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Release Date

May 20, 1997

Duration

01:07:01

Genre

Styles

Recording Date

April 14, 1997

Recording Location

  • The Hit Factory, New York, NY
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Duke Ellington

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Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time
1
Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington
feat: Ensemble / Vy, Ensemble / Cheryl Freeman
3:42
2
Duke Ellington / Nick A. Kenny
Duke Ellington
feat: Cheryl Freeman / Denizens Of Harlem / Vy, Denizens of Harlem
4:37
3
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
feat: Jester, Vy, Cotton Club Dancers / Cheryl Freeman
1:28
4
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Henry Nemo / John Redmond
Duke Ellington
feat: Carl Anderson
3:11
5
Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington
feat: Tonya Pinkins
3:41
6
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
Duke Ellington
feat: Cheryl Freeman / Vy, Lady Liv / Tonya Pinkins
2:12
7
Mack David / Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
feat: Lawrence Hamilton
2:26
8
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington
feat: Yvette Cason / Lawrence Hamilton / Larry Marshall / Jester, Sweets, Miss Mary, Rev
3:18
9
Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster
Duke Ellington
feat: Carl Anderson / Cheryl Freeman / Duke, Vy
4:09
10
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
feat: Carl Anderson / Vy, Duke, Duke's Band / Cheryl Freeman
2:19
11
Mack David / Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
feat: Jester, Cotton Club Dancers
3:23
12
Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington
feat: Carl Anderson / Cheryl Freeman / Lawrence Hamilton / Tonya Pinkins / Vy, Duke, Lady Liv, Rev
4:33
13
Duke Ellington / Don George
Duke Ellington
feat: Tonya Pinkins
4:51
14
Duke Ellington / Don George / Johnny Hodges / Harry James
Duke Ellington
feat: Rev, Cotton Club Dancers / Lawrence Hamilton
5:19
15
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
Duke Ellington
feat: Cheryl Freeman
3:03
16
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
feat: Sweets, Jester / Larry Marshall
5:58
17
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
feat: Yvette Cason / Larry Marshall / Miss Mary, Sweets
1:57
18
Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington
feat: Carl Anderson / Vy, Duke / Cheryl Freeman
4:13
19
Duke Ellington / Milt Gabler
Duke Ellington
feat: Carl Anderson / Cheryl Freeman / Lawrence Hamilton / Denizens Of Harlem / Vy, Duke, Lady Liv, Rev, Denizens of Harlem / Tonya Pinkins
2:41
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