Duke Ellington’s Discography

Here is a list of Duke Ellington’s Albums in Chronological order

  • Flaming Youth (RCA Records 1927)
  • Jubilee Stomp (Bluebird Records 1928)
  • Duke Ellington Presents Ivie Anderson (Columbia Records 1932)
  • Blue Light (Columbia Records 1938)
  • Sophisticated Lady (RCA Records 1940)
  • In a Mellotone (RCA Records 1940)
  • Black, Brown and Beige (1944-1946)
  • Band… (Columbia / Legac Records 1944)
  • Daybreak Express (RCA Records 1947)
  • Masterpieces by Ellington (Columbia Records 1950)
  • Ellington Uptown (Columbia Records 1951)
  • Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown (CBS Records 1951)
  • Seattle Concert [live] (RCA Records 1952)
  • The Pasadena Concert (1953) [live] (GNP Records 1953)
  • Premiered by Ellington (Capitol Records 1953)
  • The Duke Plays Ellington (Capitol Records 1953)
  • Piano Reflections (Capitol Records 1953)
  • Ellington ’55 (Blue Note Records 1953)
  • Ellington Showcase (Capitol Records 1953)
  • Duke Ellington Plays the Blues (RCA Records 1953)
  • Dance to the Duke! (Capitol Records 1954)
  • The Seattle Concert (1954) (RCA Victor)
  • Duke Ellington Plays (Allegro Records 1954)
  • Duke’s Mixture (Columbia Records 1955)
  • The Duke and His Men (RCA Records 1955)
  • Duke Ellington Presents… (1956) (Bethlehem)
  • Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton… [live] (Columbia Records 1956)
  • Ellington at Newport [live] (Columbia Records 1956)
  • A Drum Is a Woman (Columbia Records 1956)
  • Al Hibbler with the Duke (Columbia Records 1956)
  • Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia / Legac Records 1957)
  • Ella Fitzgerald/The Duke Ellington Songbook (Verve Records 1957)
  • Indigos (Columbia Records 1957)
  • Black, Brown & Beige [1999] [live] (Columbia / Legac Records 1958)
  • Brown, Black and Beige (Columbia Records 1958)
  • Blues in Orbit (Columbia Records 1958)
  • Black, Brown & Beige ([Tristar] Tristar Records 1958)
  • Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque (Columbia Records 1958)
  • Cosmic Scene: Duke Ellington’s Spacemen (Sony France Records 1958)
  • Ellington at Newport (1956) (Columbia)
  • Duke Ellington and the Buck Clayton All Stars at Newport (1956) (Columbia)
  • Newport Jazz Festival (1958) [live] (Columbia Records 1958)
  • Blues Summit (Verve Records 1958)
  • Side by Side (Verve Records 1958)
  • Jazz at the Plaza, Vol. 2 (Columbia Records 1958)
  • Duke Ellington at His Very Best (RCA Victor Records 1958)
  • Jazz Party (Mobile Records 1959)
  • Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues with Johnny Hodges (1959) (Verve)
  • Side by Side with Johnny Hodges (1959) (Verve)
  • The Ellington Suites (Pablo / OJC Records 1959)
  • Anatomy of a Murder (Rykodisc Records 1959)
  • Festival Session [live] (Columbia Records 1959)
  • The Nutcracker Suite (Columbia Records 1960)
  • Blues in Orbit (1960) (Columbia)
  • Three Suites (Columbia Records 1960)
  • Piano in the Background (Columbia Records 1960)
  • Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G. (Columbia Records 1960)
  • Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday (Columbia Records 1960)
  • Paris Blues (United Artists Records 1960)
  • The Great Reunion with Louis Armstrong (1961) (Roulette)
  • Together Again with Louis Armstrong (1961) (Roulette)
  • Piano in the Foreground (Columbia Records 1961)
  • First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia / Legac Records 1961)
  • All American (Columbia Records 1962)
  • Midnight in Paris (Columbia Records 1962)
  • Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse! Records 1962)
  • Money Jungle (Blue Note Records 1962)
  • Duke Ellington and John Coltrane (Impulse! Records 1962)
  • Will Big Bands Ever Come Back? (Reprise Records 1962)
  • Afro-Bossa (Musicraft Records 1962)
  • Featuring Paul Gonsalves (Original Jazz Records 1962)
  • The Great Paris Concert [live] (Atlantic Records 1963)
  • The Symphonic Ellington (Musicraft Records 1963)
  • The Duke Ellington Jazz Violin Session (Atlantic Records 1963)
  • Hits of the Sixties: This Time by Ellington (Reprise Records 1964)
  • Ellington ’65 (Reprise Records 1964)
  • Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins (1965) (Reprise)
  • My People (1965) (Red Baron)
  • Concert in the Virgin Islands [live] (Discovery Records 1965)
  • The Duke at Tanglewood [live] (RCA Records 1965)
  • Jumpin’ Punkins (RCA Records 1965)
  • A Concert of Sacred Music [live] (RCA Records 1965)
  • Ella at Duke’s Place with Ella Fitzgerald (1965) (Verve)
  • Serenade to Sweden with Alice Babs (1966) (Reprise) – recorded 1965
  • Duke Ellington (1966) (Reprise Records 1966)
  • Orchestral Works (MCA Records 1966)
  • The Pianist (Original Jazz Records 1966)
  • Ella & Duke at the Cote D’azur (Verve Records 1966)
  • Soul Call (Verve Records 1966)
  • The Popular Duke Ellington (RCA Records 1967)
  • Intimacy of the Blues (Original Jazz Records 1967)
  • Far East Suite (1967) (RCA)
  • Johnny Come Lately (RCA Records 1967)
  • North of the Border in Canada (Decca Records 1967)
  • The Stockholm Concert, 1966 with Ella Fitzgerald (1967) (Pablo)
  • Ella and Duke at the Cote D’Azur with Ella Fitzgerald (1967) (Verve)
  • And His Mother Called Him Bill (Bluebird/RCA Records 1968)
  • Francis A. & Edward K. with Frank Sinatra – (1968) (Reprise)
  • Yale Concert [live] (Fantasy / OJC Records 1968)
  • Latin American Suite (Fantasy / OJC Records 1968)
  • Second Sacred Concert [live] (Prestige Records 1968)
  • Up in Duke’s Workshop (Original Jazz Records 1969)
  • North of the Border in Canada with the Ron Collier Orchestra (1969) (Decca) – recorded 1967
  • The Intimate Ellington (Original Jazz Records 1969)
  • Pretty Woman (RCA Records 1969)
  • Standards: Live at the Salle Pleyel (JMY Records 1969)
  • New Orleans Suite (Atlantic Records 1970)
  • New Orleans Suite (1970) (Atlantic)
  • Orchestral Works (1970) (Decca)
  • 70th Birthday Concert (1970) (Solid State)
  • Latin American Suite (1972) (Fantasy) – recorded 1968 & 1970
  • This One’s for Blanton! – with Ray Brown (1973) (Pablo)
  • It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing with Teresa Brewer (1973) (Flying Dutchman)
  • Recollections of the Big Band Era (Atlantic) – recorded for Reprise 1962–63
  • Duke’s Big 4 (1974) (Pablo)
  • The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (Fantasy / OJC Records 1971)
  • Togo Brava Suite ([Blue Note] Blue Note Records 1971)
  • Eastbourne Performance [live] (RCA Records 1973)
  • Collages (MPS Records 1973)
  • Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II (1973) (Columbia) – recorded 1958
  • The Great Paris Concert (1973) (Atlantic) – recorded 1963
  • Yale Concert (1973) (Fantasy) – recorded 1968
  • Duke Ellington’s Third Sacred Concert [live] (RCA Records 1976)
  • Carnegie Hall 11/13/48 [live] (Vintage Jazz Records 1991)
  • Live at the Greek 9/23/66 (Status Records 1994)
  • Live at Carnegie Hall (Ember Records 2000)
  • Live at the Zanibar Club (Magnum Records 2000)
  • Live in 1947 at the Hollywood Bowl (Unique Jazz Records 2000)
  • Live in the Big Apple (Magnum Records 2000)
  • The Treasury Shows, Vol. 1 [live] (Storyville Records 2001)
  • The Duke at Fargo 1940: Special 60th… [live] (Storyville Records 2001)

