Duke Ellington & His Orchestra – Columbia Vocal Rarities – CD

Parts of Duke Ellington’s long and industrious career have been badly served on CD. One area previously over looked are the vocal sides he made for Columbia between 1947 – 52 and 1957 – 62. Many of the recordings on this set have either not been reissued in the digital era or only ever been released before on rare collectors’ vinyl sets. Featuring vocals from Ray Nance, Chester Crumpton, Woody Herman, Dolores Parker, Lloyd Oldham, Ozzie Bailey, Jimmy Grissom and many more. The set also features two demos sung by Ellington himself and a fabulous radio performance with Nat King Cole and Sarah Vaughan. A must for all Ellington fans.

1 Women, Women, Women (Alt Take)
2 Maybe I Should Change My Ways (Alt Take)
3 Put Yourself in My Place Baby
4 I Fell and Broke My Heart (Alt Take)
5 Antidisestablishmentarianismist (Alt Take)
6 You Gotta Crawl Before You Walk (Alt Take)
7 Kitty (Alt Take)
8 Take Love Easy (Alt Take)
9 Once Upon a Dream (Alt Take)
10 A Woman and a Man
11 The Greatest There Is (Alt Take)
12 Blues at Sundown (Alt Take)
13 Azalea
14 Something to Live for
15 I Love My Lovin’ Lover (Alt Take)
16 Pomegranate
17 Rock City Rock
18 Your Love Has Faded
19 My Heart, My Mind, My Everything
20 Together
21 Duke’s Place
22 Hand Me Down Love
23 Walkin’ and Singin’ the Blues
24 Lost in Loveliness
25 One More Once
26 Love You Madly
27 I’m Afraid of Loving You Too Much
28 Joog Joog
29 Love You Madly