The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1927-1973 | Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Release year 1999

Tracklist

1

If You Can't Hold the Man You Love (Don't Cry When He's Gone)

2

Washington Wabble (take 1)

3

Washington Wabble (take 2)

4

Black And Tan Fantasy

5

Washington Wabble

6

Creole Love Call

7

Blues I Love to Sing (take 1)

8

Blues I Love to Sing (take 2) (alternate take)

9

Harlem River Quiver (take 1)

10

Harlem River Quiver (take 2)

11

Harlem River Quiver Take 3

12

East St.Louis Toodle-oo

13

Blue Bubbles (Take 1)

14

Blue Bubbles (Take 2)

15

16

17

Got Everything But You

18

Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back to Me

19

I Done Caught You Blues

20

21

I Can't Give You Anything but Love

22

23

No, Papa, No (alternate take)

24

I Can't Give You Anything but Love

25

Bandanna Babies

26

27

I Must Have That Man

28

St. Louis Blues (take 1)

29

St. Louis Blues (take 2)

30

St. Louis Blues (take 3)

31

Flaming Youth (take 1)

32

Flaming Youth (take 2)

33

Saturday Night Function

34

35

Doin' the Voom Voom (take 1)

36

Doin' the Voom Voom (take 2)

37

38

39

The Dicty Glide (take 1)

40

The Dicty Glide (take 2)

41

42

Sloppy Joe (take 1)

43

Sloppy Joe (take 2)

44

Stevedore Stomp

45

A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 1: Cotton Club Stomp / Misty Mornin'

46

A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 2 / Goin' to Town / Untitled Interlude / Freeze and Melt

47

Cotton Club Stomp

48

49

50

51

52

The Duke Steps Out

53

54

55

Breakfast Dance

56

57

March of the Hoodlums

58

Double Check Stomp

59

My Gal Is Good for Nothing but Love

60

I Was Made to Love You

61

Sweet Dreams of Love (take 1)

62

Sweet Dreams of Love

63

Jungle Nights in Harlem

64

Sweet Jazz o' Mine

65

Sweet Jazz o' Mine (take 2)

66

Shout 'Em, Aunt Tillie

67

Ring Dem Bells (take 2)

68

Ring Dem Bells (take 3)

69

Old Man Blues (take 1)

70

Old Man Blues (take 2)

71

Old Man Blues (take 3)

72

Three Little Words

73

Three Little Words

74

75

Old Man Blues (take 4)

76

Old Man Blues (take 6)

77

Hittin' the Bottle (take 1)

78

Hittin' the Bottle (take 2)

79

80

You're Lucky to Me

81

Memories of You

82

Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee (take 1)

83

Nine Little Miles From Ten-Ten-Tennessee (take 2)

84

I'm So in Love With You (take 1)

85

I'm So in Love With You (take 2)

86

What Good Am I Without You? (alternate take)

87

88

When a Black Man's Blue (alternate take)

89

90

What Good Am I Without You

91

When A Black Man's Blue

92

The River and Me

93

Keep a Song in Your Soul

94

Sam and Delilah

95

Rockin' in Rhythm (take 1)

96

Rockin' in Rhythm (take 2)

97

Creole Rhapsody, Part 1

98

Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 3)

99

Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 2)

100

Limehouse Blues

101

Echoes of the Jungle

102

103

The Mystery Song

104

The Mystery Song (alternate take)

105

Mood Indigo / Hot and Bothered / Creole Love Call

106

Mood Indigo / Hot and Bothered / Creole Love Call (stereo version)

107

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo / Lot o' Fingers / Black and Tan Fantasy (stereo version)

108

109

110

Maori (A Samoan Dance)

111

Rude Interlude (take 1)

112

Rude Interlude (take 2)

113

Dallas Doings (take 1)

114

Dallas Doings (take 2)

115

Dear Old Southland (take 1)

116

Dear Old Southland (take 2)

117

Daybreak Express (take 1)

118

Daybreak Express (take 2)

119

Delta Serenade (take 1)

120

Delta Serenade (take 2)

121

122

123

124

125

Cocktails for Two (take 1)

126

Cocktails for Two (take 2)

127

Live and Love Tonight

128

I Met My Waterloo

129

Troubled Waters (take 1)

130

Troubled Waters (take 2)

131

132

You, You, Darlin'

133

134

135

136

137

So Far, So Good

138

139

Concerto for Cootie

140

141

Bojangles (alternate take)

