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Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings [1926-1931] ()

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Early Ellington: The Complete Brunswick and Vocalion Recordings [1926-1931] - Duke Ellington
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  1. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  2. Birmingham Breakdown
  3. Immigration Blues
  4. The Creeper
  5. The Creeper
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  1. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  2. Birmingham Breakdown
  3. Immigration Blues
  4. The Creeper
  5. The Creeper
  6. New Orleans Low-Down
  7. Song of the Cotton Field
  8. Birmingham Breakdown
  9. East St. Louis Toodle-Oo
  10. Black and Tan Fantasy
  11. Soliloquy
  12. Red Hot Band
  13. Doin' the Frog
  14. Take It Easy
  15. Jubilee Stomp
  16. Black Beauty
  17. Black Beauty
  18. Yellow Dog Blues
  19. Tishomingo Blues
  20. Awful Sad
  21. The Mooche
  22. Louisiana
  23. Doin' the Voom Voom
  24. Tiger Rag, Pt. 1
  25. Tiger Rag, Pt. 1
  26. Tiger Rag, Pt. 2
  27. Rent Party Blues
  28. Paducah
  29. Harlem Flat Blues
  30. Black and Blue
  31. Jungle Jamboree
  32. Ain't Misbehavin'
  33. Doin' the New Low Down
  34. Jolly Wog
  35. Jazz Convulsions
  36. Six or Seven Times
  37. Six or Seven Times
  38. Goin' Nuts
  39. Oklahoma Stomp
  40. Oklahoma Stomp
  41. Sweet Mama
  42. Wall Street Wail
  43. Wall Street Wail
  44. Cincinnati Daddy
  45. Maori (A Samoan Dance)
  46. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
  47. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)
  48. Maori (A Samoan Dance)
  49. Maori (A Samoan Dance)
  50. Admiration
  51. Double Check Stomp
  52. Accordion Joe
  53. Accordion Joe
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This three-CD set, which has all of Duke Ellington's recordings for the Brunswick and Vocalion labels, dwarfs all of the earlier reissues that Decca and MCA have put out of this important material. Starting with the first session in which the Ellington Orchestra sounds distinctive ("East St. Louis Toodle-oo" and "Birmingham Breakdown" from November 29, 1926) and progressing through the Cotton Club years, this essential release (which contains 67 performances) adds a few "new" alternate takes and rare items ("Soliloquy" and ...

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