So What! and
Blue In Green both on Kind of Blue

Miles Ahead the title track, of course, on Miles Ahead

The Duke on Miles Ahead

It Ain’t Necessarily So
Summertime
There’s a Boat That’s Leavin’ – all on Porgy & Bess

The Meaning of the Blues and Lament both on Miles Ahead

New Rhumba on Miles Ahead
Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess? on Porgy & Bess

All Blues on Kind Of Blue

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Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington has often been called a genius and a number of fine biographies will illuminates the whys and where fors. Here’s a very short list:

(1) Duke Ellington’s autobiography Music Is My Mistress; (2) Beyond Category: The Life And Genius Of Duke Ellington by John Edward Hasse; (3) The World of Duke Ellington by Stanley Dance, and (4) for children, Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Pinkney and Brian Pinkney.
 
 
 



Take the “A” Train by Pete Petersen and the Collection Jazz Orchestra recording Playin in the Park.
Prelude To A Kiss on The Overwhelming Joe Williams.

Day Dream by Phil Kelly on My Museum.

Isfahan on Duke Ellington’s The Far East Suite.
Main Stem – Duke on At The Hurricane 1943 or on The Golden Years of Duke Ellington.
 

Johnny Come Lately – Duke on Black Beauty or on C Jam Blues .
It Don’t Mean A Thing – Sarah Vaughan on The Ellington Songbook, vol 2 .
After All – Duke on Complete Standard Transcriptions.

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Watermelon Man on the Best OfCD.

 
 
Driftin’ also on Herbie’s Best Of CD.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Just Enough / Canteloupe Island The first features Herbie and Eliane Elias on her CD titled Solos & Duets, and the second is from Herbie Hancock Jazz Profile 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Stitched Up / Yams The first features John Mayer on a CD titled Possibilities, followed by another selection from Jazz Profile 
 
 
 
 

Dolphin Dance / Speaks Like A Child. The first is from the self-titled Toots Thielemans & Kenny Warner CD, followed by Jon Faddis track on his Remembrances CD.

 
Maiden Voyage on Herbie’s Best Of.

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Harold Arlen composed “I’ve Got the World on a String”. Here Lena Horne sings (lyrics by Ted Koehler) and Phil Woods plays on Lena: A New Album.

Harold Arlen also wrote “Ill Wind”. This time Koehler’s lyrics are sung by Dinah Washington on Vol 4 of Mercury’s The Complete Dinah Washington. (The box set is pricy but you can download individual tracks for 99-cents.)

Matt Dennis (pictured) is the composer of “The Night We Called It A Day”, played here by Oscar Peterson recorded At the London House.

Josef Myrow composed “You Make Me Feel So Young” sung here by Frank Sinatra on Songs For Swingin’ Lovers (lyrics by Mack Gordon).

Bronislaw Kaper (L) composed “Green Dolphin Street” and “Invitation”. Sung here by Sarah Vaughan (lyrics by Ned Washington an Paul Francis Webster, respectively), bot are on her CD titled You’re Mine You.

Burton Lane (R) wrote the music to “You Won’t Forget Me” (lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner). Shirley Horn sings it on You Won’t Forget Me.

Matt Dennis composed “Angel Eyes”. It is a bonus track on Oscar Peterson’s Pastel Moods recording.

Harold Arlen composed “Blues In the Night” and “Violets For Your Furs”. The first is on Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer, followed by Phil Woods’ instrumental performance of Violets from Groovin’ To Marty Paich.

Burton Lane’s “On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) is from Oscar Peterson’s On A Clear Day recording and in the UK on My Personal Choice.

“As Time Goes By” was composed by Herman Hupfeld. Peggy Lee sings it on her If You Go recording available on CD combined with The Man I Love.

Harold Arlen’s “Come Rain Or Come Shine” is played here by David Sanborn on his Pearls CD (also available as a single track).

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DIVA, an all-female big band headed by drummer Sherri Maricle, playing You Stepped Out of a Dream and If I Should Lose You – both tunes are on Something’s Coming

Pianist Lynne Arriale with her Trio

playing A Night in Tunisia

on Long Road Home

Pianist Renee Rosnes

playing With A Little Help From My Friends

on Art & Soul with her Trio in 1999

Nan Schwartz’ arrangement of

Don’t You Love Me Anymore? on Ray Charles’

Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

Ali Ryerson, on flute, playing Joy Spring on an album titled Alto: Joe Beck & Ali Ryerson

Bassist Kristen Korb playing her own composition Mac on Where You’ll Find Me

Guitarist Emily Remler’s original composition Blues For Herb on her East to Wes recording

Natalie Cole singing to

Nan Schwartz’ arrangement of

Here’s That Rainy Day

on Still Unforgettable

Sherri Maricle, again leading of DIVA, this time playing her arrangement of one of her own compositions 80 Chestnut Street on Something’s Coming

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The Twister (on “Greatest Hits-The 50s”) and Exactly Like You (on “JUG”).

Tangerine and Old Man River (both on “JUG”).

Let it Be You (on “JUG”) and Lullaby Of the Leaves (on “Late Hour Special”).

Happy Blues (on “Greatest Hits-The 50s”) and Namely You (on “JUG”).

I Want To Be Loved and The Party’s Over (both on “Late Hour Special”).

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SAVOY
(on the GRP CD titled Collection)

AJA’S THEME / EAST OF THE SUN
(on Breakthrough and Collection, respectively)

SOON / SICILIANO
(on Dave Grusin’s Gershwin Connection and Breakthrough, respectively)

CIRCLE DANCE
(on Breakthrough)

SOFT SHOE FOR THAD / MOOD INDIGO
(on Collection and Homage To Duke, respectively)

BLACKWOOD
(on Collection)

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SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP as played by

 

George Shearing on How Beautiful Is Night

Ahmad Jamal on Okeh Jazz compilation

and the Gene Harris and the Philip Morris SuperBand on Live at Town Hall, arranged by John Clayton

 


LOVE YOU MADLY by

Ella Fitzgerald on Best of the Verve Song Books: Love Songs

Oscar Peterson on The Soul of Oscar Peterson

 
WORK SONG by

Milt Jackson on Oscar Peterson with Milt Jackson Work Song/Reunion Blues 1963

Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones on Live at Basin Street East

 
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN by

 
Lu Elliott on Lu Elliott Sings Way Out From Down Under (1967 out of print) 

Diana Krall on When I Look In Your Eyes
 
 
 

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Cookin’ At The Continental / Lunceford Legacy (Cookin’ on The Best Of Horace Silver, vol 1 and Lunceford is on It’s Got to Be Funky)

Señor Blues / When You’re In Love (Señor on the GRP All-Stars’ All Blues and Love is from Silver’s It’s Got To Be Funky)

Doodlin’ / Song For My Father / Strolling (Doodlin’ sung by Sarah Vaughan on No Count Sarah, Song For My Father on the Ryerson & Beck CD Alto, and Strolling is on Rob McConnell’s The Brass Is Back.)

Soulmates (on Horace Silver’s Pencil Packin’ Papa with vocal by O.C. Smith.)

Sister Sadie (on The Best Of Horace Silver, vol 1)