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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and big-band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions. In the opinion of Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe, "[i]n the century since his birth, there has been no greater composer, American or otherwise, than Edward Kennedy Ellington." A major figure in the history of jazz, Ellington's music stretched into various other genres, including blues, gospel, film scores, popular, and classical. His career spanned more than 50 years and included leading his orchestra, composing an inexhaustible songbook, scoring for movies, composing stage musicals, and world tours. Several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. Due to his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, and thanks to his eloquence and extraordinary charisma, he is generally considered to have elevated the perception of jazz to an art form on a par with other traditional genres of music. His reputation increased after his death and the Pulitzer Prize Board bestowed on him a special posthumous honor in 1999.

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5 Original Albums [2018]

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You've Changed3:19

Collection 1932-46 [2018]

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Shoe Shine Boy3:15

Tomasz Raczek w Kinie [2018]

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Caravan 

Jazz Steps Out [2017]

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Danny Boy2:20

Newport to Paris [2017]

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Black Butterfly4:02

Sings Ballads for Lovers [2017]

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Lush Life3:39

Mara Gold [2015]

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Take the a Train0:51
Chelsea Bridge4:33

Icon: Jazz [2014]

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In a Sentimental Mood4:17

50 Rockin' Hits, Vol. 75 [2013]

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Blue Skies2:39

Jazz Divas [2013]

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All of Me1:53
Love You Madly3:01

Jazz Erotic, Vol. 3 [2013]

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Love You Madly3:01

Jazz Erotic, Vol. 4 [2013]

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Mood Indigo4:00

Jazz Glamour, Vol. 12 [2013]

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All of Me1:53

Jazz Glamour, Vol. 8 [2013]

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Love You Madly3:01

Jazz Nights, Vol. 2 [2013]

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All of Me1:53

Jazz, Vol. 3 [2013]

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Mood Indigo5:06

Jivin Jazz Flamenco [2013]

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But Beautiful3:14

Just Great Jazz [2013]

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Take the a Train4:32

Meeting the Stars [2013]

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St. Louis Blues4:24

One Night Stand [2013]

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Love You Madly3:01

Piano Jazz Masters, Vol. 2 [2013]

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Solitude3:24

The Jazz Divas [2013]

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Mellow Mama Blues3:08

Cool Jazz [Ideal] [2012]

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Passion Flower3:11

Jazz for You [2012]

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It Don't Mean a Thing3:01

New Piano Roll Blues [2012]

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Cotton Tail3:10

Night and Day [2012]

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I Got It Bad2:56

Jazz Lounge [2011]

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Mood Indigo2:59

Larkin's Jazz [2010]

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Hello Little Girl 

Ella Fitzgerald [Delta UK] [2009]

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Caravan3:55

Sings Duke Ellington [2009]

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Caravan3:55

Twelve Nights in Hollywood [2009]

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Caravan2:06

25 Best: Jazz Legends [2008]

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Mood Indigo5:05

Jazz Profile [2008]

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Caravan4:12

Jazz for Dogs [2008]

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Never No Lament3:17

Smoky Jazz [2008]

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Mood Indigo2:54

Songs of 1930 [2008]

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Three Little Words3:09

Early [2007]

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Ain't Misbehavin' 
Chicago 

For Lovers [2007]

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I Didn't Know About You4:12

Hit Parade 1941 [2007]

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Take the 'A' Train2:46

Jazz in the City [2007]

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Take the "A" Train4:30

30 Evergreens [2006]

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Take the "A" Train 

Gold [2006]

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In a Sentimental Mood4:18

Gold [2006]

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Solitude4:55

Sensual Jazz [2006]

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Just Squeeze Me3:23

Supreme Jazz [2006]

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Perdido 

Swinging on a Song [2006]

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Jump For Joy3:10

Bar Jazz, Vol. 6 [2005]

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Mood Indigo 

Big Band Swing [2005]

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Flamingo3:22

Cocktail Hour [2005]

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In a Mellow Tone3:19

Goodbye, Blues [2005]

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Diga Diga Doo3:10

Jazz 101 [2005]

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Sophisticated Lady0:54

Jazzradio [2005]

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C-Jam Blues5:14

Love 3 [2005]

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Solitude3:25

The Best of Just Jazz [2005]

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Cotton Tail3:15

The Piano Player [2005]

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Meditation 15:17
Meditation 24:48

World of Jazz [2005]

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Summertime 

Champagne Lounge [2004]

