Disclaimer: I have not seen these DVDs

Disclaimer: I have not seen these DVDs. Most of the information is from the online retailer's site. References to Stratemann = Klaus Stratemann's Duke Ellington Day by Day and Film by Film

Source: www. Amazon.CA

On the Road with Duke Ellington; a film by Robert Drew

Duke Ellington: Big Band Feeling

Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies

Copenhagen (1965), Pts. 1 & 2

Duke Ellington: Swinging at His Best

Duke Ellington - Swing Era - Duke Ellington in Hollywood, featuring Billie Holiday, Ivie Anderson and Mae West

Duke Ellington - Swing Era - Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton

Jazz Legends - The Big Bands, The Snader Transcriptions Vol.1, Duke Ellignton, Lionel Hampton

At the Jazz Band Ball

Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington: Live At Tivoli Gardens Pt1/2

The Intimate Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Amos N Andy: Check and Double Check

Jazz Legends -Jazz Festival, Vol 2.

Harlem Renaissance, The Music & Rhythm That Started A Cultural Revolution featuring Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Count Basie, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge and others

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington: The Classic Hollywood Years

Release Information:

Studio: Sma Distributin

Studio: Stars of Jazz or Eforfilms Entertainment

Studio: Kultur Video

Studio: Image Entertainment

Studio: Passport Video

Studio: Idem Home Video

Studio: Storyville Films

Studio: Yazoo Video

Studio: St. Clair Vision

Studio: Image Entertainment

Studio: Storyville

Studio: Troma Team Video

Studio: Storyville Films

Studio: Kultur

Studio: St. Clair Vision

Studio: Eforfilms Entertainment for Home Video

DVD Release Date: December 13, 2002

DVD Release Date: February 22, 2005 or April 19, 2005

DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005

DVD Release Date: June 21, 2005

DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005

DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004

DVD Release Date: August 17, 2004

DVD Release Date: November 16, 2004

DVD Release Date: April 11, 2000

DVD Release Date: November 11, 2003

DVD Release Date: November 18, 2003

DVD Release Date: June 24, 2003

DVD Release Date: November 16, 2004

DVD Release Date: April 25, 2005

DVD Release Date: November 16, 2004

DVD Release Date: July 27, 2004

DVD Release Date: May 18, 2004

DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004

Edition Details:

• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)

Edition Details:

• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)

• Language: English

• Import, NTSC

• Language: English

• NTSC

• Import, NTSC

• NTSC

• ASIN: B000294SIY

• Import, NTSC

• ASIN: B0000669BP

• ASIN: B0007D4MOK or B0007TKHMA

• ASIN: B0007NMJZO

• ASIN: B000929AQY

• ASIN: B0006A9IJS

• ASIN: B0002HOE2Q

• ASIN: B0001WTW7E

• ASIN: B0001AOYG0

• ASIN: 6305831343

• ASIN: B0000CEROY

• ASIN: B0000CG8GQ

• ASIN: B000093NS4

• ASIN: B00011D1B8

• ASIN: B0000950Y4

• ASIN: B0001AP09A

• ASIN: B00024JBY0

• ASIN: B0002N979K

...intimate portrait of the artist ... performing, composing, and ruminating about his life and career. Ellington at home, on the road, and at his piano, in a world where nightly concert performances, impromptu improvisations, all-night composing sessions, and steak and potato breakfasts are all a part of Duke's daily routine ...assortment of standards including "Satin Doll" and "Take the 'A' Train," rare moments... late at night composing a new song..."...plenty of performance footage ... a bit on the grainy side, with audio that's less than stellar..."

home-video release - assembled from recordings of 2 1952 performances, includes "Caravan," "Sophisticated Lady," "Mood Indigo," "Solitude," "Cottontail," and seven more THERE WERE TWO LISTINGS ON AMAZON, THEY APEAR TO BE THE SAME BUT MAY NOT BE.

performance of the popular Broadway revue, built around more than two dozen great tunes from Ellington's songbook.

two-part television special

From the titles, I assume tracks 1 to 12 are the Ellington orchestra and the rest are Hampton's.

Tracks 1 to 7 are the Ellington orchestra and the rest are Hampton's. The Snader Telescription Corporation was formed in late 1950 to produce "miniature musicals" exclusively for t.v. Ellington did 7 of these. VIP's Boogie is combined with Jam With Sam. These recordings were made March 14, 1952. Ellington was contracted to receive $1,000, the reed players got scale for doubling, $105.98, the brass and rhythm got scale of $84.04. These telescriptions are the only time Louis Bellson was filmed as a member of the Orch, although later he appeared as a guest. See Stratemann for more details.

