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.

Below are listed 96 studio albums (including 1 box set and 5 EPs), 65 live albums (including 1 box set), and 235 compilations (including 17 box sets and 5 EPs) by the Duke.

Discography

Studio albums +YearTitleLabelYear recordedNotes1947Duke Ellington Plays the BluesRCA Victor4 x 10" 78 rpm1947Ellington SpecialColumbia4 x 10" 78 rpm1948Liberian SuiteColumbia10-inch LP1951Masterpieces by EllingtonColumbia1951Mercer Records Presents the Billy Strayhorn TrioMercer Recordsw/ Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn on pianos1952Ellington UptownColumbia19521953Premiered by EllingtonCapitol19531953Skin Deep/The MoocheColumbia EP1954The Duke Plays EllingtonCapitol19531954The Duke Plays Ellington – Part 1Capitol1953EP1954Dance to the Duke!Capitol19541955The Duke Plays Ellington – Part 2Capitol1953EP1955Ellington '55Capitol19551955Ellington ShowcaseCapitol19551956Blue RoseColumbia1955with Rosemary Clooney1956Historically SpeakingBethlehem1956Duke Ellington Presents...Bethlehem19551956OriginalsPentape1956reel-to-reel tape1957A Drum Is a WomanColumbia19551957Such Sweet ThunderColumbia19551957Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song BookVerve1955with Ella Fitzgerald1958Black, Brown and BeigeColumbia1955with Mahalia Jackson1958Ellington IndigosColumbia19551958The Cosmic SceneColumbia19551959Duke Ellington at the Bal MasqueColumbia19551959Jazz PartyColumbia19551959Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the BluesVerve1955with Johnny Hodges1959Side by SideVerve1955with Johnny Hodges1959Anatomy of a MurderColumbia1955soundtrack album1959Festival SessionColumbia19551959Ellington MoodsSesac Recordings 19591960Blues in OrbitColumbia1960The Nutcracker SuiteColumbia1961Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.Columbiaa.k.a. Peer Gynt Suite / Suite Thursday1961Recording Together for the First TimeRoulette1961with Louis Armstrong1961Paris BluesUnited ArtistsParis Blues soundtrack – w/ Louis Armstrong1962First Time! The Count Meets the DukeColumbiawith Count Basie1962All American in JazzColumbia1962Midnight in ParisColumbia1962Money JungleUnited Artistswith Charles Mingus and Max Roach1963Duke Ellington Meets Coleman HawkinsImpulse!with Coleman Hawkins1963Duke Ellington & John ColtraneImpulse!1962with John Coltrane1963Duke Ellington & John ColtraneImpulse!1962EP – with John Coltrane1963Jazz ConcertColumbiaw. Bobby Hackett1963Afro-BossaReprise1963The Great ReunionRoulette1961with Louis Armstrong1963Piano in the BackgroundColumbia19611964The Symphonic EllingtonReprise1964Ellington '65Reprise1964Duke Ellington Plays Mary PoppinsReprise1964My PeopleRed Baron1965Will Big Bands Ever Come Back?Reprise1965Ellington '66Reprise1965Ella at Duke's PlaceVervewith Ella Fitzgerald1966Serenade to SwedenReprise1965with Alice Babs1967Far East SuiteRCA1967The Popular Duke EllingtonRCA1968...And His Mother Called Him BillRCA19671968Francis A. & Edward K.Reprise1967with Frank Sinatra1968Second Sacred ConcertPrestigestudio recording, despite the title1969North of the Border in CanadaDecca1967with the Ron Collier Orchestra1970Orchestral WorksDeccaaka "Harlem/New World a'Coming/The Golden Broom and The Green Apple"1970A Poetic Commentary of His MusicDeccalimited-edition EP included with Orchestral Works1971New Orleans SuiteAtlantic19701972Latin American SuiteFantasy1968 & 19701973This One's for Blanton!Pablowith Ray Brown1973It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That SwingFlying Dutchmanwith Teresa Brewer1974Recollections of the Big Band EraAtlantic1962–63recorded for Reprise1974Duke's Big 4PabloPosthumous albums1974The PianistFantasy1966 & 19701975The Afro-Eurasian EclipseFantasy19711975This One's For BlantonPablo Records 1972w/ Ray Brown1976Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin SessionAtlantic19631976The Ellington SuitesPablo1959–721977The Intimate EllingtonPablo1969–711979Unknown SessionColumbia19601979Up in Duke's WorkshopPablo1969–721985Featuring Paul GonsalvesFantasy19621986The Intimacy of the BluesFantasy1967–701987Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956LMR1956The Private Sessions Volume One1987Dance Concerts, California 1958LMR1958The Private Sessions Volume Two1987Studio Sessions, New York, 1962LMR1962The Private Collection Volume Three1987Studio Sessions New York 1963LMR1963The Private Collection Volume Four1987The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970LMR1968, 1970The Private Collection Volume Five1987The Private CollectionLMRThe first five CDs from The Private Collection series in a box set1987Dance Dates, California 1958LMR1958The Private Sessions Volume Six1987Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962LMR1957, 1962The Private Collection Volume Seven1987Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New YorkLMR1957, 1965–1967The Private Collection Volume Eight1987Studio Sessions New York, 1968LMR1968The Private Collection Volume Nine1987Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971LMR1965–1967, 1971The Private Collection Volume Ten1989The Duke Ellington OrchestraEcho Jazz 1991Ellington: Never Before Released Recordings (1965-1972)Jazz Heritage 1992Cool RockLaserLight Digital 1999Duke's JointBuddha Records, RCA, BMG 1943, 19452004The JaywalkerStoryville1966–19672016Assault on a QueenDragon's Domain Records 1966from the movie Assault on a Queen

