Boxset / Compilation · 1990
Tracklist
1 –The Washingtonians Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry Home) 3:13
2 –The Washingtonians Rainy Nights 3:23
3 –The Washingtonians I'm Gonna Hang Around My Sugar 3:00
4 –The Washingtonians Trombone Blues 2:57
5 –Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians Georgia Grind 2:41
6 –Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians Parlor Social Stomp 3:07
7 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra (You've Got Those) Wanna-Go-Back-Again Blues 3:17
8 –Duke Ellington And His Orchestra If You Can't Hold The Man You Love 3:19
9 –Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians Animal Crackers 3:06
10 –Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians Lil' Farina 3:00
11 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra East St. Louis Toodle-O 2:50
12 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra Birmingham Breakdown 2:43
13 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra Immigration Blues 2:56
14 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra The Creeper 2:47
15 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra New Orleans Low-Down 2:59
16 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra Song Of The Cotton Field 2:59
17 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra Birmingham Breakdown 2:38
18 –Duke Ellington And His Kentucky Club Orchestra East St. Louis Toodle-O 2:58
19 –Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians East St. Louis Toodle-O 3:04
20 –Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians Hop Head 2:56
21 –Duke Ellington And His Washingtonians Down In Our Alley Blues 3:00
22 –The Washingtonians Black And Tan Fantasy 3:16
23 –The Washingtonians Soliloquy 3:04
Line-up/Musicians
Banjo – Fred Guy
Brass Bass – Henry Edwards
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone – Don Redman (tracks: 5 to 8)
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Otto Hardwick (tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 23)
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – George Thomas (tracks: 7, 8), Prince Robinson (tracks: 3, 4, 7 to 23)
Cornet – Bubber Miley (tracks: 1,2)
Drums – Sonny Greer
Piano, Arranged By – Duke Ellington
Trombone – Charlie Irvis (tracks: 1 to 10), Joe Nanton (tracks: 9 to 23)
Trombone, Vocals – Jimmy Harrison (tracks: 7, 8)
Trumpet – Bubber Miley (tracks: 9 to 22), Charlie Johnson (tracks: 9 to 23), Harry Cooper (tracks: 5 to 8), June Clark (tracks: 23), Leroy Rutledge (tracks: 5 to 8), Louis Metcalf (tracks: 11 to 23), Pike Davis (tracks: 3, 4)
About this release
Classics Records – Classics 539 (France)
Recorded in New York, from 1924 to 1927
Thanks to snobb for the addition