Title: Original Album Classics Artist: Duke Ellington Release Date: 10/29/2007 Label: Columbia, Konkou Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 886971455021, 0886971455021, 088697145502 Genre: Jazz Moods: Atmospheric, Lively, Lush, Poignant, Sentimental, Sophisticated, Stately, Sweet, Intimate, Light, Playful, Romantic, Soothing, Swaggering, Boisterous, Dramatic, Elegant, Freewheeling, Fun, Humorous, Literate, Passionate, Rollicking, Smooth, Theatrical, Warm, Bright, Carefree, Cheerful, Exuberant, Gentle, Nocturnal, Rousing, Soft, Spooky, Stylish, Ambitious, Amiable/Good-Natured, Confident, Party/Celebratory, Refined/Mannered, Reserved, Laid-Back/Mellow, Sensual, Joyous Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 5

1. Skin Deep
2. The Mooche
3. Take the 'A' Train
4. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite) [78 RPM Version][*]
5. Perdido
6. Before My Time [*]
7. Later [*]
8. I Like the Sunrise [*]
9. Dance No. 1 [*]
10. Dance No. 2 [*]
11. Dance No. 3 [*]
12. Dance No. 4 [*]
13. Dance No. 5 [*]

1. Such Sweet Thunder
2. Sonnet for Caesar
3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
4. Lady Mac
5. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
6. The Telecasters
7. Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)
8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
9. The Star-Crossed Lovers
10. Madness in Great Ones
11. Half the Fun
12. Circles of Fourths
13. The Star-Crossed Lovers (aka Pretty Girl) [Stereo LP Master][*]
14. Circle of Fourths [Stereo LP Master][*]
15. Suburban Beauty [Master Take][*]
16. A Flat Minor [Preferred Take][*]
17. Cafe Au Lait [Preferred Take][*]
18. Half the Fun (aka Lately) [Alternate Take][*]
19. Suburban Beauty [Alternate Take]
20. A Flat Minor [*][Outtake]
21. Cafe Au Lait [Mono Version][*][Outtake]
22. Pretty Girl (aka the Star-Crossed Lovers) [First Recording][*]
23. Bonus Track [*]

1. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 1
2. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 2
3. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 3 (Light)
4. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 4 (Come Sunday)
5. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 5 (Come Sunday)
6. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 6 (23rd Psalm)
7. Track 360 (aka Trains) [Alternate Take][*]
8. Blues in Orbit (aka Tender) [Alternate Take][*]
9. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 1 [Alternate Take][*]
10. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 2 [Alternate Take][*]
11. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 3 (aka Light) [Alternate Take][*]
12. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 4 (aka Come Sunday) [Alternate Take][*]
13. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 5 (aka Come Sunday) [Alternate Take][*]
14. Black, Brown & Beige, Pt. 6 (23rd Psalm) [Alternate Take][*]
15. Studio Conversation [*]
16. Come Sunday (From Black, Brown & Beige) [Acapella][*]
17. Bonus Track [*]

1. Main Title and Anatomy of a Murder [From Anatomy of a Murder]
2. Flirtibird [From Anatomy of a Murder]
3. Way Early Subtone [From Anatomy of a Murder]
4. Hero to Zero [From Anatomy of a Murder]
5. Low Key Lightly [From Anatomy of a Murder]
6. Midnight Indigo [From Anatomy of a Murder]
7. Almost Cried [From Anatomy of a Murder]
8. Sunswept Sunday [From Anatomy of a Murder]
9. Grace Valse [From Anatomy of a Murder]
10. Happy Anatomy [From Anatomy of a Murder]
11. Happy Anatomy (P.I. Five) [From Anatomy of a Murder]
12. Haupe [From Anatomy of a Murder]
13. Upper and Outest [From Anatomy of a Murder]
14. Anatomy of a Murder [Stereo Single][*]
15. Merrily Rolling Along (aka Hero to Zero/Sunswept Sunday) [*]
16. Beer Garden [*]
17. Happy Anatomy [Band-Studio][*]
18. Polly (aka Grace Valse, Haupe, Low Key Lightly, Midnight Indigo) [*]
19. Polly (Movie Stings) [*]
20. Happy Anatomy (Dixieland) [*]
21. More Blues (P.I. Five) [*]
22. Almost Cried (Movie) (aka Flirtibird) [*]
23. Track Music: Anatomy of a Murder (Duke Ellington a La Guy Lombardo) [*]
24. Anatomy of a Murder [Mono Single: in Stereo][*]
25. The Grand Finale [Rehearsal/Lines/Interview/Music/Strings/Murder]
26. Bonus Track [*]

1. Battle Royal
2. To You
3. Take the 'A' Train
4. Corner Pocket (aka Until I Met You)
5. Wild Man (aka Wild Man Moore)
6. Segue in C
7. B D B
8. Jumpin' at the Woodside
9. One More Chance
10. Take the 'A' Train (The Count Departs) [Rehearsal & Alternate Takes][*]
11. Jumpin' at the Woodside [Alternate Take][*]
12. B D B [Alternate Take][*]
13. Blues in Hoss' Flat (Blues in Frankie's Flat) [*]
14. Wild Man (aka Wild Man Moore) [Alternate Take][*]
15. Battle Royal [Rehearsal & Alternate Takes][*]
16. [Untitled]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD Columbia 88697145502 2007 CD Konkou 714550

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For the right price, this five-CD collection of Duke Ellington albums from the '50s is about as potent and diverse a product for this time period as you will find, given you don't already have them all on single discs. The less essential Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown, which was also reissued with the recording Blue Light, kicks off the set. The following three CDs -- Such Sweet Thunder, Black, Brown & Beige, and the heavy Otto Preminger movie soundtrack Anatomy of a Murder -- are among Ellington's finest of any time frame in his career. Some critics have dissed First Time!, which is a collaboration with the Count Basie Orchestra, but it remains unique and potent. Any Ellington lover would enjoy this as a present, and to have all of them in one package is simply magnificent. This comes highly recommended. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Bell Bass Bennie Powell Trombone Bill Graham Sax (Alto) Billy Strayhorn Orchestration, Piano Britt Woodman Trombone Budd Johnson Reeds Cat Anderson Trumpet Clark Terry Trumpet Count Basie Piano Duke Ellington Vocals, Piano, Producer Eddie Mullens Trumpet Fats Ford Trumpet Frank Foster Reeds George Avakian Producer Gerald Wilson Trumpet Harold Baker Trumpet Harry Carney Reeds, Sax (Baritone), Bass, Saxophone Henri Renaud Producer Henry Coker Trombone Hilton Jefferson Saxophone Irving Townsend Producer Jimmy Hamilton Clarinet, Saxophone, Reeds, Sax (Tenor) Jimmy Johnson, Jr. Drums Jimmy Woode Bass John Sanders Trombone Johnny Hodges Sax (Alto), Reeds Juan Tizol Trombone Lawrence D. Brown Trombone Lennie Johnson Trumpet Louie Bellson Drums Louise Blackburn Trombone Mahalia Jackson Vocals Marshall Royal Reeds Mercer Ellington Producer Paul Gonsalves Reeds, Sax (Tenor), Saxophone Quentin Jackson Trumpet, Trombone Ray Nance Trumpet, Violin Russell Procope Reeds, Sax (Alto), Clarinet, Saxophone Sam Woodyard Drums Shorty Baker Trumpet Snooky Young Trumpet Sonny Cohn Trumpet Thad Jones Trumpet Wendell Marshall Bass Willie Cook Trumpet