142

143

Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)

144

145

146

147

148

A Portrait of Bert Williams

149

150

Harlem Air Shaft

151

At a Dixie Roadside Diner

152

153

Rumpus in Richmond

154

My Greatest Mistake

155

Sepia Panorama (take 1)

156

Sepia Panorama (take 2)

157

There Shall Be No Night

158

159

Five O'Clock Whistle

160

161

Pitter Panther Patter (take 1)

162

Pitter Panther Patter (take 2)

163

Body and Soul (take 1)

164

Body and Soul (take 2)

165

Body and Soul (take 3)

166

Sophisticated Lady

167

Sophisticated Lady

168

Mr. J. B. Blues (take 1)

169

Mr. J. B. Blues (take 2)

170

The Flaming Sword (take 1)

171

The Flaming Sword (take 2)

172

The Flaming Sword (take 3)

173

Warm Valley (take 2)

174

Warm Valley (take 3)

175

Across the Track Blues

176

Across the Track Blues

177

Chloe (Song of the Swamp)

178

I Never Felt This Way Before (take 1)

179

I Never Felt This Way Before (take 2)

180

181

Good Queen Bess

182

Good Queen Bess (alternate take)

183

That's the Blues Old Man

184

Junior Hop (take 1)

185

Junior Hop (take 2)

186

Without a Song (take 1)

187

Without a Song (take 2)

188

189

Mobile Bay (take 1)

190

Mobile Bay (take 2)

191

Linger Awhile (take 1)

192

Linger Awhile (take 2)

193

Charlie the Chulo (take 2)

194

Charlie the Chulo (alternate take)

195

Charlie the Chulo (take 1)

196

Lament for Javanette (alternate take)

197

Lament for Javanette (take 1a)

198

A Lull at Dawn (alternate take)

199

A Lull at Dawn (alternate take)

200

A Lull at Dawn (take 1a)

201

Ready Eddy (take 1)

202

Ready Eddy (breakdown)

203

Ready Eddy (false start)

204

Ready Eddy (take 2)

205

The Sidewalks of New York

206

207

The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 1)

208

The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 2)

209

Take the 'A' Train

210

Jumpin' Punkins (take 1)

211

Jumpin' Punkins (take 2)

212

John Hardy's Wife

213

214

215

Dear Old Southland (take 1)

216

Dear Old Southland (take 2)

217

Solitude (take 1)

218

Solitude (take 2)

219

220

Are You Sticking? (take 1)

221

Are You Sticking? (take 2)

222

Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'

223

The Giddybug Gallop

224

Chocolate Shake

225

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (take 1)

226

I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good) (take 2)

227

228

The Brown-Skin Girl (In the Calico Gown)

229

Jump for Joy (take 1)

230

Jump for Joy (take 2)

231

232

233

234

Menelik: The Lion of Judah (take 1)

235

Menelik: The Lion of Judah (take 2)

236

237

238

239

Thing's Ain't What They Used to Be

240

Goin' Out the Back Way

241

Five O'Clock Drag

242

Rocks in My Bed

243

244

Chelsea Bridge (alternate take)

245

246

Noir Bleu (alternate take)

247

248

June (alternate take)

249

250

What Good Would It Do?

251

I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 1)

252

I Don't Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 2)

253

254

Perdido (take 1)

255

Perdido (take 2)

256

257

Moon Mist (take 1)

258

Moon Mist (take 2)

259

What Am I Here For?

260

I Don't Mind (take 1)

261

I Don't Mind (take 2)

262

263

My Little Brown Book

264

265

Johnny Come Lately

266

Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 1)

267

Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 2)

268

Sentimental Lady (take 1)

269

Sentimental Lady (take 2)

270

A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)

271

Sherman Shuffle

272

I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues

273

I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 1)

274

I'm Beginning to See the Light (take 2)

275

Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know) (take 1)

276

Don't You Know I Care (or Don't You Care to Know) (take 2)

277

I Didn't Know About You

278

Black Brown And Beige: Work Song

279

Black Brown And Beige: Come Sunday

280

Black Brown And Beige: The Blues

281

Black, Brown and Beige: Three Dances

282

283

Blue Cellophane

284

Mood to be Wooed

285

(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings

286

287

Everything but You

288

(Otto Make That) Riff Staccato

289

Prelude to a Kiss

290

291

Black And Tan Fantasy

292

293

In a Sentimental Mood

294

It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

295

Sophisticated Lady

296

Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)

