Duke Ellington - In Grand Company
No man who’s ever lived has been as expert as Duke Ellington at taking the measure of musicians and placing them in the grand scheme of jazz and popular song. This collection of recordings, dating from the 1940s until shortly before Ellington’s death in 1974, features the illustrious bandleader/composer/pianist joining forces with an all-star cast of vocalists and instrumentalists.
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Track List:
- Count Basie with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Jumpin’ at the Woodside
- Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
- Ella Fitzgerald with the Duke Ellington Orchestra - I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues
- Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra with Duke Ellington - The Minor Goes Muggin’
- Duke Ellington & Jimmie Blanton - Pitter Panther Patter (Take 2)
- Rosemary Clooney with Duke Ellington & Company - I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)
- Duke Ellington Featuring Dizzy Gillespie - U.M.M.G.
- Duke Ellington & Coleman Hawkins - Self Portrait (Of the Bean)
- Duke Ellington - Caravan
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - In a Sentimental Mood
- Sathima Bea Benjamin - Solitude
- Duke Ellington - String Along with Strings
- Duke Ellington & Ray Brown - Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me
- Duke Ellington & Mahalia Jackson - Part IV (Come Sunday)
- Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - Drawing Room Blues