Live albums +YearTitleLabelYear recordedNotes1946Black, Brown, and BeigeVictor 19432 × 12" 78 rpm1954The Seattle ConcertRCA Victor 19521956Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All-Stars at Newport Columbia 1956.07.06 Reached number 14 in the United States1956Ellington at Newport 1956.07.071958Newport 1958 1958.07live concert with studio work, later full concert released as Live at Newport 19581959Live at the Blue NoteRoulette 19591965Concert in the Virgin IslandsReprise 1965.031966The Duke at TanglewoodRCA Victor 1965.12with the Boston Pops Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler1966A Concert of Sacred Music from Grace CathedralStatus 1965.07See: Sacred Concert (Ellington)1967Soul CallVerve 1966.071967Ella and Duke at the Cote D'AzurVerve 1966.06with Ella Fitzgerald197070th Birthday ConcertSolid State 1969197070th Birthday Concert HighlightsLiberty Records, Inc. 19691972Togo Brava SuiteUnited Artists 19711973Jazz at the Plaza Vol. IIColumbia 1958.091973The Great Paris ConcertAtlantic 1963.02.011973Yale ConcertFantasy19681973Cotton Club-1938, Volume One, If Dreams Come TrueJazz Archives 1938Posthumous live albums1975The Greatest Jazz Concert in the WorldPablo1967Various artists1975Third Sacred ConcertRCA 1973.101975Eastbourne PerformanceRCA1973.121975Volume Two, June 1951Stardust Records19511975Volume Three, April 1953Stardust Records19531977The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947Prestige19471977The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943Prestige 19431977The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944Prestige19441977The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946Prestige19461978At Fargo 1940 LiveBook-Of-The-Month Records19403xLP box set1979One Night Stand with Duke Ellington at the Club ZanzibarJoyce19481979Duke Ellington's JubileeJoyce1948-491980West Coast TourJazz Bird 19511982Sophisticated DukeIntermedia 19431983All Star Road BandDoctor Jazz19571984The Stockholm Concert, 1966Pablo 1966.02with Ella Fitzgerald1985All Star Road Band Volume 2Doctor Jazz19641985S.R.O.Lester Recording Catalog19611985The 1953 Pasadena ConcertGNP Crescendo 1985Ellington, JamesLester Recording Catalog 1986In the Uncommon MarketPablo 1963.02.06–19661987The 1954 Los Angeles ConcertGNP Crescendo 1989Duke Ellington Live! at the Newport Jazz Festival '59EmArcy 1989Live at the 1956 Stratford FestivalMusic & Arts1991Hot Summer DanceRed Baron19601993Duke Ellington, His Orchestra and Friends at the First Annual Connecticut Jazz Festival, July 28, 1956IAJRC 19561993The Great London ConcertsMusicMasters Jazz 1963-641994The Great Chicago ConcertsMusicMasters Jazz 19461995Live at the WhitneyImpulse!19721995New York ConcertsMusicMasters Jazz 19641995Meadowbrook to ManhattanBlack Label, Inc. 19521996Cornell UniversityMusicMasters Jazz 19641996Cornell UniversityMusicMasters Jazz 19641996Live in MexicoQED 19681999Duke Ellington Hamilton, Ontario Canada, Monday, Feb. 8, 1954Music & Arts 195419991969 All-Star White House TributeBlue Note 2002Duke Ellington at the AlhambraPablo 1958.102002Live And RareBluebird1965-732003Rugged JungleSquatty Roo Records 1972-732008Giants of the Big Band Era: "On the Air"Acrobat Music Group Ltd. 1937, 19402008The Great Concerts London & New York 1963 - 1964Nimbus Records 1963-19642014Live At Cabaret L'AlcazarSquatty Roo Records 19692014Mara GoldSquatty Roo Records 19672015Second Sacred Concert LiveSquatty Roo Records 19692017Newport To Paris (1969)Squatty Roo Records 19692017Live in Poland (1971)Squatty Roo Records 19712018The Armory ConcertSquatty Roo Records 1955

