Johnny [traditional] | ||||
| 29may41 | [unidentified choir, vocal] |
Temple M-554 Moon Records MCD-084-2 Queen Disc Q-007 RCA FXM1-7135 Spokane 17 |
*** | |
| 17sep41 | Standard 169 | StdTrans:2/2 | ||
| 8jul44 | AFRS SB-409 Rarities 70 |
Wash:7 | ||
| 19dec44 | Prestige P-24073 | CH4412:2/8a | ||
| 17jan45 | AFRS BML-P229/230 | Ciros:22 | ||
| 16may45 | D5VB271-1 | Victor 20-2324 | C45v2:1 RCA:15/8 SDT:3 SG3:2/13 | |
| 26may45 | VP-1752 | Dets 7 V-Disc 626 |
C45v2:8 Dets4:2/19a VDisc:2/1 | |
| 26may45 | VP-1753 | Dets 7 V-Disc 626 |
C45v2:9 Dets4:2/19b VDisc:2/2 | |
| 15sep45 | Dets 23 | Dets12:2/12a | ||
| 20jan46 | Music Masters 65110-2 | GCC:2/9 | ||
| 2may50 | Zurich:9 | |||
Frantic Fantasy [Duke Ellington-Rex Stewart] | ||||
| 19dec44 | Rarities 59 | *** | ||
| 3jan45 | Circle CLP-106 | WldTrans:4/3 | ||
| 3jan45 | Circle CLP-106 | WldTrans:4/4 | ||
| 21apr45 | Dets 2 VP-1315 |
V-Disc 575 | C45:1 Dets2/1:13 VDisc:1/18 | |
| 5may45 | Dets 4 | Dets3:1/14 | ||
| 3aug45 | RadioYrs:13 | |||
| 4aug45 | Dets 17 | Dets9:2/16b | ||
| 6oct45 | Dets 25 | Dets13:2/14 | ||
Freeze And Melt [Jimmy McHugh/Dorothy Fields] | ||||
| 4apr29 | 148171-1 | Columbia 1813D | M7:2 C29:11 | |
| 12apr29 | [Irving Mills, unidentified choir, vocal] |
51159-1 | Pirate MPC-524 | M7:4b C29:14b RCA:3/8b |
Frenesi [Alberto Dominguez/Leonard Whitcup] | ||||
| 15jan41 | Standard 132 | StdTrans:1/1 | ||
Frere Monk [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 13sep62 | -1 | LMR CD-83002 | PC:3/13 | |
A Friend Of Yours [Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke] | ||||
| 26may45 | Dets 7 | Dets4:2/12 | ||
| 14jul45 | Dets 14 | Dets8:1/6 | ||
Frisky [Duke Ellington-Johnny Hodges] | ||||
| 10jun47 | Capitol Transcriptions | CapTrans:3/20 | ||
Frivolous Banta [Duke Ellington-Rick Henderson] | ||||
| 1jan54 | 12251-12 | Capitol T-637 | CCR:3/16 | |
Frolic Sam [Cootie Williams] | ||||
| 19dec36 | LO372-1 | Up-to-Date 2004 | AT5:3 SGS:1/11 SB:3 | |
| 19dec36 | LO372-2 | Variety 525 | C36-37:14 SG1:1/8 SGS:1/12 | |
| 12jun37 | Soundcraft LP-1013 | *** | ||
| 25jun38 | Jazz Panorama LP-14 | *** | ||
Frontin [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 5jan63 | 1703-11 | Reprise R-6069 | RSR:2/5 AB:5 | |
Frou- Frou [Lil Young] | ||||
| 27mar59 | Fresh Sound | DJSpecial:4 | ||
Frustration [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 19dec44 | Rarities 59 | *** | ||
| 7apr45 | Dets 1 | Dets1/1:6 | ||
| 28jul45 | Dets 16 | Dets9:1/3 | ||
| 7aug45 | Circle CLP-108 | WldTrans:5/9 | ||
| 7aug45 | Circle CLP-108 | WldTrans:5/10 | ||
| 10jun47 | Capitol Transcriptions | CapTrans:3/15 | ||
| 7-8feb56 | Bethlehem BCP-6005 | DEP:6 | ||
| 1jun57 | AS2:4 | |||
| 29oct58 | Alhambra:6 | |||
Fugue-A- Ditty [Duke Ellington] | ||||
| 4jan46 | CH4601:2/3 | |||
| 20jan46 | Music Masters 65110-2 | GCC:2/13 | ||
| 7jan47 | Capitol Transcriptions | CapTrans:3/1 | ||
last update: 24jul08