Lyrics by Duke Ellington

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1. Take The "A"Train
2. In A Sentimental Mood
3. Bli-blip
4. It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)
5. Satin Doll
6. All Too Soon
7. Azure
8. Caravan
9. Cocktails For Two
10. Day Dream
11. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
12. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
13. Don't You Know I Care
14. Drop Me Off In Harlem
15. Echoes Of Harlem
16. Everything But You
17. Great Times
18. I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues
19. I Didn't Know About You
20. I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)
21. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
22. I'm Beginning To See The Light
23. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
24. I've Got To Be A Rug Cutter
25. In A Mellow Tone
26. Jingle Bells
27. Jump For Joy
28. Just A-sittin' And A-rockin'
29. Just Squeeze Me (but Don't Tease Me)
30. Lost In Meditation
31. Love You Madly
32. Lush Life
33. Mood Indigo
34. My Little Brown Book
35. Perdido
36. Prelude To A Kiss
37. Rocks In My Bed
38. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
39. Solitude
40. Sophisticated Lady
41. Three Little Words

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz. At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writing and arranging companion. With Strayhorn, he composed multiple extended compositions, or suites, as well as many short pieces. For a few years at the beginning of Strayhorn's involvement, Ellington's orchestra featured bassist Jimmy Blanton and tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and reached a creative peak. Some years later following a low-profile period, an appearance by Ellington and his orchestra at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1956 led to a major revival and regular world tours. Ellington recorded for most American record companies of his era, performed in and scored several films, and composed a handful of stage musicals. Although a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, in the opinion of Gunther Schuller and Barry Kernfeld, "the most significant composer of the genre", Ellington himself embraced the phrase "beyond category", considering it a liberating principle, and referring to his music as part of the more general category of American Music. Ellington was known for his inventive use of the orchestra, or big band, as well as for his eloquence and charisma. He was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize Special Award for music in 1999.

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