Reference: DRCD 11211
The first ellingtonian suites performed live.
Tracklisting:
Cd 1:
1. Caravan
2. In a mellootonbe
3. Solid old man
4. Spiritual
5. The blues
6. Rugged Romeo
7. Sono
8. The air conditioned jungle
9. Pitter Panther patter
10. Take the A train/ Atonal Group (suite-a-ditty)
11. Mellodity
12. Fugueaditty
13. Jam-a-ditty
CD 2:
1. Magenta haze
2. Diminuendo in blue/ Transbluency
3. Crescendo in blue
4. Suburbanite
5. Im just a lucky so and so
6. Riff N drill
7. The new look
8. Blue Serge
9. Triple play
10. Harlem air shaft
11. Johnny Hodges Meldey: Wanderlust/ Junior hop/ Jeeps blues/ Squaty roo/ Mood to be wood
12. Mella brava
13. Kickapoo joy juice
14. On a turquoise cloud
CD 3:
1. Bakiff
2. Cotton tail
3. I like the sunrise
4. Dance nº1
5. Dance nº2
6. Dance nº3
7. Dance nº4
8. Dance nº5
9. Theme Medley : East St Louis toodle-Oo/ Echoes of Harlem/ Things aint what they used to be
10. Basso profundo
11. New city blues
12. The clothes woman
13. Trumpet no end (blue skies)