Essentially Ellington: The JLCO Recordings, 1999-2025
Wynton Marsalis · 2025
672 min · 166 tracks · blues
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Launching Pad (1999) 7:26
- 2 Main Stem (1999) 2:52
- 3 Mood Indigo (1999) 3:09
- 4 Never No Lament (Don’t Get Around Much Anymore) (1999) 3:09
- 5 Oclupaca (From Latin American Suite) (1999) 4:37
- 6 Rockabye River (1999) 2:44
- 7 Portrait of Louis Armstrong (From New Orleans Suite) (1999) 3:09
- 8 Sophisticated Lady (1999) 3:45
Disc 2
- 1 Anitra’s Dance (From Peer Gynt Suite) (2000) 2:57
- 2 Concerto for Cootie (2000) 3:48
- 3 Perdido (2000) 4:35
- 4 The Mooche (2000) 3:39
- 5 The Peanut Vendor (2000) 5:10
- 6 The Shepherd (Who Looks Over the Night Flock) (2000) 7:39
- 7 Star‐Crossed Lovers (From Such Sweet Thunder) (2000) 3:51
Disc 3
- 1 Blue Cellophane (2001) 3:04
- 2 Blue Feeling (2001) 3:33
- 3 I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (2001) 2:59
- 4 Pyramid (2001) 3:10
- 5 Rocks in My Bed (2001) 4:05
- 6 Rumpus in Richmond (2001) 2:34
- 7 Almost Cried (From Anatomy of a Murder) (2001) 2:23
- 8 Tutti for Cootie (2001) 6:13
Disc 4
- 1 All Heart (2002) 3:34
- 2 It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) (2002) 3:32
- 3 Raincheck (2002) 2:29
- 4 Such Sweet Thunder (2002) 3:08
- 5 Sultry Sunset (2002) 3:21
- 6 The Eighth Veil (2002) 2:54
- 7 Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (2002) 3:00
- 8 Zweet Zursday (2002) 3:46
Disc 5
- 1 Caravan (2003) 2:57
- 2 Harlem Airshaft (2003) 2:56
- 3 I’ve Just Seen Her (2003) 5:16
- 4 Jump for Joy (2003) 2:53
- 5 Ko‐Ko (2003) 2:39
- 6 Kinda Dukish / Rockin’ in Rhythm (2003) 5:34
Disc 6
- 1 Bli‐Blip (2004) 3:05
- 2 Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue (2004) 10:06
- 3 Jack the Bear (2004) 3:20
- 4 Stompy Jones (2004) 5:58
- 5 Rhapsody in Blue (2004) 6:16
- 6 Sugar Rum Cherry (2004) 3:10
Disc 7
- 1 Happy‐Go‐Lucky Local (2005) 5:24
- 2 I Didn’t Know About You (2005) 4:16
- 3 Isfahan (2005) 4:20
- 4 Purple Gazelle (2005) 3:09
- 5 Ring Dem Bells (2005) 2:40
- 6 V.I.P.’s Boogie (2005) 3:21
Disc 8
- 1 Across the Track Blues (2006) 3:09
- 2 All Too Soon (2006) 4:12
- 3 Idiom ’59 – Part II (2006) 4:30
- 4 Braggin’ in Brass (2006) 2:52
- 5 I’m Just a Lucky So and So (2006) 3:40
- 6 Latin American Sunshine (From Latin American Suite) (2006) 6:55
Disc 9
- 1 Flaming Sword (2007) 3:48
- 2 Jumpin’ Punkins (2007) 3:55
- 3 Old Man Blues (2007) 3:17
- 4 Joe Avery’s Blues (2007) 4:18
- 5 Sophisticated Lady (2007) 4:06
- 6 C Jam Blues (2007) 7:16
Disc 10
- 1 Blue Serge (2008) 3:43
- 2 Jam‐A‐Ditty (2008) 3:15
- 3 Theme (From the Asphalt Jungle) (2008) 4:03
- 4 The Mooche (2008) 3:26
- 5 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (2008) 2:24
- 6 Blue Ramble (2008) 3:34
Disc 11
- 1 Again and Again (2009) 5:31
- 2 Jeep’s Blues (2009) 4:31
- 3 Moon Over Cuba (2009) 5:27
- 4 Movin’ Uptown (From Echoes of San Juan Hill) (2009) 5:25
- 5 Perdido (2009) 4:16
- 6 Symphony in Riffs (2009) 4:58
Disc 12
- 1 Tippin’ on the Q.T. (2011) 6:20
- 2 Concerto for Cootie (2011) 3:22
- 3 Rockin’ in Rhythm (2011) 6:48
- 4 Portrait of Lois Armstrong (From New Orleans Suite) (2011) 4:58
- 5 Black and Tan Fantasy (2011) 8:51
- 6 Every Day (I Have the Blues) (2011) 8:06
Disc 13
- 1 Royal Garden Blues (2013) 3:17