Compilations Listed here are all compilations released during Ellington's lifetime, in addition to all significant compilations, excluding the aforementioned box sets. {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Label !Date recorded !Notes |- |1940 |The Duke |Columbia

|1941 |Hot Piano |RCA Victor |1941 |4 x 10" 78 rpm; w/ Earl Hines, Fats Waller, and Jelly Roll Morton - the latter's additions were from 1929 |- |1943 |A Duke Ellington Panorama |Victor |1927–1940 |4 x 78 RPM |- |1943 |Ellingtonia, Vol. One |Brunswick |1927–1931 |4 × 78 RPM |- |1944 |Ellingtonia, Vol. Two |Brunswick |1928–1931 |4 × 78 RPM |- |1949 |Mood Ellington |Columbia | |10-inch LP |- |1952 |This is Duke Ellington |RCA Victor |1940 |10-inch LP |- |1952 |Duke Ellington's Greatest |RCA Victor |1945 |EP |- |1953 |Duke Ellington Plays |Royale |1946 |EP |- |1953 |ASCAP Award Winners |Columbia | |EP |- |1954 |The Music Of Duke Ellington Played By Duke Ellington |Columbia

|1955 |Duo |RCA Victor |1940 |EP - w/ Jimmy Blanton |- |1955 |The Duke and His Men |RCA Victor |1941-42

|1955 |Here's the Duke |Columbia

|1955 |Duke's Mixture |Columbia

|1955 |Blue Light |Columbia |1934–1939

|1955 |Early Recordings: Duke Ellington, Volume 1 |"X"

|1956 |In a Mellotone |RCA Victor |1940–1942

|1956 |Duke Ellington Plays |Allegro |1946 |a 10-inch LP version was available in 1952 and had six fewer selections |- |1957 |The Birth of Big Band Jazz |Riverside Records |1926 |the Fletcher Henderson tracks are from 1923–28 |- |1958 |Caravan |RCA Victor |1943, 1945 |EP |- |1958 |The Royal Concert of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Volume 1 |AAMCO Records

| rowspan="2" |1959 |The Duke's D.J. Special |Fresh Sound Records |- |The Royal Concert of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra Volume 2 |AAMCO Records

|1958 |Swingin' High with Ellington and Basie |Omegatape | |w/ Count Basie |- |1959 |At the Cotton Club |RCA Camden |1929-31

|1961 |The Best of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra |Capitol |1953-55

||1961 |Music of Duke Ellington and Others |Spin-O-Rama

||1961 |The Indispensable Duke Ellington |RCA Victor

||1961 |Best of Duke Ellington/The Hits of Woody Herman |Capitol Records | |w/ Woody Herman |- ||1963 |Hail to the Duke |Camay Records

||1963 |Three of a Kind (3 Top Stars of Jazz Dance Bands) |Camay Records | |w/ Woody Herman and Bunny Berigan |- |1963 |Great Times! |Riverside | |with Billy Strayhorn |- |1964 |In a Magenta Haze |Tops Records

|1964 |Daybreak Express |RCA Victor |1931-34 |- ||1964 |Duke Ellington Meets Leonard Feather |Sutton | |w/ Leonard Feather - album is split between the two |- |1965 |Jumpin Punkins |RCA Victor |1940–1941

|1967 |Duke Ellington's Greatest Hits | Reprise Records

|1967 |Johnny Come Lately |RCA Victor |- |1967 |The Far East Suite/The Popular Duke Ellington |RCA Victor

|1967 |Duke Ellington "The Beginning" Vol. 1 (1926-1928) |Decca |1926-1928

|1968 |The Early Duke Ellington |Everest Records Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music

|1968