Duke Ellington Longer Compositions

Duke Ellington is mostly known for 78-length (approximately 3 minute) recordings, but his orchestra did record many longer works. I list the best among them below, with lengths of six minutes or more.

Grade Audio Date Title Gig Vocalist Source Note
97 Audio April 28, 1945 Work Song "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at the 400 Restaurant, New York, New York The Treasury Shows Vol. 2, Disk 2 (Track 10) DE4521i
96 Audio January 20, 1946 Light Concert at the Civic Opera House, Chicago, Illinois Great Chicago Concerts, Disk Two (Track 4b) DE4606f
95 Audio December 18, 1950 The Tattooed Bride Studio Session for CBS, New York, New York Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Masterpieces by Ellington, Track 3) DE5017a
95 Audio November 13, 1948 Reminiscing In Tempo Concert from Carnegie Hall, New York, New York Carnegie Hall, November 13, 1948, Disk 1 (Track 4) DE4802e
95 Audio July 1, 1952 The Mooche Studio Session for CBS, New York, New York Complete Columbia Studio Albums 1951-1958 (Ellington Uptown, Track 2) DE5211a
94 October 20, 1945 Perdido "Your Saturday Date With the Duke" ABC Radio Broadcast at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York The Treasury Shows Vol. 14, Disk Two (Track 12) DE4581l
94 Audio January 2, 1954 Things Ain't What They Used To Be Studio Session for Capitol, Chicago, Illinois The Complete Capitol Recordings, Dance to the Duke! (Disk 4, Track 1) DE5402b
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February 19, 1963 Guitar Amour Concert at the Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland 20th Death Anniversary (Track 4) DE6502b
94 January 5, 1952 Harlem Concert at Metropolitan Opera House, New York, New York Rare Live Recordings 1952-3 (Disk 1, Track 7) DE5201g
94 Audio June 6, 1962 Taffy Twist Studio Session, New York, New York Radio Denmark Broadcast #21 DE6228a
94 Audio January 3, 1956 Long Time Blues Studio Session at Universal Studios, Chicago, Illinois Radio Denmark Broadcast #22 DE5601aj
93 Audio February 25, 1966 New World A-Coming Concert at the Chateau de Goutelas, Goutelas-en-Forez, France Masters of Jazz Vol. 6 (Track 7) DE6634a
93 Audio September 28, 1968 Happy Go Lucky Local Concert at the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, Mexico Live in Mexico (Track 3) DE6852d
93 Audio April 9, 1966 La Plus Belle Africaine Concert at the Daniel Sorano Theater, Dakar, Senegal World Festival of Negro Arts, Senegal DE6638i
93 June 6, 1962 Hy'a Sue Studio Session, New York, New York Radio Denmark Broadcast #22 DE6228c
93 Audio December 21, 1938 Tiger Rag "Martin Block's Make Believe Ballroom" Radio broadcast from WNEW Studios, New York, New York Oct. 2, 2018 Savory Collection Podcast