Duke Ellington Discography
This is the discography of recordings by Duke Ellington, including those nominally led by his sidemen (mainly in the 1930s and early 1940s), and his later collaborations (mainly in the 1960s) with musicians with whom Ellington had generally not previously recorded.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
| Year | Title | Label | Year recorded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Black, Brown, and Beige | Victor | 2 × 12" 78 rpm | |
| 1954 | The Seattle Concert | RCA Victor | ||
| 1956 | Ellington at Newport | Columbia | ||
| 1956 | Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All Stars at Newport | Columbia | ||
| 1958 | Newport 1958 | Columbia | live concert with studio work, later full concert released as Live at Newport 1958 | |
| 1959 | Live at the Blue Note | Roulette | ||
| 1965 | Concert in the Virgin Islands | Reprise | ||
| 1966 | The Duke at Tanglewood | RCA Victor | with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler | |
| 1966 | A Concert of Sacred Music from Grace Cathedral | Status | See: Sacred Concert (Ellington) | |
| 1967 | Soul Call | Verve | ||
| 1967 | The Stockholm Concert, 1966 | Pablo | with Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 1967 | Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur | Verve | with Ella Fitzgerald | |
| 1970 | 70th Birthday Concert | Solid State | ||
| 1971 | Togo Brava Suite | United Artists | ||
| 1973 | Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II | Columbia | 1958 | |
| 1973 | The Great Paris Concert | Atlantic | 1963 | |
| 1973 | Yale Concert | Fantasy | 1968 | |
| Posthumous live albums | ||||
| 1975 | The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World | Pablo | 1967 | Various artists |
| 1975 | Third Sacred Concert | RCA | 1973 | |
| 1975 | Eastbourne Performance | RCA | 1973 | |
| 1977 | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947 | Prestige | 1947 | |
| 1977 | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943 | Prestige | 1943 | |
| 1977 | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 | Prestige | 1944 | |
| 1977 | The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 | Prestige | 1946 | |
| 2001 | Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live | Storyville | 1940 | |
| 1983 | All Star Road Band | Doctor Jazz | 1957 | |
| 1985 | All Star Road Band Volume 2 | Doctor Jazz | 1964 | |
| 1986 | In the Uncommon Market | Pablo | 1963–66 | |
| 1991 | Hot Summer Dance | Red Baron | 1960 | |
| 1995 | Live at the Whitney | Impulse! | 1972 | |
| 2002 | Duke Ellington at the Alhambra | Pablo | 1958 | |
Compilations
Listed here are all compilations released during Ellington's lifetime, in addition to all significant compilations, excluding the aforementioned box sets.
| Year | Title | Label | Date recorded | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Ellingtonia, Vol. One | Brunswick | 1927–1931 | 4 × 78 RPM |
| 1944 | Ellingtonia, Vol. Two | Brunswick | 1928–1931 | 4 × 78 RPM |
| 1955 | The Duke and His Men | |||
| 1955 | Here's the Duke | Columbia | ||
| 1955 | Duke's Mixture | Columbia | ||
| 1956 | In a Mellotone | RCA Victor | 1940–1942 | |
| 1959 | Ellington Moods | Jazz Legacy | ||
| The Duke's D.J. Special | Fresh Sound Records | |||
| 1964 | Daybreak Express | |||
| 1964 | Great Times! | Riverside | with Billy Strayhorn | |
| 1965 | Jumpin' Punkins | RCA Victor | 1940–1941 | |
| 1967 | Johnny Come Lately | |||
| Posthumous compilations | ||||
| 1982 | The Girl's Suite and The Perfume Suite | Columbia | 1957 & 1961 | |
| 1985 | Happy Reunion | Sony | 1958 | two sessions from 1958 |
| 1986 | The Blanton–Webster Band | RCA/Bluebird | 1940–1942 | |
| 1987 | Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956 | LMR | 1956 | The Private Sessions Volume One |
| 1987 | Dance Concerts, California 1958 | LMR | 1958 | The Private Sessions Volume Two |
| 1987 | Studio Sessions, New York, 1962 | LMR | 1962 | The Private Collection Volume Three |
| 1987 | Studio Sessions New York 1963 | LMR | 1963 | The Private Collection Volume Four |
| 1987 | Dance Dates, California 1958 | LMR | 1958 | The Private Sessions Volume Six |
| 1987 | Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962 | LMR | 1957, 1962 | The Private Collection Volume Seven |
| 1987 | Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York | LMR | 1957, 1965–1967 | The Private Collection Volume Eight |
