This set is reissued in brand new, slimline rack-friendly packaging, which keeps all of the detail and production values of the original Properbox sets, but with each CD packaged in mini LP sleeves.

The Genius of Duke Ellington, bandleader extraordinaire, pianist and greatest American composer of the 20th century is celebrated in the 93 ducal masterpieces featured in this 4 CD box set.

Ellington's achievements as composer, arranger, pianist and bandleader touch a bewildering variety of levels, producing music that has never been surpassed, music that has been a constant inspiration to numerous other musicians, and those who truly appreciate Ellington's achievements.

Track Listing:
CD 1: MOOD INDIGO
1. EAST ST. LOUIS TOODLE-OO (Ellington, Miley) 1926
2. BIRMINGHAM BREAKDOWN (Ellington) 1926
3. BLACK AND TAN FANTASY (Ellington, Miley) 1927
4. BLACK BEAUTY (Ellington) 1928
5. THE MOOCHE (Ellington, Mills) 1928
6. AWFUL SAD (Ellington) 1928
7. THE BLUES WITH A FEELIN’ (Ellington) 1928
8. MISTY MORNIN’ (Ellington, Whetsol) 1928
9. FLAMING YOUTH (Ellington) 1929
10. HOT FEET (Fields, McHugh) 1929
11. DOUBLE CHECK STOMP (Bigard, Braud, Hodges) 1930
12. RING DEM BELLS (Ellington, Mills) 1930
13. OLD MAN BLUES (Ellington) 1930
14. MOOD INDIGO (Ellington, Bigard, Mills) 1930
15. ROCKIN’ IN RHYTHM (Ellington, Carney) 1930
16. ECHOES OF THE JUNGLE (Willams, Mills) 1931
17. THE MYSTERY SONG (Ellington, Mills) 1931
18. IT DON’T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING) (Ellington, Mills) 1932
19. LAZY RHAPSODY (Ellington, Mills, Gaskill) 1932
20. CREOLE LOVE CALL (Ellington, Miley) 1932
21. BLUE RAMBLE (Ellington) 1932
22. DUCKY WUCKY (Ellington, Bigard) 1932
23. EERIE MOAN (Wiley, Young) 1933
24. SOPHISTICATED LADY (Ellington, Parish) 1933
 
CD 2: IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
1. SLIPPERY HORN (Ellington) 1933
2. DROP ME OFF AT HARLEM (Ellington, Carney) 1933
3. DAYBREAK EXPRESS (Ellington) 1933
4. DELTA SERENADE (Ellington) 1934
5. STOMPY JONES (Ellington) 1934
6. SOLITUDE (Ellington, De Lange, Mills) 1934
7. BLUE FEELING (Ellington) 1934
8. SADDEST TALE (Ellington) 1934
9. MOONGLOW (Hudson, De Lange, Mills) 1934
10. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD (Ellington, Kurtz, Mills) 1935
11. SHOWBOAT SHUFFLE (Ellington) 1935
12. REMINISCING IN TEMPO, PTS. 1,2,3,4. (Ellington) 1935
13. CLARINET LAMENT (BARNEY’S CONCERTO) (Ellington, Bigard) 1936
14. ECHOES OF HARLEM (COOTIE’S CONCERTO) (Ellington) 1936
15. BLACK BUTTERFLY (Ellington, Mills, Carruthers) 1936
16. CARAVAN (Ellington, Tizol) 1937
17. AZURE (Ellington, Mills) 1937
18. DIMINUENDO IN BLUE (Ellington) 1937
19. CRESCENDO IN BLUE (Ellington) 1937
20. STEPPIN’ INTO SWING SOCIETY (Ellington, Nemo) 1938
21. LOST IN MEDITATION (Tizol, Ellington, Mills) 1938  

CD 3: KO-KO
1. I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART (Ellington, Mills, Nemo) 1938
2. ROSE OF THE RIO GRANDE (Leslie, Warren, Gorman) 1938
3. PYRAMID (Tizol) 1938
4. PRELUDE TO A KISS (Ellington, Gordon, Mills) 1938
5. BLUE LIGHT (Transbluency) (Ellington) 1938
6. BOY MEETS HORN (Ellington, Stewart, Mills) 1938
7. SLAP HAPPY (Ellington) 1938
8. SERENADE TO SWEDEN (Ellington) 1939
9. THE SERGEANT WAS SHY (Ellington) 1939
10. JACK THE BEAR (Ellington) 1940
11. KO-KO (Ellington) 1940
12. CONGO BRAVA (Ellington, Tizol) 1940
13. CONCERTO FOR COOTIE (Ellington) 1940
14. COTTON TAIL (Ellington) 1940
15. NEVER NO LAMENT (Ellington) 1940
16. DUSK (Ellington) 1940
17. BOJANGLES (A PORTRAIT OF BILL ROBINSON) (Ellington) 1940
18. A PORTRAIT OF BERT WILLIAMS (Ellington) 1940
19. HARLEM AIR-SHAFT (Ellington) 1940
20. ALL TOO SOON (Ellington) 1940
21. SEPIA PANORAMA (Ellington) 1940
22. IN A MELLOTONE (Ellington) 1940
23. WARM VALLEY (Ellington) 1940
24. ACROSS THE TRACK BLUES (Ellington) 1940
25. DAY DREAM (Strayhorn, Ellington) 1940
 
CD 4: TAKE THE A-TRAIN
1. PUSSY WILLOW (Ellington) 1940
2. THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK (Lawlor, Blake) 1940
3. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN (Strayhorn) 1941
4. BLUE SERGE (M. Ellington) 1941
5. JUST A-SETTIN’ AND A-ROCKIN’ (Ellington, Strayhorn, Gaines) 1941
6. I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AIN’T GOOD) (Ellington, Webster) 1941
7. CLEMENTINE (Strayhorn) 1941
8. JUMP FOR JOY (Ellington, Webster, Kuller) 1941
9. CHELSEA BRIDGE (Strayhorn) 1941
10. RAINCHECK (Strayhorn) 1941
11. PERDIDO (Tizol) 1942
12. THE “C” JAM BLUES (Ellington) 1942
13. MOON MIST (M. Ellington) 1942
14. WHAT AM I HERE FOR? (Ellington) 1942
15. MAIN STEM (Ellington) 1942
16. JOHNNY COME LATELY (Strayhorn) 1942
17. I’M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (Ellington, James, Hodges, George) 1944
18. TRANSBLUENCY (Ellingon, Brown) 1946
19. LADY OF THE LAVENDER MIST (Ellington) 1947
20. SULTRY SERENADE (Ellington) 1947
21. AIR CONDITIONED JUNGLE (Ellington) 1947
22. THE CLOTHED WOMAN (Ellington) 1947
23. SNIBOR (Strayhorn) 1949