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The Chronological Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1946Classics 1015 |
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] |
| 26aug46 | 1 | Back Home Again In Indiana (Hasley-MacDonald) |
| 26aug46 | 2 | Blue Is The Night (Fisher) |
| 26aug46 | 3 | Lover Man
(Davis-Ramirez-Sherman) [Marian Cox, vocal] |
| 26aug46 | 4 | Just You, Just Me (Greer-Klages) |
| 26aug46 | 5 | Beale Street Blues (Handy) |
| 3sep46 | 6 | My Honey's Lovin' Arms
(Ruby-Meyer) [Ray Nance, vocal] |
| 3sep46 | 7 | Memphis Blues (Handy-Norton) |
| 3sep46 | 8 | I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You
(Crosby-Washington-Young) [Marion Cox, vocal] |
| 3sep46 | 9 | St Louis Blues
(Handy) [Marian Cox, vocal] |
| 3sep46 | 10 | Swamp Fire (Mooney-Taylor) |
| 3sep46 | 11 | Royal Garden Blues (Williams-Williams) |
| 3sep46 | 12 | Esquire Swank (Ellington-Hodges) |
| 3sep46 | 13 | Midriff (Strayhorn) |
| 23oct46 | 14 | Diminuendo In Blue (Ellington) |
| 23oct46 | 15 | Magenta Haze (Ellington) |
| 23nov46 | 16 | Golden Cress (Ellington) |
| 23nov46 | 17 | Sultry Sunset (Ellington) |
| 23nov46 | 18-21 | The Deep South Suite (Ellington-Strayhorn) |
| 23nov46 | 18 | Magnolias Dripping With Molasses [The Deep South Suite] (Ellington-Strayhorn) |
| 23nov46 | 19 | Hearsay Or Orson Welles [The Deep South Suite] (Ellington-Strayhorn) |
| 23nov46 | 20 | Nobody Was Lookin' [The Deep South Suite] (Ellington-Strayhorn) |
| 23nov46 | 21 | Happy-Go-Lucky Local [The Deep South Suite] (Ellington-Strayhorn) |