Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

United States, 1927 to present

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1951 Masterpieces by Ellington 5.5 2
1953 Ellington Uptown 8.0 1
61 more releases
1947 Duke Ellington Plays The Blues
1949 Duke Ellington's Liberian Suite
1954 Dance to the Duke!
1955 Ellington Showcase
1956 George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
1956 In a Mellotone
1956 Blue Rose
1957 A Drum Is a Woman
1957 Such Sweet Thunder
1958 At the Bal Masque
1958 Indigos
1958 Black, Brown and Beige
1959 Festival Session
1959 Jazz Party
1960 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2. Ellington/Strayhorn: Suite Thursday
1960 The Nutcracker Suite
1961 Piano in the Background
1962 Midnight In Paris
1962 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1963 Afro-Bossa
1964 Mary Poppins
1965 Ellington '65
1965 Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?
1966 Ellington '66
1968 Primping For The Prom
1968 …and His Mother Called Him Bill
1972 Latin American Suite
1973 Liberian Suite - A Tone Parallel to Harlem
1974 The Works Of Duke - Integrale Volume 8
1975 The Popular Duke Ellington
1975 Carnegie Hall Concert 1948, Vol 1
1976 The Ellington Suites
1985 Hot From The Cotton Club
1986 Duke Ellington Presents
1990 A Duke in Concert
1990 Three Suites
1990 Take the "A" Train (The Legendary Blanton-Webster Transcriptions)
1990 Essential Jazz
1991 The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
1991 Great Times!
1992 The Symphonic Ellington
1992 1969 All-Star White House Tribute
1992 Happy Birthday, Duke! The Birthday Sessions Vol. 5
1992 April in Paris
1996 Through the Roof
1996 Satin Doll
1999 Ellington '55
2001 Cotton Tail
2001 The Treasury Shows, Volume 2
2002 The Treasury Shows, Volume 5
2002 The Treasury Shows, Volume 6
2004 The Treasury Shows, Volume 9
2004 The Jaywalker
2004 The Treasury Shows, Volume 10
2004 Jazz Violin Session
2005 The Treasury Shows, Volume 11
2007 Concert in the Virgin Islands
2013 All American in Jazz & Midnight In Paris
2015 The Conny Plank Session
2020 At the Hollywood Empire: Original 1949 Transcriptions
All American in Jazz

EPs

Year Title Average Ratings
1944 Embraceable You / G. I. Jive / Sophisticated Lady / Azure
1944 Take the “A” Train / Sentimental Lady / Flamingo
1944 You Always Hurt the One You Love / Just Friends / Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
1945 Hop Skip Jump / Main Stem / For Dancers Only / White Heat
1945 Creole Love Call / Cool as a Fool in a Pool / Singin’ in the Rain
1945 I Never Felt This Way Before / Live and Love Tonight / The Story of Two Cigarettes / Cabaret
1945 Diminuendo in Blue / Crescendo in Blue / Sent for You Yesterday / Jimmy’s Boogie Woogie
1945 Kissing Bug / Carnegie Blues / Stompin’ at the Savoy
1946 Esquire Swank / Mean to Me / Caldonia
1946 Unbooted Character / Blue and Melancholy Mood / Put the Blame on Mame
1947 I’m Checkin’ Out Goom‐Bye / Tootin’ Through the Roof / High Society
1947 Sophisticated Lady / On the Sunny Side of the Street / I Can’t Give You Anything but Love / It Don’t Mean a Thing
62 more releases
1948 Mad About the Boy / Ellington Mood / Air Conditioned Jungle
1953 Premiered by Ellington - Part 1
1953 Ellingtonia Volume 2
1954 The Sheik of Araby
1954 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1954 Ko-Ko
1954 The Hawk Talks
1954 V.I.P's Boogie
1955 Dance to the Duke!
1955 Blue Light - Jazz for That Relaxed Mood by Duke Ellington
1955 Hot and Bothered / Stardust
1955 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
1955 Ellington Showcase, Part 3
1955 Prologue to the Black and Tan Fantasy / The Sergeant Was Shy / Rose of Rio Grande / Subtle Lament
1955 Ellington Showcase, Part 2
1955 Ellington Plays the Blues
1955 Ellington Showcase, Part 1
1955 Salute the Duke
1956 5 - Blue Light
1956 The Duke at Newport
1956 Blue Rose
1956 Duke Ellington Presents Ivie Anderson
1956 Blue Roses
1956 Band Call
1956 Ellington's Glory
1957 Duke Ellington Presents... Part 1
1957 This Is Duke Ellington
1957 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra at Newport: Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue
1957 Selections From a Drum Is a Woman
1957 Perdido
1957 The Duke in London
1957 Such Sweet Thunder
1957 Historically Speaking - The Duke Part 1
1958 Harlem Suite
1958 Duke's Place
1958 Ellington by the Duke
1958 Rock-Skippin' at the Blue Note
1958 Welcome to Paris, Duke
1958 Duke Ellington Presents Al Hibbler
1959 A Ball With the Duke
1959 Anatomy of a Murder
1960 Piano in the Background
1960 Duke Ellington
1961 Ultra Deluxe
1961 The Nutcracker Suite, Part 2
1961 The Nutcracker Suite, Part 3
1963 Bossa Nova
The Duke and His Men
Washington Wobble
Overture to Jam Session
Jazz Party
The Hawk Talks
Ellingtonia, Vol. I
Prelude to a Kiss
In a Mellotone
Beale Street Blues
In a Mellotone, Part 1
The Duke Steps Out
Mood Indigo
Blue Harlem
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Play
Ellingtonia, Vol. 4 “The Fifties”

