Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958

This essential Ellington library features rare bonus tracks and new state-of-the-art mixes of some of the most enduring recordings in American jazz history.

The initial Columbia album, Masterpieces By Ellington, found the maestro embracing the new technology, displaying grand arrangements of his popular anthems. Other visionary projects soon followed: Ellington Uptown, featuring the masterful composition like A Tone Parallel To Harlem and Blue Rose with singer Rosemary Clooney and Black, Brown and Beige with majestic contributions from Mahalia Jackson. Such Sweet Thunder is a masterpiece with Johnny Hodges at his voluptuous best.

Ranging from ambitious themed projects to extended remakes of early classics, this collection emphasizes how restlessly wide-ranging the maestro was!

Tracks:

CD1: Masterpieces By Ellington
1. Mood Indigo
2. Sophisticated Lady
3. The Tattooed Bride
4. Solitude
Bonus Tracks
5. Vagabonds
6. Smada
7. Rock Skippin' At The Blue Note

CD2: Ellington Uptown
1. Skin Deep
2. The Mooche
3. Take The A Train
4. A Tone Parallel To Harlem
(Harlem Suite)
5. Perdido
The Controversial Suite
6. Before My Time
7. Later
The Liberian Suite
8. I Like The Sunrise
9. Dance No. 1
10. Dance No. 2
11. Dance No. 3
12. Dance No. 4
13. Dance No. 5

CD3: Blue Rose
1. Hey Baby
2. Sophisticated Lady

3. Me And You
4. Passion Flower
5. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
6. It Don't Mean A Thing
(If It Ain't Got That Swing)
7. Grievin'
8. Blue Rose
9. I'm Checking Out – Goodbye
10. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't
Good)
11. Mood Indigo
Bonus Tracks
12. If You Were In My Place
(What Would You Do)
13. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin'

CD4: A Drum Is A Woman
1. A Drum Is A Woman
2. Rhythm Pum Te Dum
3. What Else Can You Do With A
Drum - Calypso
4. New Orleans
5. Hey, Buddy Bolden
6. Carribee Joe/Congo Square
7. A Drum Is A Woman - Part Two
8. You Better Know It
9. Madam Zajj/Ballet Of The
Flying Saucers
10. Zajj's Dream
11. Rhumbop/Carribee Joe –
Part Two
12. Finale