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Just Squeeze ME6:03

Changes of Life [2004]

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Solitude5:14

Midnight Cocktails [2004]

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In a Mellow Tone3:17

Pure Jazz Moods [2004]

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Chelsea Bridge2:53

Sophisticated Lady [RCA] [2004]

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Solitude3:04

Soul Man [Sony TV] [2004]

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I Want You Back2:55

Trios [2004]

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Midnight Indigo2:46

Celebrating Gershwin [2003]

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Summertime2:56

So What! [2003]

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Take the "A" Train3:39
Satin Doll3:39

That's Jazz [Brisa] [2003]

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In a Mellowtone3:20

The Duke: Edward Kennedy Ellington and His Orchestra [2003]

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Black and Tan Fantasy3:19
Bugle Call Rag3:05
Diga Diga Doo3:06
Doin' the New Low Down3:06
I Can't Give You Anything But Love3:06
I Must Have That Man!3:23
St. Louis Blues4:33
That Rhythm Man2:44
Black and Blue3:23
St. James Infirmary3:00
When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)2:44
When You're Smiling3:10
Three Little Words3:10
Memories of You3:14
Runnin' Wild2:44
Dream Blues (Mood Indigo)2:53
Mood Indigo3:09
I'm So in Love With You3:35
Blue Again3:13
Them There Eyes3:08
Rockin' Chair3:13
Sam and Delilah3:28
Limehouse Blues3:08
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)3:10
Dinah2:53
Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere2:52
I've Got the World on a String3:18
Drop Me off in Harlem2:58
Stormy Weather3:02
Ain't Misbehavin'2:45
Chicago2:46
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree3:13
Dear Old Southland3:32
Solitude3:28
Cocktails for Two3:26
My Old Flame3:21
Moonglow3:06
Farewell Blues2:25
In a Sentimental Mood3:17
There Is No Greater Love3:08
Love Is Like a Cigarette3:04
Shoe Shine Boy3:15
Black Butterfly3:06
Mood Indigo/Solitude3:06
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me2:52
Alabamy Home3:02
Where Are You?2:56
There's a Lull in My Life3:00
It's Swell of You2:44
Azure3:14
Foolin' Myself2:59
A Sailboat in the Moonlight3:06
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm [Vocal Version]2:27
Lost in Meditation2:57
The Gal from Joe's2:55
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart3:08
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (All the Little Birdies Go ...)2:38
A Gypsy Without a Song2:59
Please Forgive Me3:02
Lambeth Walk2:26
Mighty Like the Blues2:37
Boy Meets Horn4:47
Lady in Blue2:54
Something to Live For2:50
Chew Chew Chew (Chew Your Bubble Gum)2:43
I Never Felt This Way Before3:29
Cotton Tail3:11
Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)3:19
All Too Soon3:32
In a Mellow Tone3:18
Five O'Clock Whistle3:19
Body and Soul3:09
Chloe3:26
Day Dream2:58
Without a Song2:46
Ready Eddy3:12
Flamingo3:24
Take the "A" Train2:55
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'3:35
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)3:18
Jump for Joy2:55
Squaty Roo2:24
Passion Flower3:07
Five O'Clock Drag3:14
Rocks in My Bed3:05
Bli-Blip3:05
Chelsea Bridge2:55
I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues2:42
I'm Beginning to See the Light3:16
Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)2:58
I Didn't Know About You2:45
Come Sunday4:34

1950 [2002]

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Cotton Tail2:57
Flamingo3:05
Love You Madly2:58

A Century of Glory [2002]

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Sam and Delilah3:31

All Too Soon [2002]

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Stardust4:19

Big Ben [2002]

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Stardust4:19

Cafe Jazz: Precious Ivory [2002]

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Solitude3:30

Jazz Caravan [2002]

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Take the "A" Train4:38

Movie Music [2002]

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Take the 'A' Train 

Sentimental Big Bands [2002]

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Moonglow3:10

Swing It Back! [2002]

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Satin Doll3:31

Swing Piano Bar: 1921-1941 [2002]

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Solitude3:29

Swing! [2002]

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Take the "A" Train3:00

The Great Reunion [2002]

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Solitude4:57

Cocktail Hour [2001]

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My Old Flame3:23

Dinnertime Jazz [2001]

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Take the "A" Train2:53

Portrait of Coleman Hawkins [2001]

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Perdido4:34

Sophisticated Lady [2001]