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1956 Ellington at Newport 7.0 200
60 more releases
1947 At Carnegie Hall
1958 Newport 1958
1968 Second Sacred Concert
1969 Standards: Live at the Salle Pleyel
1973 The Great Paris Concert
1973 Yale Concert
1973 Jazz at The Plaza, Vol. II
1985 Harlem
1985 At the Blue Note, Chicago
1986 In the Uncommon Market
1986 The 1953 Pasadena Concert
1987 The First Annual Connecticut Jazz Festival, July 28, 1956
1988 Live At Stuttgart - Volume 1
1989 JazzTime
1990 Fargo, North Dakota, November 7, 1940
1990 Live at Carnegie Hall 1964 - Vol. 1
1990 Live at Carnegie Hall 1964 - Vol. 2
1991 Carnegie Hall, November 13, 1948
1991 The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947
1991 The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
1991 The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946
1992 The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
1993 En concert avec Europe 1: Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 29-30 Janvier 1965
1993 Live! At the Newport Jazz Festival '59
1994 Eastbourne Performance
1994 Live at Newport 1958
1995 The 1952 Seattle Concert
1996 Cornell University (First Set)
1997 Cornell University (Second Set)
1998 In Concert 1960
1999 Duke's Joint
1999 Soul Call
1999 Ellington at Newport 1956
2000 All Star Road Band, Volume 1
2000 The Treasury Shows, Volume 1
2001 The Treasury Shows, Volume 3
2001 The Treasury Shows, Volume 4
2003 At the Hollywood Empire: Original 1949 Transcriptions
2003 The Treasury Shows, Volume 8
2003 The Treasury Shows, Volume 7
2004 Complete Legendary Fargo Concert
2005 The 1954 Los Angeles Concert
2005 The Treasury Shows, Volume 12
2008 On The Radio - The 1962 'Live' Guard Sessions
2010 Carnegie Hall Concerts: 1943/1947
2013 Last Trip to Paris - Nov 14 1973
2014 Live at Cabaret L'Alcazar
2014 The Complete Newport 1958 Performances
2014 Caravan - The Fargo Concert 1940 Vol. II
2016 Rotterdam 1969
2016 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Live in Cologne 1969
2017 At the Alhambra
2018 Harlem Suite
2021 Berlin 1959
Live at Carnegie Hall: Album 1
The Famous Berlin Concert 1959
Cotton Tail - The Fargo Concert 1940 Vol. III
Cotton Club 1938, Volume 2
All Star Band
Duke Ellington: Live in Mexico

Soundtracks

Year Title Average Ratings
1959 Anatomy of a Murder 8.0 1
1987 The Private Collection, Volume 5: The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970