Live album · 1959
Tracklist
1 In A Mellotone 3:01
2 Perdido 4:45
3 Polly's Theme 4:15
4 Flirtibird 3:03
5 Pie Eye's Blues 3:23
6 Passion Flower 5:04
7 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 3:05
8 On The Sunny Side Of The Street 4:17
9 Sophisticated Lady 4:27
10 Mr. Gentle & Mr. Cool 7:08
11 Jeep's Blues 3:54
12 All Of Me 2:17
CD reissue track list:
Disc 1
"Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:17 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:40 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Haupe" [aka "Polly's Theme"] - 3:58
"Flirtibird" - 3:01
"Pie Eye's Blues" - 3:16
"Almost Cried" - 3:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Duael Fuel (Dual Filter)" - (Ellington, Clark Terry) - 11:37 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 3:56
"Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Shorty Baker, Ellington) - 7:17
"El Gato" (Cat Anderson) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
"C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 4:52 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Drawing Room Blues" (Strayhorn) - 6:05 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:57 Bonus track on CD reissue
Disc 2
"In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:36
"All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) - 2:31
"Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington) - 2:50
"Jeep's Blues" (Ellington, Johnny Hodges) - 3:50
"Mood Indigo" (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 11:02 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
"Satin Doll]" (Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 4:48 Bonus track on CD reissue
A Disarming Visit by June Christy & Stan Kenton - 2:56
"Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 5:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" (Ellington, Strayhorn, James "Bubber" Miley) - 9:19
"Passion Flower Strayhorn 5:13
"On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 4:29
"El Gato" (Anderson) - 4:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Johnny Hodges
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Russell Procope
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Jimmy Woode
Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton
Drums – Sam Woodyard
Piano – Duke Ellington
Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves
Trombone – Britt Woodman, John Sanders, Quentin Jackson
Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Clark Terry, Harold Baker
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
About this release
Roulette
Re-released as a double CD in 1994 with fourteen bonus tracks on the Blue Note label.
Recorded August 9, 1959 at The Blue Note, Chicago
Thanks to snobb for the addition