tracks

Take The "A" Train
A Flower Is A Lonesome Thing
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Main Steam
A Ghost Of A Chance
Interview With Duke Ellington
In A Jam
I'm Just A Lucky So-And-So
Stomp, Look And Listen
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Summertime
Jack The Bear
Sentimental Lady
In A Mellotone
Rockin' In Rhythm
Take The "A" Train
Mood To Be Wooded
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Johnny Come Lately
They Say It's Wonderful
Strange Love
Honeysuckle Rose
Don't Take Your Love From Me
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Blue On The Double
Take The "A" Train
Take The "A" Train
Come Sunday
Light
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Lover Man
Riff Staccato
Mood Indigo
Duke Ellington Bond Promo
Riff'N'Drill
Johnny Come Lately
Emancipation Celebration
Go Away Blues
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
Things Ain't What They Used To Be

notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-12 - Treasury Broadcast No. 39, Rehersal Hall, Paramount Theatre, NYC ,June 1, 1946, (ABC)
Tracks 1-13 to 1-17 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, September 10, 1943 (MBS)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-20 - Treasury Broadcast No. 40, WEEU Studios, Reading, PA., June 8, 1946 (ABC)
Tracks 2-21 to 2-25 - Broadcast from the Hurricane Restaurant, NYC, September 7, 1943 (MBS)

credits

Alto Saxophone – Otto Hardwick (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20)
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Johnny Hodges, Nat Jones (5) (tracks: 1-13 to 1-17, 2-21 to 25)
Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney
Bass – Junior Raglin (tracks: 1-13 to 1-17, 2-21 to 2-25), Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20)
Drums – Sonny Greer
Guitar – Fred Guy
Piano, Arranged By – Billy Strayhorn
Piano, Arranged By, Leader – Duke Ellington
Producer – Jerry Valburn
Tenor Saxophone – Al Sears (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20), Ben Webster (tracks: 1-13 to 1-17, 2-21 to 2-25)
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton
Trombone – Claude Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20), Joe Nanton, Juan Tizol (tracks: 1-13 to 1-17, 2-21 to 2-25), Lawrence Brown, Wilbur De Paris (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20), Francis Williams (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20), Harold Baker (tracks: 1-13 to 1-17, 2-21 to 2-17), Reunald Jones (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20), Shelton Hemphill (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-20), Taft Jordan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 2-25), Wallace Jones (tracks: 1-16- to 1-21, 2-22 to 2-28)
Trumpet, Violin – Ray Nance
Voice – Al Hibbler (tracks: 1-8, 1- 13, 2-2, 2-8, 2-24), Betty Roché (tracks: 2-23), Kay Davis (tracks: 2-5), Marion Cox (tracks: 1-5), Ray Nance

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