There are other posthumous releases but with the exception of these last few I tried to focus on albums released during his lifetime.

Also worth mentioning activity in the commercial recording industry was restricted during the 1942–1944 musicians’ strike which including a recording ban.

Before there were LP’s there were singles…

  • East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (1927)
  • Black and Tan Fantasy (1928)
  • Creole Love Call (1928)
  • Doin’ the New Low Down (1928)
  • Diga Diga Doo[1] (1928)
  • The Mooche (1928)
  • Three Little Words (1930)
  • Ring Dem Bells (1930)
  • Blue Again (1931)
  • Mood Indigo (1931)
  • Rockin’ In Rhythm (1931)
  • Creole Rhapsody Parts 1 & 2 (1931)
  • Limehouse Blues (1931)
  • It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (1932)
  • Creole Rhapsody(new version) (1932)
  • Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) (1932)
  • Moon Over Dixie (1932)
  • Blue Ramble (1932)
  • Drop Me Off in Harlem (1933)
  • Sophisticated Lady (1933)
  • Stormy Weather (1933)
  • I’m Satisfied (1933)
  • In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (1933)
  • Daybreak Express (1934)
  • Cocktails For Two (1934)
  • Moon Glow (1934)
  • Solitude (1934)
  • Saddest Tale (1934)
  • Merry Go Round (1935)
  • In a Sentimental Mood (1935)
  • Accent On Youth (1935)
  • Cotton (1935)
  • Isn’t Love the Strangest Thing? (1936)
  • Love Is Like a Cigarette (1936)
  • Clarinet Lament (1936)
  • Echoes of Harlem (1936)
  • Oh Babe! Maybe Someday (1936)
  • Jazz Lips (1936)
  • Yearning For Love (1936)
  • The New East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (1937)
  • There’s a Lull In My Life (1937)
  • Scattin’ At the Kit Kat (1937)
  • Caravan (1937)
  • Azure (1937)
  • All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm (1937)
  • Harmony In Harlem (1938)
  • If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do?) (1938)
  • I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (1938)
  • The Gal From Joe’s (1938)
  • Lambeth Walk (1938)
  • Prelude To a Kiss (1938)
  • You, You, Darlin’ (1940)
  • Ko Ko (1940)
  • At a Dixie Roadside Diner (1940)
  • Sepia Panorama (1940)
  • Flamingo (1941)
  • Take the A Train (1941)
  • I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good (1941)
  • Hayfoot, Strawfoot (1942)
  • Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (1943)
  • Perdido (1943)
  • Take the A Train(re-entry) (1943)
  • Bojangles (1943)
  • A Slip of the Lip (1943)
  • Sentimental Lady (1943)
  • Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me (1944)
  • Main Stem (1944)
  • My Little Brown Book (1944)
  • Someone (1944)
  • I Don’t Mind (1944)
  • I’m Beginning To See the Light (1945)
  • Don’t You Know I Care (1945)
  • I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues (1945)
  • Come To Baby, Do (1946)
  • Don’t Be So Mean To Baby (1948)
  • Satin Doll (1953)
  • Boo Dah (1953)
  • Skin Deep (1954)
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1961)

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