The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings: 1927-1973

Tracklist 1434:48

CD 1

1	If You Can’t Hold the Man You Love	2:51
2	Washington Wabble (take 1)	2:48
3	Washington Wabble (take 2)	2:50
4	Black and Tan Fantasy	3:10
5	Washington Wabble	3:04
6	Creole Love Call	3:15
7	Blues I Love to Sing (take 1)	3:08
8	Blues I Love to Sing (take 2)	3:11
9	Harlem River Quiver (take 1)	2:45
10	Harlem River Quiver (take 2)	2:46
11	Harlem River Quiver (take 3)	2:48
12	East St. Louis Toodle‐o	3:39
13	Blue Bubbles (take 1)	3:11
14	Blue Bubbles (take 2)	3:15
15	Black Beauty	2:53
16	Jubilee Stomp	2:35
17	Got Everything Buy You	2:59
18	Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back	3:00
19	I Done Caught You Blues	2:56
20	The Mooche	3:32

CD 2

1	I Can’t Give You Anything but Love	3:19
2	No Papa No	3:21
3	No Papa No	3:21
4	I Can’t Give You Anything but Love	3:05
5	Bandanna Babies	3:18
6	Diga Diga Do	2:58
7	I Must Have That Man	3:22
8	St. Louis Blues (take 1)	4:11
9	St. Louis Blues (take 2)	4:15
10	St. Louis Blues (take 3)	4:20
11	Flaming Youth (take 1)	3:15
12	Flaming Youth (take 2)	3:15
13	Saturday Night Function	3:03
14	High Life	3:06
15	Doin’ the Voom Voom (take 1)	3:08
16	Doin’ the Voom Voom (take 2)	3:07
17	Japanese Dream	3:32
18	Harlemania	2:56

CD 3

1	The Dicty Glide (take 1)	3:11
2	The Dicty Glide (take 2)	3:14
3	Hot Feet	2:40
4	Sloppy Joe (take 1)	3:16
5	Sloppy Joe (take 2)	3:15
6	Stevedore Stomp	2:48
7	A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 1 / Cotton Club Stomp Misty Mornin’	3:48
8	A Night at the Cotton Club, Part 2 / Goin’ to Town Untitled Interlude Freeze and Melt	4:31
9	Cotton Club Stomp	2:57
10	Misty Mornin’	3:08
11	Arabian Lover	2:50
12	Saratoga Swing	2:50
13	Mississippi	3:21
14	The Duke Steps Out	3:15
15	Haunted Nights	3:14
16	Swanee Shuffle	3:19
17	Breakfast Dance	3:06
18	Jazz Lips	3:17
19	March of the Hoodlums	2:55

CD 4

1	Double Check Stomp	2:54
2	My Gal Is Good for Nothing but Love	3:00
3	I Was Made to Love You	2:59
4	Sweet Dreams of Love (take 1)	3:23
5	Sweet Dreams of Love (take 2)	3:25
6	Jungle Nights in Harlem	2:54
7	Sweet Jazz o’ Mine (take 1)	2:42
8	Sweet Jazz o’ Mine (take 2)	2:40
9	Shout ’Em Aunt Tillie	2:55
10	Ring Dem Bells (take 2)	2:53
11	Ring Dem Bells (take 3)	2:53
12	Old Man Blues (take 1)	3:03
13	Old Man Blues (take 2)	3:04
14	Old Man Blues (take 3)	3:04
15	Three Little Words	3:04
16	Three Little Words	3:05
17	Ring Dem Bells	2:58
18	Old Man Blues (take 4)	3:09
19	Old Man Blues (take 6)	3:05
20	Hittin’ the Bottle (take 1)	3:01
21	Hittin’ the Bottle (take 2)	2:58
22	That Lindy Hop	2:54

CD 5

1	You’re Lucky to Me	2:58
2	Memories of You	3:15
3	Nine Little Miles From Ten‐Ten‐Tennessee (take 1)	3:26
4	Nine Little Miles From Ten‐Ten‐Tennessee (take 2)	3:25
5	I’m So in Love With You (take 1)	3:34
6	I’m So in Love With You (take 2)	3:35
7	What Good Am I Without You?	2:57
8	Blue Again	3:15
9	When a Black Man’s Blue	3:06
10	Mood Indigo	3:09
11	What Good Am I Without You?	2:51
12	When a Black Man’s Blue	3:01
13	The River and Me	3:17
14	Keep a Song in Your Soul	2:41
15	Sam and Delilah	3:30
16	Rockin’ in Rhythm (take 1)	2:56
17	Rockin’ in Rhythm (take 2)	2:53
18	Creole Rhapsody, Part 1	4:01
19	Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 1)	4:23
20	Creole Rhapsody, Part 2 (take 2)	4:21

