Disc 1 : Blutopia / Midriff / Creole love call / Suddenly it jumped / Pitter panther patter / It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) / Things ain't what they used to be / Introduction / Sonata / Strange feeling / Dancers in love / ColoraturaDisc 2 : Work song / The blues / Three dances : West Indian dance , Creamy brown , Emancipation celebration / Come sunday / The mood to be wooed / Blue cellophane / Blue skies / Frankie and Johnny
Line-up :
Duke Ellington (lead, pn) Rex Stewart, Taft Jordan, Cat Anderson, Shelton Hemphill (tp) Ray Nance (tp, vlon, voc) Tricky Sam Nanton, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones (tb) Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Otto Hardwicke, Al Sears, Jimmy Hamilton (reeds) Fred Guy (gt) Junior Raglin (b) Hillard Brown (dms) Kay Davis, Marie Ellington, Al Hibbler (voc)
Prestige, 1944