Includes recordings from Duke Ellington and his Orchestra at The Hurricane Club and Carnegie Hall in New York in 1943, in New York in 1962, at The Hollywood Empire in Los Angeles in 1949 and solo Duke Ellington piano recordings from France in 1966.
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Track Listing :
1. Take The A Train
2.
Blow Boy Blow
3. Medley - It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing/Satin Doll/Solitude/I Got It Bad And That Ain’t Good/Don’t Get Around Much Anymore/Mood Indigo/I’m Beginning To See The Light/Sophisticated Lady/Caravan
4.
Kinda Dukish
5.
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
6.
Satin Doll 
7.
New World A-Comin’
8.
VIP Boogie / Jam With Sam
9.
The Good Years Of Jazz
10.
What Am I Here For?
11.
Johnny Come Lately
12.
Main Stem a.k.a. Altitude
13. Ring Dem Bells
14. Rockin’ In Rhythm
15.
Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear From Me
16.
Just A-Sittin’ And A-Rockin’
17.
C Jam Blues
18.
Cotton Tail
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Personnel :
Duke Ellington (p) Rex Stewart, Shelton Hemphill, Al Killian, Francis Williams, Harold Baker, Bill Berry, Ed Mullens, Wallace Jones, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson (tp) Ray Nance (tp & v) Leon Cox, Lawrence Brown, Chuck Connors, Joseph Nanton, Juan Tizol, Quentin Jackson,Tyree Glenn (tb) Jimmy Hamilton (ts & cl) Russell Procope, Sax Mallard (as & cl) Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke (as) Paul Gonsalves, Ben Webster, Skippy Williams (ts) Harry Carney (bs,bcl & cl) Chauncey Haughton (cl) Fred Guy (g) Aaron Bell, Alvin Raglin, Wendell Marshall (b) Sam Woodyard, Sonny Greer (dr) Albert Hibbler (voc).
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