Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington: The Complete 1936–1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions

Release date 2006

Tracklist

1
Tough Truckin’
3:05
3:05
2
Tough Truckin' (alternate take)
2:46
2:46
3
Indigo Echoes
2:49
2:49
4
Indigo Echoes (alternate take)
2:46
2:46
5
Rexatious (alternate take)
2:45
2:45
6
Rexatious
2:46
2:46
7
Lazy Man’s Shuffle
2:58
2:58
8
Lazy Man’s Shuffle (alternate take)
2:50
2:50
9
Clouds in My Heart (alternate take)
2:58
2:58
10
Clouds in My Heart
2:59
2:59
11
Frolic Sam (alternate take)
3:01
3:01
12
Frolic Sam
3:01
3:01
13
Caravan
3:07
3:07
14
Caravan
3:08
3:08
15
Stompy Jones
2:45
2:45
16
Stompy Jones
2:41
2:41
17
Mood Indigo / Solititude
3:06
3:06
18
Sophisticated Lady / In a Sentimental Mood
3:04
3:04
19
I Can't Believe That You Are in Love With Me (alternate take)
2:54
2:54
20
I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
2:54
2:54
21
Downtown Uproar (alternate take)
2:46
2:46
22
Downtown Uproar
2:43
2:43
23
Digga Digga Do (alternate take)
2:53
2:53
24
Digga Digga Do
2:52
2:52
25
Blue Reverie
2:57
2:57
26
Blue Reverie (alternate take)
2:56
2:56
27
Tiger Rag
2:45
2:45
28
Tiger Rag
2:40
2:40
29
My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
2:45
2:45
30
Did Anyone Ever Tell You? (alternate take)
3:01
3:01
31
Did Anyone Ever Tell You?
2:57
2:57
32
Alabamy Home
3:00
3:00
33
Where Are You?
2:52
2:52
34
Lament for a Lost Love
2:44
2:44
35
Lament for a Lost Love (alternate take)
2:44
2:44
36
Four and One-Half Street (alternate take)
2:43
2:43
37
Four and One‐Half Street
2:36
2:36
38
Demi-Tasse (alternate take)
2:39
2:39
39
Demi-Tasse
2:37
2:37
40
Jazz à la carte
2:33
2:33
41
Jazz a la Carte (alternate take)
2:40
2:40
42
Foolin' Myself (alternate take)
2:58
2:58
43
Foolin’ Myself
3:00
3:00
44
A Sailboat in the Moonlight (alternate take)
2:58
2:58
45
A Salboat in the Moonlight
3:05
3:05
46
You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)
2:29
2:29
47
You'll Never Go to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) (alternate take)
2:24
2:24
48
Peckin'
3:14
3:14
49
Peckin'
3:12
3:12
50
Peckin'
3:07
3:07
51
Get It Southern Style (alternate take)
2:41
2:41
52
Get It Southern Style
2:43
2:43
53
Moonlight Fiesta
2:48
2:48
54
Moonlight Fiesta (alternate take)
2:50
2:50
55
Sponge Cake and Spinach (alternate take)
2:36
2:36
56
Sponge Cake and Spinach
2:35
2:35
57
If You're Ever in My Arms Again (alternate take)
2:55
2:55
58
If You’re Ever in My Arms Again
2:54
2:54
59
The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) (alternate take)
2:49
2:49
60
The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp)
2:50
2:50
61
Love in My Heart (alternate take)
2:36
2:36
62
Love in My Heart
2:35
2:35
63
Sugar Hill Shim Sham (alternate take)
2:22
2:22
64
Sugar Hill Shim Sham
2:38
2:38
65
Tea and Trumpets (LP take)
2:34
2:34
66
Tea and Trumpets (CD take)
2:33
2:33
67
Tea and Trumpets (78 take)
2:33
2:33
68
Jubilesta
2:49
2:49
69
Watchin'
2:56
2:56
70
Pigeons and Peppers
2:54
2:54
71
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
2:37
2:37
72
Drummer’s Delight
2:27
2:27
73
If I Thought You Cared (alternate take)
3:02
3:02
74
If I Thought You Cared
3:00
3:00
75
Lost in Meditation
2:48
2:48
76
