AllMusic

New Releases
  • Featured New Releases
  • Editors' Choice
  • All New Releases
Discover
  • Genres  ›
  • Moods  ›
  • Themes  ›
  • Blues
  • Classical
  • Country
  • Electronic
  • Folk
  • International
  • Jazz
  • Latin
  • New Age
  • Pop/Rock
  • Rap
  • R&B
  • Reggae
  • Stage & Screen
  • All Genres
  • Aggressive
  • Bittersweet
  • Druggy
  • Energetic
  • Happy
  • Hypnotic
  • Laid Back/Mellow
  • Melancholy
  • Passionate
  • Romantic
  • Sad
  • Sentimental
  • Sexy
  • Trippy
  • All Moods
  • Background Music
  • Celebration
  • Cool & Cocky
  • Drinking
  • Hanging Out
  • In Love
  • Introspection
  • Late Night
  • Partying
  • Rainy Day
  • Relaxation
  • Road Trip
  • Romantic Evening
  • Sex
  • All Themes
Articles
  • Features
  • Interviews
  • Lists
  • Streams
  • Videos
  • All Posts
Recommendations
My Profile
Advanced Search
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Tumblr
  • RSS
The Duke Plays Ellington [Capitol]

Discography Browser

  • previous
  • Masterpieces by Ellington
  • The 1953 Pasadena Concert
  • Ellington Uptown
  • The Duke Plays Ellington [Capitol]
  • Ellington '55
  • The Duke and His Men
  • Ellington at Newport
  • Historically Speaking: The Duke
  • Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All-Stars at Newport
  • A Drum Is a Woman
  • Such Sweet Thunder
  • Indigos
  • The Cosmic Scene: Duke Ellington's Spacemen
  • Newport 1958
  • Black, Brown and Beige
  • Festival Session
  • Side by Side
  • Jazz Party
  • Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues
  • Anatomy of a Murder [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
  • Piano in the Background
  • Duke Ellington: Three Suites
  • Blues in Orbit
  • Recording Together for the First Time
  • First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
  • Money Jungle
  • Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
  • Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Featuring Paul Gonsalves
  • Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
  • Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
  • Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?
  • The Symphonic Ellington
  • My People
  • The Great Paris Concert [Atlantic]
  • Afro-Bossa
  • Ellington '65
  • Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
  • Concert in the Virgin Islands
  • Ella at Duke's Place
  • Orchestral Works
  • Soul Call
  • Serenade to Sweden
  • Sacred Music
  • The Popular Duke Ellington
  • Francis A. & Edward K.
  • Ella & Duke at the Côte D'Azur
  • Duke Ellington's Far East Suite
  • ...And His Mother Called Him Bill
  • Yale Concert
  • Second Sacred Concert
  • New Orleans Suite
  • Latin American Suite
  • The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
  • Togo Brava Suite
  • This One's for Blanton
  • Up in Duke's Workshop
  • Eastbourne Performance
  • Collages
  • Duke Ellington's Third Sacred Concert
  • Music Is My Mistress
  • American Songbook Series: Duke Ellington
  • Mood Indigo: Capitol Sings Duke Ellington
  • Play On [Original Broadway Cast]
  • Jazz Hits, Vol. 1
  • Duke Ellington: Queenie Pie
  • Paris Blues [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
  • Assault On a Queen [Music from the Motion Picture]
  • That's Life: Nicole Herzog Meets Don Menza
  • next

Release Date

April 5, 1954

Duration

35:13

Genre

Jazz
Submit Corrections

Duke Ellington

The Duke Plays Ellington [Capitol]

Add to Custom List

Add to My Collection

  • AllMusic Rating
  • User Ratings (0)
  • Your Rating
  • Overview ↓
  • User Reviews ↓
  • Credits ↓
  • Releases ↓
  • Similar Albums ↓

Share on

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • tumblr

Track Listing

Sample Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
In a Sentimental Mood
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 02:33 Amazon
2
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Duke Ellington / Johnny Mercer / Ted Persons
Duke Ellington 02:56 Amazon
3
Reflections in D
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 03:35 Amazon
4
Who Knows?
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 02:38 Amazon
5
Melancholia
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 03:19 Amazon
6
All Too Soon
Duke Ellington / Carl Sigman
Duke Ellington 03:07 Amazon
7
Prelude to a Kiss
Duke Ellington / Irving Gordon / Irving Mills
Duke Ellington 03:03 Amazon
8
B Sharp Blues
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 02:46 Amazon
9
Passion Flower
Milton Raskin / Billy Strayhorn
Duke Ellington 03:07 Amazon
10
Janet
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 02:13 Amazon
11
Retrospective
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 03:58 Amazon
12
Dancers in Love
Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington 01:58 Amazon
blue highlight denotes track pick
AllMusic  |  AllMovie  |  SideReel  |  Celebified
About  |  FAQ  |  Feedback  | 
Advertise
  |  Copyright Policy  |  Privacy Notice  |  Terms of Service  |   New Releases Newsletter  |   Remove Ads
©2021 AllMusic, Netaktion LLC  |  
All Rights Reserved