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Alabamy Home (Take 1)

by Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra · from Ellington in Order, Vol. 8 (1937)

1937Jazz2:41Track 17

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Review by Priya Raman★★★Sample

I respect it more than I love it. “Alabamy Home (Take 1)” is undeniable though.

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Review by Nadia Haddad★★★★½Sample

The bass on “Alabamy Home (Take 1)” should be studied in universities.

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1
Caravan
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2:39
2
Azure
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3:12
3
Foolin' Myself (Take 2)
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2:55
4
Foolin' Myself (Take 1)
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2:58
5
A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Take 2)
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2:56
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A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Take 1)
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3:03
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You'll Never Go To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) [Take 2]
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2:27
8
You'll Never Go To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) [Take 1]
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2:22
9
Peckin' (Take 3)
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3:12
10
Peckin' (Take 2)
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3:10
11
Peckin' (Take 1)
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3:08
12
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Instrumental Version - Take 2)
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2:41
13
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Instrumental Version - Take 1)
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2:43
14
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Vocal Version - Take 2)
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2:24
15
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Vocal Version - Take 1)
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2:22
16
Alabamy Home (Take 2)
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2:43
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Alabamy Home (Take 1)
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2:41
18
Get It Southern Style (Alternate Take)
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2:39
19
Get It Southern Style
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2:41
20
Moonlight Fiesta (a/k/a "Swing Alero" & "Porto Rican Chaos")
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2:46
21
Moonlight Fiesta (a/k/a "Swing Alero" & "Porto Rican Chaos" Alt. Take)
sample avg 3.7 · Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators
2:48
22
Sponge Cake And Spinach (Alternate Take)
sample avg 3.9 · Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators
2:34
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Sponge Cake And Spinach
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2:33
24
If You're Ever In My Arms Again (Alternate Take)
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2:53
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If You're Ever In My Arms Again
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2:52
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The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) [a/k/a "The Back Room Stomp" Alt. Take]
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2:47
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The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) [a/k/a "The Back Room Stomp"]
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2:48
28
Love In My Heart (a/k/a "Swing Baby Swing" Alt. Take)
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2:34
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Love In My Heart (a/k/a "Swing Baby Swing")
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2:33
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Sugar Hill Shim Sham (a/k/a "You Ain't In Harlem Now" Alt. Take)
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2:20
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Sugar Hill Shim Sham (a/k/a "You Ain't In Harlem Now")
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2:36
32
Tea And Trumpets (a/k/a "Trumpetology" Alt. Take 1)
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2:32
33
Tea And Trumpets (a/k/a "Trumpetology" Alt. Take 2)
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2:31
34
Tea And Trumpets (a/k/a "Trumpetology")
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2:31
35
Chatterbox
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2:43
36
Jubilesta (a/k/a "Emperor Jones" and "Hey Child")
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2:51
37
Diminuendo In Blue (Alt. Take)
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2:37
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Diminuendo In Blue
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2:43
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Crescendo In Blue (Alt. Take)
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3:12
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Crescendo in Blue
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3:14
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Harmony In Harlem (Rehersal Take)
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3:07
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Harmony In Harlem
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3:06
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Harmony In Harlem (Alt. Take)
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2:58
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Dusk On The Desert
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Dusk On The Desert (Alt. Take)
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3:13
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Jubilesta (a/k/a "Emperor Jones" and "Hey Child")
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2:47
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Watchin'
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2:54
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Pigeons And Peppers
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2:52
49
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
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2:34