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Essentially Ellington 2008-09 Repertoire

Jeep's Blues (1956) Listen!

by Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges
Slow blues that Johnny Hodges composed as a feature for himself on alto saxophone.

Moon Over Cuba (1941) Listen!

by Juan Tizol
A tour de force arrangement of a Juan Tizol composition that integrates swing into a latin groove.

Perdido (1959) Listen!

by H.J. Lengsfelder, Ervin Drake, and Juan Tizol
A slightly updated version of the 1942 Ellington classic features Clark Terry on flugelhorn (other instruments are optional) and the well-known Juan Tizol riff.

Again and Again (2000) Listen!

by Benny Carter
A slow swing ballad feature for alto saxophone in the Count Basie mold.

Movin' Uptown (from Echoes of San Juan Hill) (1996) Listen!

by Benny Carter
A Basie-ish flagwaver in the Neal Hefti/Sammy Nestico mold. In actuality it was Benny who created this genre and influenced generations of composers and arrangers.

Symphony In Riffs (1933) Listen!

by Benny Carter
Benny Carter's most famous piece. Known for his intricate saxophone soli writing, this chart contains his most famous (and easiest) soli.

Below is a list of all charts published through the Essentially Ellington library:

Across the Track Blues (1940) Listen!
All Heart (1958) Listen!
All Too Soon (1940) Listen!
Almost Cried from "Anatomy of a Murder," (1960) Listen!
Anitra's Dance from "Peer Gynt Suite" (1960) Listen!
Black and Tan Fantasy (1945)
Bli-Blip (1941) Listen!
Blue Cellophane (1945) Listen!
Blue Feeling (1934) Listen!
Blue Ramble (1934) Listen!
Blue Serge (1941) Listen!
Boy Meets Horn (1939)
Braggin' in Brass (1938) Listen!
C Jam Blues (1942) Listen!
Caravan (1946) Listen!
Concerto for Cootie (1940) Listen!
Cottontail (1940)
Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (1937) Listen!
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1962) Listen!
Eighth Veil (1962) Listen!
Flaming Sword (1940) Listen!
Half the Fun from "Such Sweet Thunder" (1957)
Happy-Go-Lucky Local (1946) Listen!
Harlem Airshaft (1940) Listen!
I Didn't Know About You (1957) Listen!
I Got It Bad (And that Ain't Good) (1941)
I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (1938) Listen!
I'm Just a Lucky So and So (1945) Listen!
I've Just Seen Her (1962) Listen!
Idiom '59 - Part II (1959) Listen!
In a Mellow Tone (1940)
Isfahan (1966) Listen!
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (1932) Listen!
Jack The Bear (1940) Listen!
Jam-A-Ditty (1941) Listen!
Jump For Joy (1941) Listen!
Jumpin' Punkins (1941) Listen!
Kinda Dukish / Rockin' In Rhythm (medley) (1963) Listen!
Ko-Ko (1940) Listen!
Latin American Sunshine (1968) Listen!
Launching Pad (1959)
Main Stem (1942)
Mood Indigo (1957)
Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore) (1940)
Oclupaca from "Latin American Suite" (1968)
Old King Dooji (1938)
Old Man Blues (1930) Listen!
Perdido (1959) Listen!
Portrait of Louis Armstrong from "New Orleans Suite" (1970)
Prelude to a Kiss (1938)
Purple Gazelle (1962) Listen!
Pyramid (1962) Listen!
Raincheck (1941) Listen!
Rhapsody in Blue (1962) Listen!
Ring Dem Bells (1930) Listen!
Rockabye River (1946)
Rockin' in Rhythm (1963)
Rocks In My Bed (1941) Listen!
Rumpus in Richmond (1940) Listen!
Second Line Listen!
Solitude (1934)
Sophisticated Lady (1957) Listen!
Star-Crossed Lovers from "Such Sweet Thunder" (1957) Listen!
Stompy Jones (1934) Listen!
Such Sweet Thunder (1957) Listen!
Sugar Rum Cherry (1960) Listen!
Sultry Sunset (1946) Listen!
The Mooche (1930) Listen!
The Peanut Vendor (1959) Listen!
The Shepherd from "The Second Sacred Concert" (1968) Listen!
Theme from "The Asphalt Jungle" (1963) Listen!
Things Ain't What They Used To Be (1959) Listen!
Tutti for Cootie (1963) Listen!
V.I.P.'s Boogie (1951) Listen!
Zweet Zurzday (1963) Listen!

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