Duke Ellington, Mingus & Roach - Money Jungle (1962)

01. Very Special
02. A Little Max (Parfait)
03. A Little Max (Parfait) (alternate take)
04. Fleurette Africaine
05. REM Blues
06. Wig Wise
07. Switch Blade
08. Caravan
09. Money Jungle
10. Solitude (alternate take)
11. Solitude
12. Warm Valley
13. Backward Country Boy Blues

Músicos.
Duke Ellington (piano)
Charles Mingus (bajo)
Max Roach (bateria)

Duke Ellington - The Great Paris Concert (1963)

1. "Kinda Dukish" – 1:52
2. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Harry Carney, Ellington, Irving Mills) – 3:47
3. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:58
4. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 4:18
5. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 2:35
6. "Theme from the Asphalt Jungle" – 4:08
7. "Concerto for Cootie" – 2:31
8. "Tutti for Cootie" (Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton) – 2:31
9. "Suite Thursday: Misfit Blues" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:39
10. "Suite Thursday: Schwiphti" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 2:50
11. "Suite Thursday: Zweet Zurzday" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 3:55
12. "Suite Thursday: Lay-By" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 6:25
13. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, H.J. Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) – 5:22
14. "The Eighth Veil" (Ellington, Strayhorn) – 2:33
15. "Rose of the Rio Grande" (Ross Gorman, Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren) – 2:41
16. "Cop Out" – 6:58
17. "Bula" – 4:42
18. "Jam With Sam" – 3:51
19. "Happy Go Lucky Local" – 3:25
20. "Tone Parallel to Harlem" – 14:05

Additional tracks on 1989 re-release
21. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:33
22. "Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" (Ellington, Russell) – 4:33
23. "Black and Tan Fantasy" (Ellington, Bubber Miley) – 2:43
24. "Creole Love Call" – 2:08
25. "The Mooche" – 5:38
26. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 2:53
27. "Pyramid" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Mills, Tizol) – 3:25
28. "The Blues" – 3:36
29. "Echoes of Harlem" – 3:32
30. "Satin Doll" – (Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn) – 2:27

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Músicos.
* Cat Anderson – trumpet
* Lawrence Brown – trombone
* Roy Burrowes – trumpet
* Harry Carney – clarinet, saxophone
* Chuck Connors – trombone
* Buster Cooper – trombone
* Duke Ellington – piano
* Paul Gonsalves – saxophone
* Milt Grayson – vocals
* Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, saxophone
* Johnny Hodges – saxophone
* Ray Nance – violin, cornet
* Russell Procope – clarinet, saxophone
* Ernie Shephard – bass
* Cootie Williams – trumpet
* Sam Woodyard – drums
* Stanley Dance – liner notes
* Ilhan Mimaroglu – reissue producer, production coordination, editing, sequencing, original collating
* Giuseppe Pino – liner notes, photography
* Popsie – liner notes
* Bob Porter – reissue producer
* Fred Seligo – liner notes

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Such Sweet Thunder (1957)

1. "Such Sweet Thunder" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:22
2. "Sonnet for Caesar" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:00
3. "Sonnet to Hank Cinq" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:24
4. "Lady Mac" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:41
5. "Sonnet in Search of a Moor" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:22
6. "The Telecasters" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:05
7. "Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:09
8. "Sonnet for Sister Kate" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:24
9. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:00
10. "Madness in Great Ones" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:26
11. "Half the Fun" (Also known as "Lately") (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:19
12. "Circle of Fourths" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:45
13. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Also known as "Pretty Girl") (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:15
14. "Circle of Fourths" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:47
15. "Suburban Beauty" (Ellington) - 2:56
16. "A-Flat Minor" (Ellington) - 2:33
17. "Café au Lait" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:49
18. "Half the Fun" (Alternate take) (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:08
19. "Suburban Beauty" (Alternate take) (Ellington) - 2:56
20. "A-Flat Minor" (Outtake) (Ellington) - 3:49
21. "Café au Lait" (Also known as the "Star-Crossed Lovers") (Outtake) (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:21
22. "Pretty Girl" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 8:54

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Músicos.
* Jimmy Hamilton - Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
* Johnny Hodges - Alto Saxophone
* Russell Procope - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
* Paul Gonsalves - Tenor Saxophone
* Harry Carney - Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone
* Cat Anderson - Trumpet
* Clark Terry - Trumpet
* Ray Nance - Trumpet
* Willie Cook - Trumpet
* Quentin Jackson - Trombone
* John Sanders - Trombone
* Britt Woodman - Trombone
* Jimmy Woode - Bass
* Sam Woodyard - Drums
* Billy Strayhorn - Orchestration

Duke Ellington & Count Basie - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke (1961)

1. Battle Royal 5:35
2. To You 3:57
3. Take The A Train 3:49
4. Until I Met You 4:57
5. Wild Man 5:45
6. Segue In C 8:25
7. B D B 4:05
8. Jumpin At The Woodside 3:07

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Músicos.
Duke Ellington (piano); Freddie Green (guitar); Ray Nance (violin, trumpet); Frank Wess (flute, tenor saxophone); Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet); Russell Procope (reeds, alto saxophone); Johnny Hodges, Marshall Royal (alto saxophone); Frank Foster, Paul Gonsalves, Budd Johnson (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney, Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophone, bass saxophone); Fats Ford, Ed Mullens, Lonnie Johnson, Snooky Young, Thad Jones, Willie Cook, Sonny Cohn, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Lawrence D. Brown, Quentin Johnson, Henry Coker, Louise Blackburn, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown , Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell (trombone); Count Basie, Billy Strayhorn (piano); Sam Woodyard, Sonny Payne (drums).

