Masterpieces: 1926-1949 (4-CD)

Get email alerts for Duke Ellington

12 ratings

Out of Print: Future availability is unknown

Notify Me When Available

Add to Wishlist

Format: CD

item number: XJ4G

Free shipping

on most orders of $75+

Brand New

30-day returns

91% recommend us!

17,875 Customer Reviews

4.5 88%

Google

17,021 Customer Reviews

Join our 132,000 fans

CD Details

Released: September 11, 2001
Originally Released: 2001
Label: Proper Box Uk

Tracks on Disc 1:

1.East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
2.Birmingham Breakdown
3.Black and Tan Fantasy
4.Black Beauty
5.The Mooche
6.Awful Sad
7.The Blues With a Feelin'
8.Misty Mornin'
9.Flaming Youth
10.Hot Feet
11.Double Check Stomp
12.Ring Dem Bells
13.Old Man Blues
14.Mood Indigo
15.Rockin' in Rhythm
16.Echoes of the Jungle
17.The Mystery Song
18.It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
19.Lazy Rhapsody
20.Creole Love Call
21.Blue Ramble
22.Ducky Wucky
23.Eerie Moan
24.Sophisticated Lady

Tracks on Disc 2:

1.Slippery Horn
2.Drop Me Off at Harlem
3.Daybreak Express
4.Stompy Jones
5.Solitude
6.Blue Feeling
7.Saddest Tale
8.Moonglow
9.In a Sentimental Mood
10.Showboat Shuffle
11.Reminiscing in Tempo Parts 1,2,3,4
12.Clarinet Lament (Barney's Concerto)
13.Echoes of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto)
14.Black Butterfly
15.Caravan
16.Azure
17.Diminuendo in Blue
18.Crescendo in Blue
19.Stepping Into Swing Society
20.Lost in Meditation

Tracks on Disc 3:

1.I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
2.Rose of the Rio Grande
3.Pyramid
4.Prelude to a Kiss
5.Blue Light
6.Boy Meets Horn
7.Slap Happy
8.Serenade to Sweden
9.The Sergeant Was Shy
10.Jack the Bear
11.Ko-Ko
12.Conga Brava
13.Concerto For Cootie
14.Cotton Tail
15.Never No Lament
16.Dusk
17.Bojangles (A Portrait of Bill Robinson)
18.A Portrait of Bert Williams
19.Harlem Air Shaft
20.All Too Soon
21.Sepia Panorama
22.In a Mellow Tone
23.Warm Valley
24.Across the Track Blues
25.Day Dream

Tracks on Disc 4:

1.Pussy Willow
2.The Sidewalks of New York
3.Take the "A" Train
4.Blue Serge
5.Just a-Settin' and a-Rockin'
6.I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
7.Clementine
8.Jump For Joy
9.Chelsea Bridge
10.Raincheck
11.Perdido
12."C" Jam Blues
13.Moon Mist
14.What Am I Here For?
15.Main Stem
16.Johnny Come Lately
17.I'm Beginning to See the Light
18.Transblucency
19.Lady of the Lavender Mist
20.Sultry Serenade
21.Air Conditioned Jungle
22.The Clothed Woman
23.Snibor

Product Description:

The genius of Duke, bandleader extraordinaire, pianist and greatest American composer of the 20th century is celebrated in the 93 docal masterpieces featured in this 4 CD box set. Ellington's achievements as composer, arranger, pianist and bandleadertouch a bewildering variety of levels, producing music that has never been surpassed.