Duke Ellington discography

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This is the discography of recordings by Duke Ellington, including those nominally led by his sidemen (mainly in the 1930s and early 1940s), and his later collaborations (mainly in the 1960s) with musicians with whom Ellington had generally not previously recorded.

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Discography

Studio albums

YearTitleLabelYear recordedNotes
1941Hot Piano RCA Victor 19414 x 10" 78 rpm; w/ Earl Hines, Fats Waller, and Jelly Roll Morton - the latter's additions were from 1929
1947 [1] Duke Ellington Plays the Blues RCA Victor 10-inch LP; [na 1]
1947Ellington SpecialColumbia4 x 10" 78 rpm
1948 Liberian Suite Columbia 10-inch LP
1951 Masterpieces by Ellington Columbia [nb 1]
1951Mercer Records Presents the Billy Strayhorn TrioMercer Recordsw/ Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on pianos
1952 Ellington Uptown Columbia1952
1953 Premiered by Ellington Capitol 1953
1953 The Duke Plays Ellington Capitol1953
1954 Dance to the Duke! Capitol1954
1955 Ellington '55 Capitol1955
1955 Ellington Showcase Capitol1955
1956 Blue Rose Columbia1955with Rosemary Clooney
1956 Historically Speaking Bethlehem
1956 Duke Ellington Presents... Bethlehem1955
1957 A Drum Is a Woman Columbia1955
1957 Such Sweet Thunder Columbia1955
1957 Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Verve 1955with Ella Fitzgerald
1958 Black, Brown and Beige Columbia1955with Mahalia Jackson
1958 Ellington Indigos Columbia1955
1958 The Cosmic Scene Columbia1955
1959 Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque Columbia1955
1959 Jazz Party Columbia1955
1959 Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues Verve1955with Johnny Hodges
1959 Side by Side Verve1955with Johnny Hodges
1959 Anatomy of a Murder Columbia1955soundtrack album
1959 Festival Session Columbia1955
1959Ellington MoodsSesac Recordings1959
1960 Blues in Orbit Columbia
1960 The Nutcracker Suite Columbia
1961 Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. ColumbiaAKA Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday
1961Recording Together for the First Time Roulette 1961with Louis Armstrong
1961 Paris Blues United Artists Paris Blues soundtrack - w/ Louis Armstrong
1962 First Time! The Count Meets the Duke Columbiawith Count Basie
1962 All American in Jazz Columbia
1962 Midnight in Paris Columbia
1962 Money Jungle United Artists with Charles Mingus and Max Roach
1963 Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Impulse! with Coleman Hawkins
1963 Duke Ellington & John Coltrane Impulse!1962with John Coltrane
1963Jazz ConcertColumbiaw. Bobby Hackett
1963 Afro-Bossa Reprise
1963The Great ReunionRoulette1961with Louis Armstrong
1963 Piano in the Background Columbia1961 [nc 1]
1964 The Symphonic Ellington Reprise
1964 Ellington '65 Reprise
1964 Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins Reprise
1964 My People Red Baron
1964 My People Red Baron
1965Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?Reprise
1965 Ellington '66 Reprise
1965 Ella at Duke's Place Vervewith Ella Fitzgerald
1966 Serenade to Sweden Reprise1965with Alice Babs
1967 Far East Suite RCA
1967 The Popular Duke Ellington RCA
1968 ...And His Mother Called Him Bill RCA1967
1968 Francis A. & Edward K. Reprise1967with Frank Sinatra
1968 Second Sacred Concert Prestigestudio recording, despite the title
1969 North of the Border in Canada Decca 1967with the Ron Collier Orchestra
1970 Orchestral Works Deccaaka "Harlem/New World a'Coming/The Golden Broom and The Green Apple"
1971 New Orleans Suite Atlantic 1970
1972 Latin American Suite Fantasy 1968 & 1970
1973 This One's for Blanton! Pablo with Ray Brown
1973 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Flying Dutchman with Teresa Brewer
1974 Recollections of the Big Band Era Atlantic1962–63recorded for Reprise
1974 Duke's Big 4 Pablo
Posthumous albums
1974 The Pianist Fantasy1966 & 1970
1975 The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Fantasy1971
1975This One's For BlantonPablo Records1972w/ Ray Brown
1976 Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session Atlantic1963
1976 The Ellington Suites Pablo 1959–72
1977 The Intimate Ellington Pablo1969–71
1979 Unknown Session Columbia1960
1979 Up in Duke's Workshop Pablo1969–72
1985 Featuring Paul Gonsalves Fantasy1962
1986 The Intimacy of the Blues Fantasy1967–70
1987 Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 LMR1956The Private Sessions Volume One
1987 Dance Concerts, California 1958 LMR1958The Private Sessions Volume Two
1987 Studio Sessions, New York, 1962 LMR1962The Private Collection Volume Three
1987 Studio Sessions New York 1963 LMR1963The Private Collection Volume Four
1987 The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 LMR1968, 1970The Private Collection Volume Five
1987The Private CollectionLMRThe first five CDs from The Private Collection series in a box set
1987 Dance Dates, California 1958 LMR1958The Private Sessions Volume Six
1987 Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 LMR1957, 1962The Private Collection Volume Seven
1987 Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York LMR1957, 1965–1967The Private Collection Volume Eight
1987 Studio Sessions New York, 1968 LMR1968The Private Collection Volume Nine
1987 Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 LMR1965–1967, 1971The Private Collection Volume Ten
1989The Duke Ellington OrchestraEcho Jazz
1991Ellington: Never Before Released Recordings (1965-1972)Jazz Heritage
2004 The Jaywalker Storyville 1966–1967

