Duke Ellington - The Jazz Connaisseur [Cool Summer Breeze Version] (2015)

Duke Ellington was the most important composer in the history of jazz as well as being a bandleader who held his large group together continuously for almost 50 years. The two aspects of his career were related; Ellington used his band as a musical laboratory for his new compositions and shaped his writing specifically to showcase the talents of his bandmembers, many of whom remained with him for long periods. Ellington also wrote film scores and stage musicals, and several of his instrumental works were adapted into songs that became standards. In addition to touring year in and year out, he recorded extensively, resulting in a gigantic body of work that was still being assessed a quarter century after his death.

Tracklist:

01. Mood Indigo (3:07)
02. Bonga (2:48)
03. Chelsea Bridge (3:46)
04. Eighth Veil (2:50)
05. Gal from Joe's (2:58)
06. Afro-Bossa (3:07)
07. Get Yourself a New Broom and Sweep the Blues Away (2:39)
08. Creole Love Call (4:14)
09. Spacemen (2:34)
10. Jazz Cocktail (3:13)
11. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (2:56)
12. Sempre Amore (3:14)
13. Willow Weep for Me (4:15)
14. Jazz Potpourri (2:59)
15. Midnight Sun (3:37)
16. Swing Low (2:44)
17. Purple Gazelle (2:44)
18. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (3:08)
19. Pyramid (3:01)
20. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (3:12)
21. Silk Lace (2:31)
22. Riding On a Blue Note (2:49)
23. Where or When (4:01)
24. Moon Bow (2:31)
25. Scrounch (2:44)