The Best of the War Years and More

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

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Take the "A" Train
recording of:
Take the “A” Train (version with lyrics by Sherrill)
lyricist:
Joya Sherrill (in 1944)
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1939)
publisher:
Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
version of:
Take the “A” Train (original instrumental version)
2:54
2Frenesi
recording of:
Frenesi
lyricist and composer:
Alberto Domínguez
3:07
3Until Tonight
2:57
4It's Sad but True
3:07
5I Hear Rhapsody
recording of:
I Hear a Rhapsody
lyricist and composer:
Jack Baker (US songwriter "I Hear a Rhapsody"), George Fragos and Dick Gasparre
publisher:
Broadcast Music Inc.
4:06
6Bakiff
recording of:
Bakiff
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Juan Tizol
4:19
7Flamingo
recording of:
Flamingo
lyricist:
Edmund Anderson
composer:
Ted Grouya
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Company (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Grouya Publishing Int.
3:16
8Chelsea Bridge
recording of:
Chelsea Bridge
composer:
Billy Strayhorn (in 1941)
arranger:
Joe Henderson (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
3:04
9Clementine
recording of:
Clementine
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
2:50
10Frankie and Johnnie
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
3:07
11After All
recording of:
After All
composer:
Billy Strayhorn
3:04
12Love Like This Can't Last
2:28
13The Girl in My Dreams (Tries to Look Like You)
recording of:
The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You
composer:
Mercer Ellington
3:34
14You and I
recording of:
You and I (1941 Meredith Willson song, popularized by Bing Crosby)
lyricist and composer:
Meredith Willson
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
2:17
15Have You Changed
recording of:
Have You Changed
lyricist:
Sylvia Dee (American lyricist)
2:55
16I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire
composer:
Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.), Sol Marcus and Eddie Seiler
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Eddie Durham Swing Music Publishing and Ocheri Publishing Corp.
3:10
17Perdido
recording of:
Perdido (original instrumental version)
composer:
Juan Tizol
1:58
18I'm Checkin' Out, Go'Om Bye
recording of:
I'm Checking Out, Go'om Bye
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Billy Strayhorn
1:58
19Things Ain't What They Used to Be
recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music Inc
3:20
20Carnegie Blues
recording of:
Carnegie Blues
composer:
Bennie R. Crawford, Jr
2:52
21"C" Jam Blues
recording of:
“C” Jam Blues
composer:
Barney Bigard and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1942)
2:00