Duke Ellington: The 1956-1958 Small Group Recordings

Copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: 1., 2. In a mellow tone, 3., 4. Happy reunion, 5. Diminuendo and crescendo in blue, 6. Wailing 'bout, 7. I cover the waterfront, 8. Deep blues, 9. Circle of fours, 10. Perdido, 11. The riff, 12. Bluer, 13. Slow blues ensemble, 14. Blues a la Willie Cook, 15. Three trumps (aka Spacemen), 16. Way back blues, 17. Where's the music?, 18. Rubber bottom, 19. Play the blues and go, 20. Prelude to a kiss, 21. Miss Lucy, 22. March 19th blues.
Personnel: Duke Ellington, piano on all tracks, plus Paul Gonsalves (tenor), Jimmy Woode (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums), tracks 1-8; above plus Clark Terry (trumpet), tracks 9-10; above plus Ray Nance and Willie Cook (trumpet), tracks 11-13; Ellington, Woods, Woodyard, Nance, Cook, track 14; above plus Terry, track 15; Ellington, Terry, John Sanders (valve trombone), Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet), Johnny Hodges (alto), Woode, Woodyard, tracks 16-19; above plus Cook, Cat Anderson, Nance (trumpet), Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson (trombone), Russell Procope (alto, clarinet), Gonsalves, Harry Carney (baritone), tracks 20-22.