Frankie and Johnny/ Jumpin' room only/ Black beauty/ Every hour on the hour/ Hollywood hangover/ Kissing bug/ In the shade of the odl apple tree/ Frankie and Johnny part 1 et 2/ Sugar hill penthouse/ Diminuendo in blue/ Crescendo in Blue/ New world a comin part 1 et 2/ Prelude to a kiss/ Ring dem bells/ Perfume suite : Strange feelin - Coloratura - Balcony serenade
Line-up :
Duke Ellington (pn, lead) + coll Shelton Scad Hemphill, Ray Nance, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson (tp) Rex Stewart (cn) Joe Tricky Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones (tb) Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke, Jimmy Hamilton, Al Sears (sax, cl) Fred Guy (gt) Junior Raglin, Red Callender (cb) Sonny Greer (dms) Joya Sherrill, Al Hibbler (voc)Buck Clayton, Billy Strayhorn (arr)
Classics, 1945