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Cherokee [#]5:34

Soundies Lounge [2001]

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Flamingo3:16

Stars Salute Sinatra [2001]

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Mood Indigo2:53

The Rhythm Boy [2001]

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St. Louis Blues4:32

West Coast Swing [2001]

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Tenderly4:54

1931-1935 [2000]

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Love Me, Or Leave Me2:47

8 CD Box Set [2000]

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Sam and Delilah3:31

Eternal Jazz, Vol. 2 [2000]

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Mood Indigo3:08

Harlem Swings [2000]

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Jump for Joy2:55
Squaty Roo2:24

Jamestown, N.Y., 1958 [2000]

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Perdido11:05

Live in Paris [2000]

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Deep Purple3:57
All of Me2:37

Lounge Wizards [2000]

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Chelsea Bridge2:55

Special Moon [2000]

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Love You Madly 

The Charleston Era [2000]

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Runnin' Wild2:40

Unforgettable Jazz [2000]

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Tenderly4:48

World Of Swing [2000]

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Take the "A" Train5:43

Basic Jazz, Vol. 3 [1999]

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Satin Doll2:59

Blue Note Plays Duke [1999]

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Duke's Place5:07

Cool, Vol. 3 [Sony] [1999]

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Satin Doll3:51

Rock It for Me: 1937 [1999]

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Alabamy Home2:45

Sextet & Quintet [1999]

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'Deed I Do2:35

Something to Live For [1999]

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Duke's Place4:11

1944-1946, Vol. 2 [1998]

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Honeysuckle Rose8:00

Jackson Pollack: Jazz [1998]

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Solitude 

Jazz Giants [Sony] [1998]

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Mood Indigo 

Jazz Hits, Vol. 1 [1998]

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Solitude2:57

Jazz Suite [1998]

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Solitude2:57

Martinique [1998]

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Boy Meets Horn 

Sweet Swing [1998]

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I Cover the Waterfront3:31

Swing Is Alive [1998]

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Mood Indigo2:54

The Roulette Story [1998]

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Duke's Place3:17

Vogue Recordings [1998]

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Perdido 

Fabulous 40's [1997]

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Take the "A" Train2:54

Guitar Virtuoso [1997]

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Cotton Tail4:10

Jazz Hits, Vol. 2 [1997]

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Solitude2:57

Smokin' Jazz [DCC] [1997]

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Satin Doll 

1933 [1996]

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Stormy Weather3:02

1936-1937 [1996]

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Shoe Shine Boy3:15

1938, Vol. 2 [1996]

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Lost in Meditation2:39

1941 [1996]

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Squatty Roo2:24
Passion Flower2:24
Chelsea Bridge2:58

Best of Ray Nance [1996]

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The C Jam Blues2:42

Classic Swing, Vol. 1 [1996]

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Cotton Tail3:13

Ellingtonia [1996]

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Chelsea Bridge 

Hits of '33 [1996]

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Sophisticated Lady3:38

Hits of '34 [1996]

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My Old Flame3:20

Sophisticated [1996]

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Sophisticated Lady3:07

This Is Jazz Sampler [1996]

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Mood Indigo3:04

Tresors Jazz [1996]

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Take the "A" Train 

1940-1941 [1995]

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Dear Old Southland3:26
Solitude3:29

August 5 1958 [1995]

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Blee Blop Blues2:25

Classic Big Band [1995]

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Satin Doll2:20

Meadowbrook to Manhattan [1995]

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Tenderly4:48

Smoke & Mirrors [1995]

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C Jam Blues5:07

Swing Is King [1995]

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Take the "A" Train2:49

1938, Vol. 3 [1994]

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Please Forgive Me2:47

1938-1939 [1994]

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Boy Meets Horn3:02

Either Side of Midnight [1994]

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Day Dream3:38

Sir Duke [1994]

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Blue Skies2:35

Solitude [1994]

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Solitude4:21

1936-1938 [1993]

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Honeysuckle Rose2:53

Passport [Sony] [1992]

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Satin Doll3:54

Pousse-Cafe [1992]

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Take Love Easy [#]3:14

1929 [1991]

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I Must Have That Man!3:10
That Rhythm Man2:42

1929-1930 [1991]

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St. James Infirmary3:00

1931-1932 [1991]

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Dinah2:53

Sunny Side [1990]

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Satin Doll 

After Hours [1989]

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Cotton Tail4:14

Classic Jazz Piano [1988]

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Solitude3:27

Jazzball [1985]