CD 6

1	Limehouse Blues	3:12
2	Echoes of the Jungle	3:28
3	It’s Glory	3:10
4	The Mystery Song	3:13
5	The Mystery Song	3:13
6	Mood Indigo / Hot and Bothered / Creole Love Call	7:39
7	Mood Indigo / Hot and Bothered / Creole Love Call	7:43
8	East St. Louis Toodle‐o / Lot o’ Fingers / Black and Tan Fantasy	7:34
9	Dinah	2:55
10	Bugle Call Rag	3:04
11	Maori	3:26
12	Rude Interlude (take 1)	3:12
13	Rude Interlude (take 2)	3:09
14	Dallas Doings (take 1)	2:59
15	Dallas Doings (take 2)	2:55

CD 7

1	Dear Old Southland (take 1)	3:36
2	Dear Old Southland (take 2)	3:27
3	Daybreak Express (take 1)	2:57
4	Daybreak Express (take 2)	2:58
5	Delta Serenade (take 1)	3:16
6	Delta Serenade (take 2)	3:18
7	Stompy Jones	3:03
8	Solitude	3:32
9	Blue Feeling	3:12
10	Ebony Rhapsody	3:23
11	Cocktails for Two (take 1)	3:28
12	Cocktails for Two (take 2)	3:26
13	Live and Love Tonight	3:18
14	I Met My Waterloo	3:30
15	Troubled Waters (take 1)	3:32
16	Troubled Waters (take 2)	3:30
17	My Old Flame	3:21

CD 8

1	You, You Darlin’	3:21
2	Jack the Bear	3:17
3	Ko‐Ko (take 1)	2:39
4	Ko‐Ko (take 2)	2:42
5	Morning Glory	3:17
6	So Far, So Good	2:53
7	Conga Brava	2:58
8	Concerto for Cootie	3:19
9	Me and You	2:54
10	Bojangles	2:45
11	Cotton Tail	3:12
12	Never No Lament	3:19
13	Blue Goose	3:21
14	Dusk (take 1)	3:20
15	Dusk (take 2)	3:16
16	Bojangles	2:53
17	A Portrait of Bert Williams	3:09
18	Blue Goose	3:22
19	Harlem Air‐Shaft	2:59
20	At a Dixie Roadside Diner	2:49
21	All Too Soon	3:30
22	Rumpus in Richmond	2:49
23	My Greatest Mistake	3:24

CD 9

1	Sepia Panorama (take 1)	3:25
2	Sepia Panorama (take 2)	3:23
3	There Shall Be No Night	3:12
4	In a Mellotone	3:16
5	Five O’Clock Whistle	3:18
6	Warm Valley	3:14
7	Pitter Panther Patter (take 1)	3:08
8	Pitter Panther Patter (take 2)	3:02
9	Body and Soul (take 1)	3:05
10	Body and Soul (take 2)	3:07
11	Body and Soul (take 3)	3:10
12	Sophisticated Lady	2:55
13	Sophisticated Lady	2:46
14	Mr. J.B. Blues (take 1)	3:03
15	Mr. J.B. Blues (take 2)	3:12
16	The Flaming Sword (take 1)	3:22
17	The Flaming Sword (take 2)	3:07
18	The Flaming Sword (take 3)	3:10
19	Warm Valley (take 2)	3:20
20	Warm Valley (take 3)	3:22
21	Across the Blues	3:01
22	Across the Blues	2:59
23	Chloe (Song of the Swamp)	3:24

CD 10

1	I Never Felt This Way Before (take 1)	3:33
2	I Never Felt This Way Before (take 2)	3:35
3	Day Dream	2:57
4	Good Queen Bess	3:00
5	Good Queen Bess	3:02
6	That’s the Blues, Old Man	2:56
7	Junior Hop (take 1)	3:05
8	Junior Hop (take 2)	3:09
9	Without a Song (take 1)	2:45
10	Without a Song (take 2)	2:46
11	My Sunday Gal	3:09
12	Mobile Bay (take 1)	3:05
13	Mobile Bay (take 2)	3:04
14	Linger Awhile (take 1)	3:27
15	Linger Awhile (take 2)	3:25
16	Charlie the Chulo (take 2)	3:09
17	Charlie the Chulo	0:48
18	Charlie the Chulo (take 1)	3:03
19	Lament for Javanette	3:17
20	Lament for Javanette (take 1a)	2:50
21	A Lull at Dawn	4:14
22	A Lull at Dawn	3:37
23	A Lull at Dawn (take 1a)	3:28
24	Ready Eddy (take 1)	3:12

