Track Listing 1. Take the "A" Train 2. Warm Valley 3. Cotton Tail 4. Jack the Bear 5. Concerto For Cootie 6. Black and Tan Fantasy 7. East St. Louis Toodle-O 8. Mooche, The 9. Mood Indigo 10. Rockin' in Rhythm 11. Creole Rhapsody Part 1 12. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - (featuring Ivie Anderson) 13. Don't You Know I Care - (featuring Al Hibbler) 14. Chelsea Bridge 15. Work Song 16. Caravan 17. Perdido 18. Isfahan 19. Blood Count 20. Come Sunday - (live, featuring Esther Marrow)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 70 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Al Hibbler, Ben Webster, Billy Strayhorn, Cootie Williams, Esther Marrow, Harry Carney, Ivie Anderson, Johnny Hodges | | Producer: | Orrin Keepnews (Compilation) | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (arranger, piano); Ivie Anderson, Al Hibbler, Esther Marrow (vocals); Harry Carney (alto & baritone saxophones); Johnny Hodges, Otto Harwick, Russell Procope (alto saxophone); Ben Webster, Paul Gonsalves, Al Sears (tenor saxophone); Herbie Jones (trumpet, fluglehorn); Bubber Miley, Wallace Jones, Ray Nance, Cootie Williams, William "Cat" Anderson, Mercer Ellington (trumpet); Rex Stewart (cornet); Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton, Lawrence Brown, (trombone); Juan Tizol (valve trombone); Barney Bigard, Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet); Fred Guy (guitar, banjo); Wellman Braud, Jimmie Blanton, Alvin "Junior" Raglin, John Lamb, Aaron Bell (bass); Sonny Greer, Sam Woodyard, Louie Bellson (drums). Recorded in New York, New York, Camden, New Jersey, Chicago, Illinois and Hollywood, California between 1927 and 1967. Includes liner notes by Loren Schoenberg. Digitally remastered by Dennis Ferrante.
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