Live albums

YearTitleLabelYear recordedNotes
1946 Black, Brown, and Beige Victor19432 × 12" 78 rpm
1954The Seattle Concert RCA Victor 1952
1956 [2] Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All Stars at NewportColumbia1956.07.06
1956 Ellington at Newport Columbia1956.07.07
1958 Newport 1958 Columbia1958.07live concert with studio work, later full concert released as Live at Newport 1958
1959 Live at the Blue Note Roulette 1959
1965 Concert in the Virgin Islands Reprise1965.03
1966 The Duke at Tanglewood RCA Victor1965.12with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler
1966A Concert of Sacred Music from Grace CathedralStatus1965.07See: Sacred Concert (Ellington)
1967 Soul Call Verve1966.07
1967 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur Verve1966.06with Ella Fitzgerald
1970 70th Birthday Concert Solid State 1969
1970 70th Birthday Concert Highlights Liberty Records, Inc.1969
1972 Togo Brava Suite United Artists1971
1973 Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II Columbia1958.09
1973 The Great Paris Concert Atlantic1963.02.01
1973 Yale Concert Fantasy1968
1973Cotton Club-1938, Volume One, If Dreams Come TrueJazz Archives1938
Posthumous live albums
1975 The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World Pablo1967Various artists
1975 Third Sacred Concert RCA1973.10
1975 Eastbourne Performance RCA1973.12
1975Volume Two, June 1951Stardust Records1951
1975Volume Three, April 1953Stardust Records1953
1977 The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 Prestige 1947
1977 The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 Prestige1943
1977 The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 Prestige1944
1977 The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 Prestige1946
1978 At Fargo 1940 Live Book-Of-The-Month Records19403xLP box set
1979One Night Stand with Duke Ellington at the Club ZanzibarJoyce1948
1979Duke Ellington's JubileeJoyce1948-49
1980West Coast TourJazz Bird1951
1983 All Star Road Band Doctor Jazz 1957
1984 The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Pablo1966.02with Ella Fitzgerald
1985 All Star Road Band Volume 2 Doctor Jazz1964
1985S.R.O.Lester Recording Catalog1961
1985The 1953 Pasadena ConcertGNP Crescendo
1985Ellington, JamesLester Recording Catalog
1986 In the Uncommon Market Pablo1963.02.06–1966
1987The 1954 Los Angeles ConcertGNP Crescendo
1989Duke Ellington Live! at the Newport Jazz Festival '59EmArcy
1989Live at the 1956 Stratford FestivalMusic & Arts
1991 Hot Summer Dance Red Baron 1960
1993Duke Ellington, His Orchestra and Friends at the First Annual Connecticut Jazz Festival, July 28, 1956IAJRC1956
1993The Great London ConcertsMusicMasters Jazz1963-64
1995 Live at the Whitney Impulse!1972
2002 Duke Ellington at the Alhambra Pablo1958.10

Compilations

Listed here are all compilations released during Ellington's lifetime, in addition to all significant compilations, excluding the aforementioned [na 1] box sets.