CD 11

1	Ready Eddy	2:32
2	Ready Eddy	0:16
3	Ready Eddy (take 2)	3:08
4	The Sidewalks of New York	3:15
5	Flamingo	3:24
6	The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 1)	3:19
7	The Girl in My Dreams Tries to Look Like You (take 2)	3:24
8	Take the “A” Train	2:56
9	Jumpin’ Punkins (take 1)	3:41
10	Jumpin’ Punkins (take 2)	3:33
11	John Hardy’s Wife	3:29
12	Blue Serge	3:22
13	After All	3:22
14	Dear Old Southland (take 1)	3:19
15	Dear Old Southland (take 2)	3:25
16	Solitude (take 1)	3:30
17	Solitude (take 2)	3:16
18	Bakiff	3:25
19	Are You Sticking? (take 1)	3:05
20	Are You Sticking? (take 2)	3:04
21	Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’	3:35
22	The Giddybug Gallop	3:32
23	Chocolate Shake	2:53

CD 12

1	I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (take 1)	3:21
2	I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (take 2)	3:21
3	Clementine	3:00
4	The Brown‐Skin Girl (in the Calico Gown)	3:10
5	Jump for Joy (take 1)	2:53
6	Jump for Joy (take 2)	2:58
7	Moon Over Cuba	3:15
8	Some Saturday	3:00
9	Subtle Slough	3:15
10	Menelik – The Lion of Judah (take 1)	3:17
11	Menelik – The Lion of Judah (take 2)	3:16
12	Poor Bubber	3:18
13	Squaty Roo	2:23
14	Passion Flower	3:08
15	Things Ain’t What They Used to Be	3:38
16	Goin’ Out the Back Way	2:43
17	Five O’Clock Drag	3:13
18	Rocks in My Bed	3:08
19	Bli‐Blip	3:06
20	Chelsea Bridge	3:00
21	Brown Suede	3:07
22	Noir Bleu	3:13
23	“C” Blues	2:52
24	June	3:12

CD 13

1	Raincheck	2:31
2	What Good Would It Do?	2:47
3	I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 1)	3:15
4	I Don’t Know What Kind of Blues I Got (take 2)	3:21
5	Chelsea Bridge	2:55
6	Perdido (take 1)	3:09
7	Perdido (take 2)	3:09
8	The “C” Jam Blues	2:38
9	Moon Mist (take 1)	2:59
10	Moon Mist (take 2)	2:59
11	What Am I Here For?	3:26
12	I Don’t Mind (take 1)	2:48
13	I Don’t Mind (take 2)	2:50
14	Someone	3:09
15	My Little Brown Book	3:13
16	Main Stem	2:50
17	Johnny Come Lately	2:41
18	Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 1)	2:34
19	Hayfoot, Strawfoot (take 2)	2:34
20	Sentimental Lady (take 1)	3:03
21	Sentimental Lady (take 2)	3:02
22	A Slip of the Lip	2:57
23	Sherman Shuffle	2:38

CD 14

1	I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues
2	I’m Beginning to See the Light (take 1)
3	I’m Beginning to See the Light (take 2)
4	Don’t You Know I Care (take 1)
5	Don’t You Know I Care (take 2)
6	I Didn’t Know About You
7	Work Song
8	Come Sunday
9	The Blues
10	Three Dances
11	Carnegie Blues
12	Blue Cellophane
13	Mood to Be Wooed
14	(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings
15	Kissing Bug
16	Everything but You
17	(Otto Make That) Riff Staccato
18	Prelude to a Kiss
19	Caravan
20	Black and Tan Fantasy
21	Mood Indigo
22	In a Sentimental Mood

CD 15

1	It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)
2	Sophisticated Lady
3	Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)
4	The Minor Goes Muggin’
5	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 1)
6	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (take 2)
7	Solitude
8	Frankie and Johnny
9	Jumpin’ Room Only
10	Black Beauty
11	Every Hour on the Hour
12	Balcony Serenade
13	Strange Feeling
14	Dancers in Love
15	Coloratura (take 2)
16	Coloratura (take 1)
17	Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
18	Tell Ya What I’m Gonna Do
19	Come to Baby, Do!
20	I’m Just a Lucky So‐and‐So
21	Long, Strong, and Consecutive
22	The Wonder of You
23	Tonk
24	Drawing Room Blues

CD 16

1	Rockabye River
2	Suddenly It Jumped
3	Transblucency
4	Just Squeeze Me
5	Gathering in a Clearing
6	You Don’t Love Me No More
7	Pretty Woman
8	Hey, Baby
9	(Back Home Again in) Indiana
10	Blue Is the Night
11	Lover Man (take 1)
12	Lover Man (take 2)
13	Just You, Just Me
14	Beale Street Blues
15	Memphis Blues
16	St. Louis Blues
17	My Honey’s Lovin’ Arms
18	(I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance (With You)
19	Swamp Fire
20	Royal Garden Blues
21	Esquire Swank
22	Midriff

