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Crescendo in Blue

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

1972Jazz3:14Track 40

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Review by Tomasz W.★★★Sample

Not every song lands, but when it does it LANDS. “Crescendo in Blue” is the keeper.

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Review by Mira Okafor★★★Sample

Solid, but I keep skipping “Crescendo in Blue”. Sorry Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra.

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1
Caravan
sample avg 3.7
2:39
2
Azure
sample avg 3.5
3:12
3
Foolin' Myself (Take 2)
sample avg 3.0 · Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra & Duke Ellington
2:55
4
Foolin' Myself (Take 1)
sample avg 3.3 · Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:58
5
A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Take 2)
sample avg 3.2 · Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra & Duke Ellington
2:56
6
A Sailboat In The Moonlight (Take 1)
sample avg 4.0 · Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra & Duke Ellington
3:03
7
You'll Never Go To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) [Take 2]
sample avg 4.1 · Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra
2:27
8
You'll Never Go To Heaven (If You Break My Heart) [Take 1]
sample avg 3.3 · Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra & Duke Ellington
2:22
9
Peckin' (Take 3)
sample avg 3.9 · Johnny Hodges and His Orchestra & Duke Ellington
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)
sample avg 3.4 · Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra & Ivie Anderson
2:24
15
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm (Vocal Version - Take 1)
sample avg 3.5 · Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra & Ivie Anderson
2:22
16
Alabamy Home (Take 2)
sample avg 3.4 · Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra & Ivie Anderson & Her Boys from Dixie
2:43
17
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")
sample avg 3.6 · Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators
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
23
Sponge Cake And Spinach
sample avg 3.0 · Barney Bigard & His Jazzopators
2:33
24
If You're Ever In My Arms Again (Alternate Take)
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2:53
25
If You're Ever In My Arms Again
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2:52
26
The Back Room Romp (A Contrapuntal Stomp) [a/k/a "The Back Room Stomp" Alt. Take]
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2:47
27
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)
sample avg 3.9 · Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:34
29
Love In My Heart (a/k/a "Swing Baby Swing")
sample avg 3.8 · Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
2:33
30
Sugar Hill Shim Sham (a/k/a "You Ain't In Harlem Now" Alt. Take)
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2:20
31
Sugar Hill Shim Sham (a/k/a "You Ain't In Harlem Now")
sample avg 3.4 · Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington
2:36
32
Tea And Trumpets (a/k/a "Trumpetology" Alt. Take 1)
sample avg 2.9 · Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington
2:32
33
Tea And Trumpets (a/k/a "Trumpetology" Alt. Take 2)
sample avg 3.2 · Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers & Duke Ellington
2:31
34
Tea And Trumpets (a/k/a "Trumpetology")
sample avg 3.9 · Rex Stewart & His 52nd Street Stompers
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)
sample avg 4.2
2:37
38
Diminuendo In Blue
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2:43
39
Crescendo In Blue (Alt. Take)
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3:12
40
Crescendo in Blue
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3:14
41
Harmony In Harlem (Rehersal Take)
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3:07
42
Harmony In Harlem
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3:06
43
Harmony In Harlem (Alt. Take)
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2:58
44
Dusk On The Desert
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3:04
45
Dusk On The Desert (Alt. Take)
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3:13
46
Jubilesta (a/k/a "Emperor Jones" and "Hey Child")
sample avg 3.5 · Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:47
47
Watchin'
sample avg 3.1 · Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters & Duke Ellington
2:54
48
Pigeons And Peppers
sample avg 3.0 · Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:52
49
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
sample avg 4.0 · Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
2:34