- 2 Echoes of Harlem (2013) 3:34
- 3 Bonga (2013) 3:14
- 4 Lightnin’ (2013) 3:14
- 5 Blood Count (2013) 4:24
- 6 The Second Line (From New Orleans Suite) (2013) 5:52
Disc 14
- 1 Chinoiserie (From the Afro‐Eurasian Eclipse) (2014) 4:43
- 2 Dissonance in Blues (2014) 3:20
- 3 Teri (2014) 3:06
- 4 Uptown Downbeat (2014) 3:38
- 5 Perdido (2014) 5:30
- 6 Flirtibird (From Anatomy of a Murder) (2014) 2:19
- 7 I Like the Sunrise (From the Liberian Suite) (2014) 4:36
- 8 Nancy Jo (2014) 2:53
Disc 15
- 1 Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies (From New Orleans Suite) (2015) 4:04
- 2 Brasilliance (From Latin American Suite) (2015) 3:55
- 3 Chelsea Bridge (2015) 3:00
- 4 Cotton Club Stomp (2015) 2:50
- 5 Memphis Blues (2015) 2:56
- 6 Total Jazz (2015) 3:31
Disc 16
- 1 Magnolias Dripping With Molasses (2016) 4:45
- 2 Down South Camp Meeting (2016) 3:19
- 3 Laura (2016) 4:19
- 4 Christopher Columbus (2016) 3:00
- 5 St. Louis Blues (2016) 2:56
- 6 Blue Goose (2016) 3:11
Disc 17
- 1 Carnegie Blues (2017) 2:40
- 2 So Easy (2017) 2:42
- 3 Sugar Hill Penthouse (2017) 4:55
- 4 Stay on It (2017) 3:11
- 5 If You Could See Me Now (2017) 3:13
- 6 Dameron Stomp (2017) 3:09
- 7 Bojangles (2017) 2:55
- 8 East St. Louis Toodle‐Oo (2017) 3:21
Disc 18
- 1 Banquet Scene (From Timon of Athens) (2018) 2:19
- 2 Blue Minor (2018) 3:12
- 3 Harlem Congo (2018) 3:20
- 4 I Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues (2018) 5:13
- 5 Lindy Hopper’s Delight (2018) 2:46
- 6 Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) (2018) 2:36
- 7 Ready, Go! (2018) 6:23
- 8 The Sheik of Araby (2018) 3:20
Disc 19
- 1 Afro‐Bossa (Bula) (2019) 4:32
- 2 Blues to Be There (2019) 6:28
- 3 Bugle Call Rag (2019) 3:18
- 4 Little Karin (2019) 3:56
- 5 Solid Old Man (2019) 3:41
- 6 Stablemates (2019) 4:22
- 7 Straw Boss (2019) 8:22
- 8 Whisper Not (2019) 5:11
Disc 20
- 1 Caravan (2021) 3:35
- 2 Cotton Tail (2021) 3:25
- 3 Harlem Airshaft (2021) 2:54
- 4 I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) (2021) 3:08
- 5 Isfahan (2021) 4:09
- 6 Rockin’ in Rhythm (2021) 5:50
Disc 21
- 1 Black Butterfly (2022) 3:04
- 2 Blue and Sentimental (2022) 3:19
- 3 Trombonio‐Bustoso‐Issimo (aka “Trombone Buster”) (2022) 4:07
- 4 Good Morning Blues (2022) 3:05
- 5 Blue Room (2022) 3:17
- 6 Topsy (2022) 3:12
Disc 22
- 1 Blues a La Machito (2023) 3:13
- 2 Chloe (Song of the Swamp) (2023) 3:34
- 3 Congo Mulence (2023) 3:05
- 4 Fancy Dan (2023) 4:37
- 5 Kenya (2023) 3:50
- 6 Oyeme (2023) 3:30
- 7 Portrait of Sidney Bechet (2023) 4:10
- 8 Just Scratchin’ the Surface (2023) 2:57
Disc 23
- 1 Addi (2024) 3:50
- 2 Boo‐Dah (2024) 3:14
- 3 Exposition Swing (2024) 3:20
- 4 The Giddybug Gallop (2024) 3:53
- 5 Golden Cress (2024) 3:04
- 6 Miss Lucy (2024) 3:18
- 7 Rent Party Blues (2024) 3:41
- 8 Silk Lace (2024) 2:43
Disc 24
- 1 Aristocracy À La Jean Lafitte (From New Orleans Suite) (2025) 4:12
- 2 Black Beauty (2025) 3:19
- 3 Blues for New Orleans (From New Orleans Suite) (2025) 8:10
- 4 Elegy to a Man (2025) 4:58
- 5 Mullenium (2025) 8:01
- 6 The Opener (2025) 2:49
- 7 Thruway (2025) 8:29
- 8 Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta (From New Orleans Suite) (2025) 3:49
- 9 What Am I Here For? (2025) 3:36
Reference: MusicBrainz
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