Duke Ellington – At Newport (1956)

Entre 1927 y 1945, después de crear para el jazz el "jungle style" Duke Ellington y su orquesta alcanzan en este periodo la cumbre de su madurez artística y creativa. La orquesta de Duke Ellington en los años cuarenta era sin duda la que poseía los mejores solistas y los instrumentistas mas virtuosos de la época y la revista Down Beat le situó en varias ocasiones por refrendo popular por encima incluso de la de Benny Goodman. Tras el declive de las bigbands, Ellington, fue el único líder de orquesta que nunca disolvió la suya. A falta de contratos pagaba a sus músicos con los dineros ingresados por sus derechos de autor y utilizaba su orquesta para componer con ella y oír su música. Pero algunos de sus solistas se marcharon entre finales de la década de los cuarenta y principios de los cincuenta para iniciar sus carreras en solitario. A la marcha de Ben Webster, Barney Bigard, Tizol y otros, se unió una definitiva en 1951, la de su amigo, Johnny Hodges. La prensa que antes no le escatimaba elogios, anunciaba casi a diario la desaparición de la orquesta.
En 1955 vuelve a la banda Johnny Hodges y Ellington respira aliviado y entran en nomina una serie de músicos que darían todavía mucho juego al sonido Ellington. Entre las incorporaciones mas sonadas, están los saxofonistas, Paul Gonsalves y Jimmy Hamilton, el clarinetista, Russell Procope, el trombonista, Quenti Jackson, y los trompetistas, Cat Anderson y Clark Terry. Con estos músicos y cierto escepticismo, Ellington es invitado a actuar en el Festival de Jazz de Newport de 1956. Lo que pasó aquella noche está escrito en los anales del jazz. Duke Ellington, sacó de su chistera creativa dos temas compuestos en 1937, "Diminuendo in Blue" y "Crescendo in blue" y decidió encima del escenario servirlos unidos, separándolos simplemente con un interludio a cargo de Gonsalves. Y ahí se produjo el milagro. Los arrolladores veintisiete "chorus" seguidos de jazz puro y duro que improvisó el saxofonista, empujado por una rítmica ejemplar le dieron la vuelta a la historia. Las sillas volaban por encima de las cabezas de los atónitos y rugientes espectadores y a la mañana siguiente toda la prensa anunciaba en grandes titulares "Ellington ha vuelto" .

Disco 1.
1. Star Spangled Banner
2. Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke & The Orchestra / Duke Introduces Tune & Anderson, Jackson...
3. Black And Tan Fantasy
4. Duke Introduces Cook & Tune
5. Tea For Two
6. Duke & Band Leave Stage / Father Norman O'Connor Talks About Festival
7. Take The A Train
8. Duke Announces Strayhorn's A Train & Nance / Duke Introduces Festival Suite, Part I & Hamilton
9. Part 1: Festival Junction
10. Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II - (live)
11. Part II: Blues To Be There (Live)
12. Duke Announces Nance & Procope; Introduces Part III - (live)
13. Part III: Newport Up
14. Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry / Duke Introduces Cook & Tune - (live)
15. Sophisticated Lady - (live)
16. Duke Announces Grissom & Tune - (live)
17. Day In, Day Out (Live)
18. Duke Introduces Tune (s) And Paul Gonsalves Interludes - (live)
19. Diminuendo In Blue And Crescendo In Blue - (live)
20. Announcements, Pandemonium - (live)
21. Pause Track

Disco 2.
1. Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges
2. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) - (previously unreleased, live)
3. Jeep's Blues - (live)
4. Duke Calms Crowd; Introduces Nance & Tune
5. Tulip Or Turnip - (previously unreleased)
6. Riot Prevention
7. Skin Deep
8. Mood Indigo - (previously unreleased)
9. Studio Concert - (excerpts)
10. Father Norman O'Connor Introduces Duke Ellington / Duke Introduces New Work, Part I, & Hamilton
11. Festival Junction
12. Duke Announces Soloists; Introduces Part II
13. Blues To Be There
14. Duke Announces Nance & Procope; Introduces Part III
15. Newport Up
16. Duke Announces Hamilton, Gonsalves, & Terry / Pause / Duke Introduces Johnny Hodges 17. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
18. Jeep's Blues - (previously unreleased)
19. Pause Track

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Músicos.
* Harry Carney - Baritone sax
* John Willie Cook - Trumpet
* Duke Ellington - Piano
* Paul Gonsalves - Tenor sax
* Jimmy Grissom - Voice
* Jimmy Hamilton - Tenor sax
* Johnny Hodges - Alto sax
* Quentin Jackson - Trombone
* William "Cat" Anderson - Trumpet
* Ray Nance - Voice
* Willis R. Nance - Trumpet
* Russell Procope - Alto sax
* John Sanders - Trombone
* Clark Terry - Trumpet
* James Woode - Bass
* Britt Woodman - Trombone
* Sam Woodyard - Drums