YearTitleLabelDate recordedNotes
1940The DukeColumbia
1943A Duke Ellington PanoramaVictor1927–19404 x 78 RPM
1943 Ellingtonia, Vol. One Brunswick 1927–19314 × 78 RPM
1944 Ellingtonia, Vol. Two Brunswick1928–19314 × 78 RPM
1949Mood EllingtonColumbia10-inch LP
1955The Duke and His Men
1955Here's the DukeColumbia
1955Duke's MixtureColumbia
1955Blue LightColumbia1934–1939
1956The Music Of Duke Ellington Played By Duke EllingtonColumbiaUnclear if all or only some tracks were previously released
1956In a Mellotone RCA Victor 1940–1942
1956Duke Ellington PlaysAllegro1946
1959 [3] The Duke's D.J. SpecialFresh Sound Records
1961The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous OrchestraCapitol1953-55
1964Daybreak Express
1961Music of Duke Ellington and OthersSpin-O-Rama
1963Hail to the DukeCamay Records
1964 Great Times! Riverside with Billy Strayhorn
1965Jumpin' PunkinsRCA Victor1940–1941
1967Duke Ellington's Greatest HitsReprise Records
1967 [4] Johnny Come Lately
1968Duke Ellington's Greatest HitsColumbia
1970Duke EllingtonUpFront Records1937 & 1940
Posthumous compilations
1974The World Of Duke EllingtonColumbia1947
1974Love You MadlyVee Jay Records1950s
1974The Legendary Duke Ellington In MemoriamOlympic Records
1975The World Of Duke Ellington Volume 2Columbia
1977Duke Ellington OrchestraGramercy 5
1978Plays Duke EllingtonQuintessence
1979Satin DollKoala
1979Take the "A" TrainQuintessence
1982 The Girl's Suite and The Perfume Suite Columbia1957 & 1961
1982Original Recordings by Duke EllingtonRCA, Pair Records
1982ForeverHSRD
1982Do Nothing Till You Hear From MeIntermedia
1983Black Jazz And Blues : The First Sound FilmsSandy Hook Recordsw/ Bessie Smith and Cab Calloway
1984Rockin' In RhythmAVI Records
1985 Happy Reunion Sony 1958two sessions from 1958
1985New Mood IndigoSignature1962, 1964, 1966
1986 [5] The Blanton–Webster Band RCA/Bluebird1940–1942
1988The Feeling of Jazz1201 Music
1991 Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year Portrait 1938
1991Take the 'A' TrainFour Star
1992Duke Ellington!Highland Music, Inc.
1993Duke Ellington's Incidental Music for Shakespeare's Play Timon of Athens adapted by Stanley Silverman; posthumous recordings of previously unreleased compositions
2003 Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band Bluebird 1940–1942from the Centennial set of 1999
The Duke Box 2 [6] 1952–1972Storyville7-CD/1-DVD set
The Private Collection (1956–1971)1956–1971 Saja 10-CD set

