DUKE ELLINGTON • 4CD • EIGHT CLASSIC ALBUMS

DISC ONE

SUCH SWEET THUNDER – 1957

1. SUCH SWEET THUNDER  3.20
2. SONNET FOR CAESAR  2.57
3. SONNET TO HANK CINQ  1.18
4. LADY MAC  3.37
5. SONNET IN SEARCH OF A MOOR  2.18
6. THE TELECASTERS  3.00
7. UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN
   (I will lead them up and down)  3.04
8. SONNET FOR SISTER KATIE  2.17
9. THE STAR CROSSED LOVERS  3.55
10. MADNESS IN GREAT ONES  3.21
11. HALF THE FUN  4.18
12. CIRCLE OF FOURTHS  1.44

BLACK BROWN AND BEIGE
(Featuring Mahalia Jackson) – 1958

13. PART 1  8.14
14. PART 2  6.10
15. PART 3 (aka LIGHT)  6.15
16. PART 4 (aka COME SUNDAY)  7.55
17. PART 5 (aka COME SUNDAY)  3.39
18. PART 6 (aka 23RD PSALM)  2.59

DISC TWO

DUKE ELLINGTON AT THE
BAL MASQUE – 1958

1. ALICE BLUE GOWN  3.01
2. WHO’S AFRAID OF THE
    BIG BAD WOLF  2.53
3. GOT A DATE WITH AN ANGEL  2.25
4. POOR BUTTERFLY  3.40
5. SATAN TAKES A HOLIDAY  3.15
6. THE PEANUT VENDER  3.29
7. SATIN DOLL  3.48
8. LADY IN RED  2.49
9. INDIAN LOVE CALL  3.36
10. THE DONKEY SERENADE  2.13
11. GYPSY LOVE SONG  3.54
12. LAUGH, CLOWN LAUGH  3.00

THE COSMIC SCENE – 1958

13. AVALON  3.20
14. BODY AND SOUL  4.54
15. BASS-MENT  3.01
16. EARLY AUTUMN  3.07
17. JONES  2.53
18. PERDIDO  2.47
19. ST LOUIS BLUES  5.04
20. SPACEMEN  2.31
21. MIDNIGHT SUN  3.35
22. TAKE THE A TRAIN  4.57

DISC THREE

ANATOMY OF A MURDER – 1959

1. MAIN THEME/ANATOMY
    OF A MURDER  3.54
2. FLIRTBIRD  2.08
3. WAY EARLY SUBTONE  3.56
4. HERO TO ZERO  2.10
5. LOW KEY LIGHTLY  3.35
6. HAPPY ANATOMY  2.29
7. MIDNIGHT INDIGO  2.43
8. ALMOST CRIED  2.24
9. SUNSWEPT SUNDAY  1.51
10. GRACE VALSE  2.27
11. HAPPY ANATOMY  1.21
12. HAUPE  2.34
13. UPPER AND OUTEST  2.17
14. ANATOMY OF A MURDER    
     (Single Version)  2.41

NUTCRAKER SUITE – 1960

15. OVERTURE  3.21
16. TOOT TOOT TOOTIE TOOT
     (DANCE OF THE REED PIPES)  2.29
17. PEANUT BRITTLE BRIGADE  4.38
18. SUGAR RUM CHERRY (DANCE OF
      THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY)  3.05
19. ENTR’ACTE  1.51
20. THE VOLGA VOUTY
     (RUSSIAN DANCE)  2.51
21. CHINOISERIE (CHINESE DANCE)  2.46
22. DANCE OF THE FLOREADONES
     (WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS)  4.03
23. ARABESQUE COOKIE
     (ARABIAN DANCE)  5.43

DISC FOUR

PIANO IN THE FOREGROUND – 1961

1. I CAN’T GET STARTED  4.18
2. CONG-GO  4.11
3. BODY AND SOUL  4.40
4. BLUES FOR JERRY  4.36
5. FONTAINEBLEAU FOREST  2.44
6. SUMMERTIME  3.48
7. IT’S BAD TO BE FORGOTTEN  3.13
8. A HUNDRED DREAMS AGO  2.23
9. SO  4.29
10. SEARCHING
     (PLEADING FOR LOVE)  1.44
11. SPRINGTIME IN AFRICA  3.42

TOGETHER AGAIN
(with LOUIS ARMSTRONG) – 1961

12. DUKE’S PLACE  5.01
13. I’M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO  3.06
14. COTTONTAIL  3.40
15. MOOD INDIGO  3.54
16. DO NUTHIN’ TILL YOU
      HEAR FROM ME  2.35
17. THE BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN  3.06
18. BLACK AND TAN FANTASY  3.58
19. DROP ME OFF IN HARLEM  3.47
20. THE MOOCHIE  3.38
21. IN A MELLOW TONE  3.45