297

The Minor Goes Muggin’

298

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 1)

299

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 2)

300

301

Frankie and Johnny

302

Jumpin' Room Only

303

304

Every Hour on the Hour (I Fall in Love With You)

305

The Perfume Suite: Balcony Serenade

306

The Perfume Suite: Strange Feeling

307

The Perfume Suite: Dancers in Love

308

The Perfume Suite: Coloratura (take 2)

309

The Perfume Suite: Coloratura (take 1)

310

Thing's Ain't What They Used to Be

311

Tell Ya What I'm Gonna Do

312

Come to Baby, Do

313

I'm Just a Lucky So and So

314

Long Strong and Consecutive

315

The Wonder of You

316

317

Drawing Room Blues

318

319

Suddenly it Jumped

320

321

Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me)

322

A Gathering in a Clearing

323

You Don't Love Me No More

324

325

326

(Back Home Again in) Indiana

327

Blue Is the Night

328

Lover Man (take 1)

329

Lover Man (take 2)

330

Just You, Just Me

331

Beale Street Blues

332

333

St. Louis Blues

334

My Honey's Lovin' Arms

335

I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You

336

337

Royal Garden Blues

338

339

340

Long, Long Journey

341

The One That Got Away

342

Gone With the Wind

343

Metronome All Out

344

345

How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me (Sultry Serenade)

346

Sophisticated Lady

347

348

349

350

351

Ellington Medley: Don't Get Around Much Any More / In a Sentimental Mood / Mood Indigo / I'm Beginning to See the Light / Prelude to a Kiss / It Don't Mean a Thing / Solitude / I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

352

353

In the Beginning God

354

Tell Me It's the Truth

355

Part IV (Come Sunday)

356

The Lord's Prayer

357

Part IV (Come Sunday)

358

Will You Be There? / Ain't but the One

359

New World A Comin'

360

David Danced (Before the Lord With All His Might)

361

Ninety Nine Percent

362

My Mother, My Father and Love

363

New World A-Comin' (alternate take)

364

A Christmas Surprise (first performance)

365

A Christmas Surprise (second performance)

366

367

368

369

Something 'Bout Believing

370

371

The Shepherd (Who Watches Over the Flock)

372

373

374

The Biggest and Busiest Intersection

375

T.G.T.T. (Too Good to Title)

376

Don't Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Forgotten Everyone

377

378

Praise God and Dance

379

Introduction by Sir Colin Crowe

380

Introduction by Duke Ellington

381

The Lord's Prayer / My Love

382

Is God a Three-Letter Word for Love?, Part I

383

Is God a Three-Letter Word for Love?, Part II

384

The Brotherhood

385

386

Every Man Prays in His Own Language

387

Ain't Nobody Nowhere Nothin' Without God

388

The Majesty of God

389

Far East Suite: Tourist Point of View (take 7)

390

Far East Suite: Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) (take 12)

391

392

Far East Suite: Depk

393

Far East Suite: Mount Harissa

394

Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)

395

396

Far East Suite: Amad (take 3)

397

Ad Lib on Nippon

398

Far East Suite: Tourist Point of View (take 5)

399

Far East Suite: Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) (take 8)

400

Far East Suite: Isfahan (take 2)

401

Far East Suite: Amad (take 5)

402

Take the 'A' Train

403

I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

404

405

406

Black And Tan Fantasy

407

408

409

Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

410

411

Sophisticated Lady

412

Creole Love Call

413

414

Wings and Things

415

Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

416

417

The Second Portrait of The Lion

418

Take the 'A' Train

419

420

421

422

423

I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart

424

I'm Beginning to See the Light

425

Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me

426

Sophisticated Lady

427

Timon of Athens March

428

429

I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good

430

431

Single Petal of a Rose

432

433

434

435

U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)

436

437

438

The Intimacy of the Blues

439

Raincheck (take 6)

440

Raincheck (take 4)

441

442

Rock Skippin' at the Blue Note

443

444

Lotus Blossom (take 1)

445

446

447

448

449

My Little Brown Book

450

Acht O'Clock Rock

451

The Piano Player

452

Creole Love Call

453

Don’t You Know I Care (or Don’t You Care to Know)

454

I Can't Get Started With You

455

New York, New York

456

Pitter Panther Patter

457

How High the Moon

458

Basin Street Blues

459

460

461

462

Mecuria, the Lion