Masterpieces 1926-1949
by Duke Ellington
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 11 September 2001
- Label: Unknown
- Country: United States
- Length: 4:53:49
- Community rating: 4.28/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Joop Visser
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Masterpieces 1926-1949' surveys Duke Ellington's first two decades of recording, from the Cotton Club jungle style through the Blanton-Webster band to his 1940s concert works. The collection presents the orchestra that Ellington treated as his true instrument.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, acoustic, improvisation, melodic, retro
Tracklist
- East St. Louis Toodle-oo (2:53)
- Birmingham Breakdown (2:46)
- Black And Tan Fantasy (3:17)
- Black Beauty (2:50)
- Mooche (3:11)
- Awful Sad (2:48)
- Blues With A Feelin' (3:14)
- Misty Mornin' (3:17)
- Flaming Youth (3:14)
- Hot Feet (2:38)
- Double Check Stomp (2:51)
- Ring Dem Bells (2:51)
- Old Man Blues (3:03)
- Mood Indigo (2:55)
- Rockin' In Rhythm (3:12)
- Echoes Of The Jungle (3:25)
- Mystery Song (3:11)
- It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:09)
- Lazy Rhapsody (3:15)
- Creole Love Call (4:08)
- Blue Ramble (3:13)
- Ducky Wucky (3:05)
- Eerie Moan (3:11)
- Sophisticated Lady (3:37)
- Slippery Horn (3:04)
- Drop Me Off At Harlem (2:57)
- Daybreak Express (2:53)
- Delta Serenade (3:15)
- Stompy Jones (3:02)
- Solitude (3:29)
- Blue Feeling (3:10)
- Saddest Tale (3:17)
- Moonglow (3:06)
- In A Sentimental Mood (3:16)
- Showboat Shuffle (3:02)
- Reminiscing In Tempo (12:32)
- Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto) (3:08)
- Echoes Of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto) (3:01)
- Black Butterfly (2:54)
- Caravan (3:06)
- Azure (3:00)
- Diminuendo In Blue (2:45)
- Crescendo In Blue (3:17)
- Steppin' Into Swing Society (3:02)
- Lost In Meditation (2:45)
- I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (2:59)
- Rose Of The Rio Grande (3:03)
- Pyramid (2:54)
- Prelude To A Kiss (2:54)
- Blue Light (Transbluency) (2:58)
- Boy Meets Horn (2:38)
- Slap Happy (2:44)
- Serenade To Sweden (3:20)
- The Sergeant Was Shy (2:41)
- Jack The Bear (3:15)
- Ko-Ko (2:40)
- Congo Brava (2:56)
- Concerto For Cootie (3:18)
- Cotton Tail (3:10)
- Never No Lament (3:16)
- Dusk (3:18)
- Bojangles (2:51)
- Portrait Of Bert Williams (3:07)
- Harlem Air Shaft (2:57)
- All Too Soon (3:28)
- Sepia Panorama (3:21)
- In A Mellotone (3:14)
- Warm Valley (3:12)
- Across The Track Blues (2:59)
- Pussy Willow (4:29)
- The Sidewalks Of New York (3:13)
- Take The 'A' Train (2:54)
- Blue Serge (3:20)
- Just A-Settin' And A-Rockin' (3:33)
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (3:18)
- Clementine (2:58)
- Jump For Joy (2:56)
- Chelsea Bridge (2:53)
- Raincheck (2:28)
- Perdido (3:07)
- C Jam Blues (2:36)
- Moon Mist (2:57)
- What Am I Here For (3:24)
- Main Stem (2:48)
- Johnny Come Lately (2:40)
- I'm Beginning To See The Light (3:08)
- Transblucency (2:54)
- Lady Of The Lavender Mist (3:19)
- Sultry Serenade (3:07)
- Air Conditioned Jungle (2:39)
- Clothed Woman (3:51)
- Snibor (2:49)
Credits
- Joop Visser - liner notes