Session appearances

Hit records

YearSingleChart positionsFootnotes
US US
R&B 		UK
1927"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"10 [na 2]
1928"Black and Tan Fantasy"15
"Creole Love Call"19
"Doin' the New Low Down"20
"Diga Diga Doo" [7] 17
"The Mooche"16
1930"Three Little Words"1
"Ring Dem Bells"17
1931"Blue Again"12
"Mood Indigo"3
"Rockin' in Rhythm"19
"Creole Rhapsody Parts 1 & 2"18
"Limehouse Blues"13
1932"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"6
"Creole Rhapsody" (new version)19
"Rose Room (in Sunny Roseland)"15
"Moon over Dixie"14
"Blue Ramble"16
1933"Drop Me Off in Harlem"17
"Sophisticated Lady"3
"Stormy Weather"4
"I'm Satisfied"11
"In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree"13
1934"Daybreak Express"20
"Cocktails for Two"1
"Moon Glow"2
"Solitude"2
"Saddest Tale"9
1935"Merry-Go-Round"6
"In a Sentimental Mood"14
"Accent on Youth"6
"Cotton"4
1936"Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?"12
"Love Is Like a Cigarette"8
"Clarinet Lament"12
"Echoes of Harlem"19
"Oh Babe! Maybe Someday"8
"Jazz Lips"20
"Yearning for Love"16
1937"The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"16
"There's a Lull in My Life"12
"Scattin' at the Kit Kat"9
"Caravan"4
"Azure"13
"All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"14
1938"Harmony in Harlem"15
"If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)"10
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"1
"The Gal from Joe's"20
"Lambeth Walk"7
"Prelude to a Kiss"18
1940"You, You, Darlin'"28 [na 3]
"Ko Ko"25
"At a Dixie Roadside Diner"27
"Sepia Panorama"24
1941"Flamingo"11
"Take the 'A' Train"11
"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"13
1942"Hayfoot, Strawfoot"10 [na 4]
1943"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"81
"Perdido"21
"Take the 'A' Train" (re-entry)19
"Bojangles"19
"A Slip of the Lip"191
"Sentimental Lady"191
1944 "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me" 101
"Main Stem"231
"My Little Brown Book"4
"Someone"7
"I Don't Mind"9
1945"I'm Beginning to See the Light"64
"Don't You Know I Care"10
"I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"4
1946"Come to Baby, Do"13
1948"Don't Be So Mean to Baby"15
1953"Satin Doll"
"Boo Dah"30
1954"Skin Deep"7

Singles

Footnotes

Early years: 1920–1940s

  1. 1 2 As the long-player format didn't become a significant part of the industry until the late 1940s, Ellington's record output before 1947 consisted largely of singles, from labels such as RCA Victor, Okeh, and Brunswick. They represent the bulk of his work that has been collected in box sets, while material from other labels is scattered. The most comprehensive source for Ellington's early work are the multi-volume The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Classics releases, although that series omits alternate takes, which can be found in other collections.
  2. ↑ During the 1920s and 1930s, Ellington and his band recorded for almost every label (BluDisc, Pathé, Perfect, Victor, Brunswick, Columbia Records, Okeh, Vocalion, Cameo, Romeo, Lincoln, Banner, Domino, Jewel, and Hit of the Week).
  3. ↑ By the 1940s, Ellington's recordings featuring Jimmy Blanton and Ben Webster, garnered praise of his work as being "the best Ellington", according to critic Bob Blumenthal. [8]
  4. ↑ Activity in the commercial recording industry was restricted during the 1942–1944 musicians' strike which including a recording ban, but Ellington did make annual visits to Carnegie Hall. In the January 1943 concert, Ellington introduced his first extended suite, "Black, Brown and Beige".

1950s

  1. ↑ Ellington began the 1950s with his career seemingly in decline with several musicians leaving, Lawrence Brown, Sonny Greer, and Johnny Hodges, although Brown and Hodges later rejoined. After the orchestra's appearance at the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival, with Paul Gonsalves running through 27 choruses of "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue", Ellington's profile revived.

1960s

  1. ↑ In the 1960s, Ellington made recordings with Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, and Frank Sinatra, among others. He continued to write and record extended suites, such as his religious "Sacred Concerts", the "Perfume Suite", and the "Latin American Suite".

References

  1. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1947-08-23.
  2. ↑ Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All-Stars at Newport Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic , retrieved 2023-02-12
  3. ↑ Duke Ellington - Ellington Moods , retrieved 2023-02-12
  4. ↑ Duke Ellington - Johnny Come Lately , retrieved 2023-02-12
  5. ↑ Gold, Gerald (December 7, 1986). "Bluebird Flies Once More". The New York Times. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  6. ↑ Mosey, Chris (December 14, 2016). "Duke Elllington And His Orchestra: The Duke Box 2". All About Jazz. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
  7. ↑ Brothers, Thomas (2018). Help!: The Beatles, Duke Ellington, and the Magic of Collaboration. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN   978-0393246247.
  8. ↑ The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide, p. 70.
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