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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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Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Take the "A" Train
Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington feat: Ensemble / Vy, Ensemble / Cheryl Freeman 03:42 Amazon
2
Drop Me off in Harlem
Duke Ellington / Nick A. Kenny
Duke Ellington feat: Cheryl Freeman / Denizens Of Harlem / Vy, Denizens of Harlem 04:37 Amazon
3
I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington feat: Jester, Vy, Cotton Club Dancers / Cheryl Freeman 01:28 Amazon
4
I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills / Henry Nemo / John Redmond
Duke Ellington feat: Carl Anderson 03:11 Amazon
5
Mood Indigo
Barney Bigard / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington feat: Tonya Pinkins 03:41 Amazon
6
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
Duke Ellington feat: Cheryl Freeman / Vy, Lady Liv / Tonya Pinkins 02:12 Amazon
7
Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care to Know)
Mack David / Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington feat: Lawrence Hamilton 02:26 Amazon
8
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington feat: Yvette Cason / Lawrence Hamilton / Larry Marshall / Jester, Sweets, Miss Mary, Rev 03:18 Amazon
9
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster
Duke Ellington feat: Carl Anderson / Cheryl Freeman / Duke, Vy 04:09 Amazon
10
Hit Me With a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce)
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington feat: Carl Anderson / Vy, Duke, Duke's Band / Cheryl Freeman 02:19 Amazon
11
I'm Just a Lucky So and So
Mack David / Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington feat: Jester, Cotton Club Dancers 03:23 Amazon
12
Solitude
Eddie DeLange / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington feat: Carl Anderson / Cheryl Freeman / Lawrence Hamilton / Tonya Pinkins / Vy, Duke, Lady Liv, Rev 04:33 Amazon
13
I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
Duke Ellington / Don George
Duke Ellington feat: Tonya Pinkins 04:51 Amazon
14
I'm Beginning to See the Light
Duke Ellington / Don George / Johnny Hodges / Harry James
Duke Ellington feat: Rev, Cotton Club Dancers / Lawrence Hamilton 05:19 Amazon
15
I Didn't Know About You
Duke Ellington / Bob Russell
Duke Ellington feat: Cheryl Freeman 03:03 Amazon
16
Rocks in My Bed
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington feat: Sweets, Jester / Larry Marshall 05:58 Amazon
17
Love You Madly
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington feat: Yvette Cason / Larry Marshall / Miss Mary, Sweets 01:57 Amazon
18
Prelude to a Kiss
Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington feat: Carl Anderson / Vy, Duke / Cheryl Freeman 04:13 Amazon
19
In a Mellow Tone
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 02:41 Amazon
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