Description

.meets the duke/ 7 bonus tracks/ 16P. booklet

Artist

Influential American jazz pianist, bandleader and composer (29 April 1899, Washington, D.C. - 24 May 1974 in New York City, N.Y.).

Known for his residency at the Cotton Club (1927-1931) and for composing over a thousand pieces, many of them now standards. Billy Strayhorn was a frequent collaborator.

Father of Mercer Ellington, who took over the leadership of his father's orchestra until his own death in 1996.

Tracks

1 Battle Royal 05:36

2 To You 03:56

3 Take The "A" Train 03:48

4 Corner Pocket (aka Until I Meet You) 04:55

5 Wild Man (aka Wild Man Moore) 06:23

6 Segue In C 08:24

7 B D B 04:46

8 Jumpin' At The Woodside 03:11

9 One More Once 03:28

10 Blues In Hoss' Flat (Blues In Frankie's Flat 03:15

11 Perdido 04:55

12 What Am I Here For? 03:22

13 I'm Beginning To See The Light 03:09

14 In A Mellow Tone 06:58

15 One O'Clock Jump 06:13

16 Wild Man Moore (Paris Blues Version) 01:49

17 Battle Royal (Paris Blues Version) 04:28

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Reel-To-Reel, CD, Cassette, SACD, 8-Track Cartridge

Labels

CBS, Not On Label, Sony Music Media, WaxTime, Suzy, Columbia, CBS/Sony, Sony, Sony Records Int'l, Vinyl Passion, Coronet , Music For Pleasure, Philips, Embassy, Supraphon, Record Bazaar, Jazztwin, Columbia Jazz Masterpieces, Masterworks Series, Polskie Nagrania Muza, Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri, Tobacco Road, Giant Jazz Gallery, CBS Especial

Countries

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Korea, Republic of, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia

years

1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018

Members