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Stormy Weather 

Dedications [1981]

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In a Sentimental Mood7:51

Basie & Zoot [1975]

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Honeysuckle Rose6:23

The Duke's Big Four [1973]

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Cotton Tail4:17

Second Sacred Concert [1968]

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Meditation3:10

Sacred Music [1966]

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The Lord's Prayer3:16
Come Sunday5:30

Soul Call [1966]

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Take the "A" Train5:14

At Sportpalast, Berlin [1961]

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All of Me 

Ella Returns to Berlin [1961]

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Caravan2:01

Blues in Orbit [1960]

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In a Mellow Tone2:40

Concert 1960 [1960]

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Take the "A" Train8:29

Jazz Party [1959]

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Satin Doll2:43

A Drum Is a Woman [1956]

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Hey, Buddy Bolden4:51

Ellington Uptown [1953]

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Take the "A" Train7:59

Live

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All of Me 

Unknown Album

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It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 
Bugle Call Rag3:07
Honeysuckle Rose3:40
Loveless Love7:13
Hey, Buddy Bolden4:51
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)5:33
Black and Tan Fantasy4:16
Day In - Day Out 
Blee Blop Blues3:12
Caravan 
I'm Just a Lucky So and So 
Solitude8:23
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'3:37
Flamingo1:35
In a Sentimental Mood3:22
Take the "A" Train7:59
Take the a Train 
See See Rider3:07
Sweet Georgia Brown3:45
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues4:40
Johnny Come Lately 
Shiny Stockings5:27
Love You Madly4:38
Duke's Place4:43
Sister Suffragette1:43
I Left My Heart in San Francisco3:02
You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)4:04
Never On Sunday3:55
Loch Lomond 
Frankie and Johnny2:25
I'm So in Love With You2:57
Satin Doll [DVD] 
Moonglow 
The Second Time Around3:43
I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter 
Stormy Weather [From Stormy Weather]2:38
Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me3:04
Chelsea Bridge3:44
Take the 'A' Train0:48
My Little Brown Book9:05
Sophisticated Lady 
Cocktails for Two3:23
Paris Blues5:42
Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me3:23
Isfahan4:02
The Star Spangled Banner1:12
Blue Skies 
Lover Man4:50
Limehouse Blues3:10
The Lord's Prayer2:42
I'm Beginning to See the Light2:06
Something to Live For2:45
If Dreams Come True3:19
In a Mellow Tone2:53
Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore)3:24
Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me [Live; Bonus Track]4:33
Squeeze Me 
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart3:07
Satin Doll [Previously Unreleased Track]4:48
All Too Soon7:39
I Didn't Know About You [Take Four]2:43
Jingle Bells3:00
Take the "A" Train [Previously Unreleased Track]2:09
I Didn't Know About You2:43
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good [DVD] 
Satin Doll [Live; Bonus Track]2:27
Minnie the Moocher2:47
On the Sunny Side of the Street4:29
Don't Get Around Much Anymore4:02
Bli-Blip3:03
Everything But You2:57
I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me2:46
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good 
Rose Room2:56
Drop Me off in Harlem3:23
Don't Get Around Much Any More 
The "C" Jam Blues 
Take Love Easy3:00
It Don't Mean a Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing) 
Sam and Delilah3:31
Autumn Leaves5:09
The Good Life3:16
I Can't Stop Loving You3:57
I'm Gonna Go Fishin'4:04
Goin' Out of My Head3:01
A Sailboat in the Moonlight3:05
All the Things You Are [Previously Unreleased Track]3:48
Red Roses for a Blue Lady3:40
Blowin' in the Wind2:25
Passion Flower5:13
Little Brown Book 
So Danco Samba5:51
Rocks in My Bed3:10
Embraceable You2:14
Together 
I Can't Give You Anything But Love 
Lost in Loveliness 
Why Was I Born? 
That Rhythm Man2:41
Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)3:10
Laura3:28
All of Me2:33
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)/Things Ain't What They Used to Be 
Squatty Roo 
'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do [Bonus Track]5:45
Five O'Clock Whistle3:23
Cotton Tail3:15
(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings2:56
Come to Baby, Do!2:46
Long, Strong and Consecutive2:55
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You3:02
Basin Street Blues2:55
Brown-Skin Gal (In the Calico Gown)5:05
The Christmas Song3:25
Perdido [Lost]7:13
S'Wonderful2:40
Mood Indigo5:06

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