A Giant Among the Giants: The Best LPs 1950 to 1961

~ Release by Duke Ellington (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn: Great Times / Ellington Uptown
2▶CD: The Duke Plays Ellington / Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
3▶CD: Such Sweet Thunder / Black, Brown and Beige
4▶CD: Anatomy of a Murder / Swinging Suites by Edward E. And Edward G.
5▶CD: Piano in the Background
6▶CD: Blue Rose
7▶CD: Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: Recording Together for the First Time / Duke Ellington & Count Basie: First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
8▶CD: Newport 1958
9▼CD: A Drum Is a Woman
#TitleArtistLength
1A Drum Is a Woman
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-17)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:36
2Rhythm Pum Te Dum
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-24)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra2:54
3What Else Can You Do With a Drum
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-24)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra1:51
4New Orleans
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-28)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra2:31
5Hey, Buddy Bolden
piano:
Duke Ellington (in 1956-09)
recording of:
Hey, Buddy Bolden (in 1956-09)
writer:
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra4:52
6Carribee Joe
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-17)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:25
7Congo Square
piano:
Duke Ellington (in 1956-09)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra5:27
8A Drum Is a Woman, Part 2
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-25)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra2:48
9You Better Know It
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-12-06)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra2:45
10Madam Zajj
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-25)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:45
11Ballet of the Flying Saucers
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-10-23)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra4:38
12Zajj’s Dream
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-28)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:07
13Rhumbop
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-17)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra2:12
14Carribee Joe, Part 2
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-09-25)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra3:06
15Finale
piano:
Duke Ellington (on 1956-12-06)
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra0:43
10▶CD: Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges: Side by Side