Lost in Meditation (alternate take)
2:43
2:43
77
My Day
3:04
3:04
78
Silvery Moon and Golden Sands
3:15
3:15
79
Echoes of Harlem (rehearsal take)
5:13
5:13
80
Echoes of Harlem
3:15
3:15
81
Echoes of Harlem (alternate take)
3:13
3:13
82
Jeep's Blues
2:55
2:55
83
If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do)
2:58
2:58
84
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
3:03
3:03
85
Rendezvous With Rhythm
3:01
3:01
86
A Lesson in C
2:34
2:34
87
Swingtime in Honolulu
2:45
2:45
88
Carnival in Caroline
2:24
2:24
89
Ol' Man River
2:50
2:50
90
You Walked Out of the Picture
2:50
2:50
91
You Walked Out of the Picture (alternate take)
2:50
2:50
92
Pyramid
2:53
2:53
93
Empty Ballroom Blues
2:29
2:29
94
Lost in Meditation
2:43
2:43
95
Lost in Meditation (alternate take)
2:46
2:46
96
A Blues Serenade
2:41
2:41
97
Love in Swingtime
2:48
2:48
98
Swingin’ in the Dell
2:34
2:34
99
Jitterbug's Lullaby
2:57
2:57
100
Chasin' Chippies
2:57
2:57
101
Blue Is the Evening
3:09
3:09
102
Sharpie
2:43
2:43
103
Swing Pan Alley
2:34
2:34
104
Prelude to a Kiss
2:43
2:43
105
There's Something About an Old Love
2:43
2:43
106
The Jeep Is Jumpin'
2:29
2:29
107
Krum Elbow Blues
2:37
2:37
108
I’m in Another World
3:02
3:02
109
Hodge Podge
2:35
2:35
110
Dancing on the Stars
2:55
2:55
111
Wanderlust
2:59
2:59
112
Delta Mood
2:46
2:46
113
The Boys From Harlem
2:19
2:19
114
Mobile Blues
2:32
2:32
115
Mobile Blues (alternate take)
2:26
2:26
116
Gal-Avantin'
2:22
2:22
117
Blue Light
2:43
2:43
118
Blue Light
2:41
2:41
119
Like a Ship in the Night
2:38
2:38
120
Mississippi Dreamboat
2:37
2:37
121
Swingin' on the Campus
2:39
2:39
122
Dooji Wooji
2:54
2:54
123
Beautiful Romance
2:42
2:42
124
Boudoir Benny
2:49
2:49
125
Ain't the Gravy Good? (alternate take)
3:13
3:13
126
Ain't the Gravy Good
3:06
3:06
127
She's Gone
3:01
3:01
128
Just Good Fun
2:41
2:41
129
Informal Blues
2:56
2:56
130
San Juan Hill
2:41
2:41
131
I’ll Come Back for More
2:54
2:54
132
"Fat Stuff’ Serenade
2:41
2:41
133
Savoy Strut (alternate take)
2:33
2:33
134
Savoy Strut
2:33
2:33
135
Rent Party Blues
2:41
2:41
136
Dance of the Goon
2:41
2:41
137
Good Gal Blues
3:01
3:01
138
Finesse
2:46
2:46
139
Kitchen Mechanic’s Day
2:30
2:30
140
My Heart Jumped Over the Moon
2:37
2:37
141
You Can Count on Me
3:16
3:16
142
Home Town Blues
2:40
2:40
143
Utt‐Da‐Zay (The Tailor Song)
2:47
2:47
144
Chew-Chew-Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum)
2:42
2:42
145
Barney Goin' Easy
2:59
2:59
146
Just Another Dream
2:44
2:44
147
Night Song
2:44
2:44
148
Blues A-Poppin'
2:52
2:52
149
Top and Bottom
2:57
2:57
150
Black Beauty
2:47
2:47
151
The Rabbit's Jump
2:41
2:41
152
Moon Romance
2:48
2:48
153
Truly Wonderful
2:23
2:23
154
Dream Blues
3:02
3:02
155
Skunk Hollow Blues
2:40
2:40
156
I Know What You Do
2:42
2:42
157
Your Love Has Faded
2:50
2:50
158
Tired Socks
2:52
2:52
159
Blues
2:45
2:45
160
Early Mornin’
2:31
2:31
161
Minuet in Blues
2:50
2:50
162
Lost in Two Flats
2:33
2:33
163
Honey Hush
2:51
2:51
164
Blues
2:54
2:54
165
Plucked Again
3:01
3:01
166
Pelican Drag
3:01
3:01
167
Tapioca
2:32
2:32
168
Mardi Gras Madness
2:33
2:33
169
Watch the Birdie
2:42
2:42
170
Black Butterfly
2:42
2:42
171
Dry Long So
2:51
2:51
172
Toasted Pickle
2:37
2:37
173
Give It Up
2:55
2:55