| 1987 | Studio Sessions New York, 1968 | LMR | 1968 | The Private Collection Volume Nine |
| 1987 | Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971 | LMR | 1965–1967, 1971 | The Private Collection Volume Ten |
| 1988 | The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970 | LMR | 1968, 1970 | The Private Collection Volume Five |
| 1991 | Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year | Portrait | 1938 | |
| 1993 | Duke Ellington's Incidental Music for Shakespeare's Play Timon of Athens | adapted by Stanley Silverman; posthumous recordings of previously unreleased compositions | ||
| 2003 | Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band | Bluebird | 1940–1942 | from the Centennial set of 1999 |
| The Duke Box 2 | 1952–1972 | Storyville | 7-CD/1-DVD set | |
| The Private Collection (1956–1971) | 1956–1971 | Saja | 10-CD set | |
Session appearances
- The Complete Porgy and Bess (1956) (Bethlehem) – limited involvement of "Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra"
Hit records
This section needs additional citations for verification. (December 2023) |
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Footnotes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | UK | |||
| 1927 | "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" | 10 | |||
| 1928 | "Black and Tan Fantasy" | 15 | |||
| "Creole Love Call" | 19 | ||||
| "Doin' the New Low Down" | 20 | ||||
| "Diga Diga Doo" | 17 | ||||
| "The Mooche" | 16 | ||||
| 1930 | "Three Little Words" | 1 | |||
| "Ring Dem Bells" | 17 | ||||
| 1931 | "Blue Again" | 12 | |||
| "Mood Indigo" | 3 | ||||
| "Rockin' in Rhythm" | 19 | ||||
| "Creole Rhapsody Parts 1 & 2" | 18 | ||||
| "Limehouse Blues" | 13 | ||||
| 1932 | "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" | 6 | |||
| "Creole Rhapsody" (new version) | 19 | ||||
| "Rose Room (in Sunny Roseland)" | 15 | ||||
| "Moon over Dixie" | 14 | ||||
| "Blue Ramble" | 16 | ||||
| 1933 | "Drop Me Off in Harlem" | 17 | |||
| "Sophisticated Lady" | 3 | ||||
| "Stormy Weather" | 4 | ||||
| "I'm Satisfied" | 11 | ||||
| "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" | 13 | ||||
| 1934 | "Daybreak Express" | 20 | |||
| "Cocktails for Two" | 1 | ||||
| "Moon Glow" | 2 | ||||
| "Solitude" | 2 | ||||
| "Saddest Tale" | 9 | ||||
| 1935 | "Merry-Go-Round" | 6 | |||
| "In a Sentimental Mood" | 14 | ||||
| "Accent on Youth" | 6 | ||||
| "Cotton" | 4 | ||||
| 1936 | "Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?" | 12 | |||
| "Love Is Like a Cigarette" | 8 | ||||
| "Clarinet Lament" | 12 | ||||
| "Echoes of Harlem" | 19 | ||||
| "Oh Babe! Maybe Someday" | 8 | ||||
| "Jazz Lips" | 20 | ||||
| "Yearning for Love" | 16 | ||||
| 1937 | "The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" | 16 | |||
| "There's a Lull in My Life" | 12 | ||||
| "Scattin' at the Kit Kat" | 9 | ||||
| "Caravan" | 4 | ||||
| "Azure" | 13 | ||||
| "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" | 14 | ||||
| 1938 | "Harmony in Harlem" | 15 | |||
| "If You Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)" | 10 | ||||
| "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" | 1 | ||||
| "The Gal from Joe's" | 20 | ||||
| "Lambeth Walk" | 7 | ||||
| "Prelude to a Kiss" | 18 | ||||
| 1940 | "You, You, Darlin'" | 28 | |||
| "Ko Ko" | 25 | ||||
| "At a Dixie Roadside Diner" | 27 | ||||
| "Sepia Panorama" | 24 | ||||
| 1941 | "Flamingo" | 11 | |||
| "Take the 'A' Train" | 11 | ||||
| "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" | 13 | ||||
| 1942 | "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" | 10 | |||
| 1943 | "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" | 8 | 1 | ||
| "Perdido" | 21 | ||||
| "Take the 'A' Train" (re-entry) | 19 | ||||
| "Bojangles" | 19 | ||||
| "A Slip of the Lip" | 19 | 1 | |||
| "Sentimental Lady" | 19 | 1 | |||
| 1944 | "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me" | 10 | 1 | ||
| "Main Stem" | 23 | 1 | |||
| "My Little Brown Book" | 4 | ||||
| "Someone" | 7 | ||||
| "I Don't Mind" | 9 | ||||
| 1945 | "I'm Beginning to See the Light" | 6 | 4 | ||
| "Don't You Know I Care" | 10 | ||||
| "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues" | 4 | ||||
| 1946 | "Come to Baby, Do" | 13 | |||
| 1948 | "Don't Be So Mean to Baby" | 15 | |||
| 1953 | "Satin Doll" | ||||
| "Boo Dah" | 30 | ||||
| 1954 | "Skin Deep" | 7 | |||
Singles
- "The Asphalt Jungle" (1961) (Columbia)