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The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1930Classics 586 |
The Classics Chronological series on Ellington is not to be missed. Classics has plenty of albums out and good sound as well. The liner notes could be more extensive, but no other company is this far along in reissuing Ellington.
| Date | Track | Title (Composer) [Vocalist] |
| 29jan30 | 1 | When You're Smiling
(Fisher-Goodwin-Shay) [Irving Mills as Sonny Smith, vocal] |
| 29jan30 | 2 | Rent Party Blues (Ellington-Hodges) |
| 29jan30 | 3 | Jungle Blues (Ellington) |
| mar30 | 4 | Sing, You Sinners
(Coslow-Harling) [Irving Mills, vocal] |
| mar30 | 5 | St James Infirmary
(Primrose) [Irving Mills, vocal] |
| 20mar30 | 6 | When You're Smiling
(Fisher-Goodwin-Shay) [Irving Mills, vocal] |
| 20mar30 | 7 | Maori (A Samoan Dance) (Tyers-Creamer) |
| 20mar30 | 8 | Admiration (Tizol-Mills) |
| 3apr30 | 9 | The Mooche (Ellington-Mills) |
| 3apr30 | 10 | Ragamuffin Romeo (De Costa-Wayne) |
| 3apr30 | 11 | East St Louis Toodle-Oo (Ellington-Miley) |
| 11apr30 | 12 | Double Check Stomp (Bigard-Braud-Hodges) |
| 11apr30 | 13 | My Gal Is Good For Nothing But Love
(Waller-Razaf-Brooks) [Frank Marvin, vocal] |
| 11apr30 | 14 | I Was Made To Love You
(Tobias-Veo-Tauber) [Frank Marvin, vocal] |
| 22apr30 | 15 | Double Check Stomp (Bigard-Braud-Hodges) |
| 22apr30 | 16 | Accordion Joe
(Cornell-Wimbrow) [Dick Robertson, vocal] |
| 22apr30 | 17 | Cotton Club Stomp [#2] (Ellington-Mills) |
| 4jun30 | 18 | Sweet Dreams Of Love (Ellington-Mills) |
| 4jun30 | 19 | Jungle Nights In Harlem (Ellington) |
| 4jun30 | 20 | Sweet Jazz O' Mine (Ellington) |
| 4jun30 | 21 | Shout 'Em, Aunt Tillie (Ellington-Mills) |
| 12jun30 | 22 | Sweet Mama (Ellington) |
| 12jun30 | 23 | Hot And Bothered (Ellington) |