CD 17

1	Long, Long Journey	4:31
2	The One That Got Away	4:23
3	Gone With the Wind	4:35
4	Metronome All‐Out	4:16
5	Skin Deep	7:34
6	How Could You Do a Thing Like That to Me? (Sultry Serenade)	3:51
7	Sophisticated Lady	6:13
8	Perdido	4:38
9	Caravan	4:13
10	Harlem Suite	15:17
11	The Hawk Talks	2:53
12	Ellington Medley: Don’t Get Around Much Anymore / In a Sentimental Mood / Mood Indigo / I’m Beginning to See the Light / Prelude to a Kiss / It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) / Solitude / I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	6:54
13	Jam With Sam	3:39

CD 18

1	In the Beginning God	20:02
2	Tell Me It’s the Truth	2:46
3	Come Sunday	3:53
4	The Lord’s Prayer	2:43
5	Come Sunday	6:05
6	Will You Be There? Ain’t but the One	4:42
7	New World A‐Comin’	8:26
8	David Danced (Before the Lord with All His Might)	6:33
9	Ninety Nine Percent	1:54
10	My Mother, My Father and Love	3:56
11	New World A‐Comin’	8:20
12	A Christmas Surprise	3:53
13	A Christmas Surprise	3:27

CD 19

1	Praise God	3:14
2	Supreme Being	11:49
3	Heaven	4:58
4	Something ’Bout Believing	8:15
5	Almighty God	6:36
6	The Shepard	7:12
7	It’s Freedom	13:05
8	Meditation	3:13
9	The Biggest and Busiest Intersection	4:00
10	T.G.T.T.	2:27
11	Don’t Get Down on Your Knees to Pray Until You Have Forgiven Everyone	5:18

CD 20

1	Father Forgive	2:51
2	Praise God and Dance	11:02
3	Introduction by Sir Colin Crowe	1:33
4	Introduction by Duke Ellington	0:59
5	The Lord’s Prayer My Love	7:48
6	Is God a Three‐Letter Word for Love? (Part I)	4:27
7	Is God a Three‐Letter Word for Love? (Part II)	3:45
8	The Brotherhood	5:34
9	Hallelujah	3:29
10	Every Man Prays in His Own Language	11:08
11	Ain’t Nobody Nowhere Nothin’ Without God	4:17
12	The Majesty of God	7:13

CD 21

1	Tourist Point of View	5:10
2	Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah)	3:17
3	Isfahan	4:06
4	Depk	2:40
5	Mount Harissa	7:40
6	Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues)	3:01
7	Agra	2:36
8	Amad	4:27
9	Ad Lib on Nippon	11:37
10	Tourist Point of View (alternate take)	4:59
11	Bluebird of Delhi (alternate take)	3:09
12	Isfahan (alternate take)	4:12
13	Amad (alternate take)	4:15

CD 22

1	Take the “A” Train	4:40
2	I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)	2:36
3	Perdido	3:14
4	Mood Indigo	5:10
5	Black and Tan Fantasy	5:12
6	The Twitch	3:11
7	Solitude	3:36
8	Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me	1:55
9	The Mooche	5:36
10	Sophisticated Lady	3:02
11	Creole Love Call	3:56
12	Caravan	5:27
13	Wings & Things	1:59
14	Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me	1:58
15	House of Lords	5:36
16	The Second Portrait of the Lion	4:10
17	Take the “A” Train	2:24
18	Caravan	4:37
19	Mood Indigo	2:55
20	Love Scene	2:24

CD 23

1	The Mooche	3:24
2	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	2:46
3	I’m Beginning to See the Light	2:39
4	Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me	2:44
5	Sophisticated Lady	3:21
6	Timon of Athens March	3:08
7	Solitude	3:00
8	I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)	4:11
9	Satin Doll	2:34
10	Single Petal of a Rose	2:43
11	Snibor	4:15
12	Boo‐Dah	3:28
13	Blood Count	4:18
14	U.M.M.G.	3:14
15	Charpoy	3:08
16	After All	3:52
17	The Intimacy of the Blues	2:58
18	Raincheck (take 6)	4:37
19	Raincheck (take 4)	5:22
20	Day Dream	4:25
21	Rock Skippin’ at the Blue Note	3:00

CD 24

1	All Day Long	2:58
2	Lotus Blossom (take 1)	3:56
3	Lotus Blossom	4:57
4	Smada (take 3)	3:21
5	Smada (take 4)	3:20
6	Midriff	4:35
7	My Little Brown Book	4:13
8	Acht O’Clock Rock	2:26
9	The Piano Player	2:56
10	Creole Love Call	4:29
11	Don’t You Know I Care	4:30
12	I Can’t Get Started With You	5:53
13	New York, New York	3:01
14	Pitter Panther Patter	2:27
15	How High the Moon	2:17
16	Basin Street Blues	2:59
17	Tiger Rag	3:50
18	Soso	3:43
19	Meditation	3:24
20	Mecuria, the Lion	4:01