Compilation of many performances. Ellington is on 2 segments: ".. "Old Man Blues" with baritone saxophonist Harry Carney, and an imaginative medley consisting of "The Duke Speaks Out," the evocative "Black Beauty," and Cotton Club Stomp" in which the lovely dancer Fredi Washington--and the innovative mirror shots--steal the show." A reviewer says Beiderbecke is faking in the Whiteman footage.

A musical event recorded in Lugano Cathedral in honor of the 100th anniversary of Duke Ellington's birth CAUTION - THIS IS NOT DUKE NOR IS IT THE ELLINGTON ORCHESTRA - THIS IS A PERFORMANCE BY ANOTHER GROUP MANY YEARS AFTER ELLINGTON'S DEATH.

The indicated timing on the last two tracks is suspect.

Ellington performance recorded in Denmark, features the Ellington Orch. includes two approximately 70-minute sets recorded a few days apart in 1971. Repertoire is similar, the performances are hardly identical-- includes Cootie Williams, Paul Gonsalves and Ben Webster.

2 programs filmed January 23, 1967 for Danish t.v. one is Duke jamming with an octet from his orchestra, the other is focused on Ellington's piano, solo and as a trio.

This movie, made in 1930, features the Ellington Orchestra. The following are the DEO recordings according to Stratemann's Duke Ellington: Day by Day and Film by Film.

Three ensembles are featured on this DVD: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, The Mike Bryan Sextet, and The Bobby Hackett Sextet

Looks like a fairly short program, but it's also inexpensive

1. Take the "A" Train [1:09]

1. Cottontail [2:59]

1. "Black & Tan" - Black and Tan Fantasy/The Duke Step Out [6:31]

1. Sophisticated Lady [3:42]

1. Sophisticated Lady [:05]

1. Get Out and Get Under the Moon (Dorsey Brothers Band) (1929)

1. Take the A Train [3:00]

1. Program Start; Le Sucrier Velours [2:58]

1. Black and Tan [19:21]

When I'm Blue (incomplete?)

#1 --

Fats Waller - Your Feets Too Big

Biography

1. Black and Tan Fantasy/ The Duke Step Out (Miley-Ellington) [6:54]

2. Midriff [4:41]

2. Flamingo [2:38]

2. "Black & Tan" - Black Beauty [1:53]

2. Caravan [4:09]

2. Caravan [3:40]

2. Old Man Blues (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra) (1930)

2. Satin Doll [3:24]

2. Lotus Blossom [4:09]

2. Check and Double Check [3:33]

The Mysters Song

2. Take the A Train [2:49]

Nat King Cole - I'm a Shy Guy

Track Selection: Take the "A" Train

2. Black Beauty (D. Ellington) [1:50]

3. Afro Bossa [5:05]

3. Rockin' in Rhythm [1:18]

3. "Black & Tan" - Cotton Club Stomp [:52]

3. The Mooche [4:44]

3. The Mooche [4:10]

3. Heebie Jeebies (Boswell Sisters) (1931)

3. Stormy Weather [5:19]

3. The Second Portrait of the Lion [1:14]

3. Symphony in Black [9:13]

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo (partial)

3. Satin Doll [3:15]

Count Basie (Jimmy Rushing, Vocal) - Take Me Back Baby

Track Selection: Satin Doll

3. Cotton Club Stomp (D. Ellington) [:58]

4. Ad Lib on Nippon [13:35]

4. Stormy Weather [5:18]

4. "Black & Tan" - Flaming Youth [1:53]

4. VIP's Boogie [4:43]

4. V.I.P.'s Boogie [4:43]

4. Sweet Sue / Tiger Rag (dance contest with James Barton, the Harlem Lindy Hoppers, and Chick Webb's band) (1929)

4. Blow by Blow [4:30]

4. Meditation [4:26]

4. Paramound Pictoral No. 889 [5:06]

Three Little Words (twice - possibly not the DEO)

4. Blow by Blow [4:19]

Mills Brothers - Caravan

Track Selection: Stormy Weather

4. Flaming Youth (D. Ellington) [1:54]

5. The Opener [3:33]

5. Blow By Blow [1:50]

5. "Black & Tan" - Same Train [2:18]

5. Solitude [3:41]

5. Solitude [4:43]

5. I Cover the Waterfront / Dinah / Tiger Rag (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra)

5. Jam With Sam [3:24]

5. On the Fringe of the Jungle [8:10]

5. The Hit Parade of 1937 [3:28]

Old Man Blues

5. Things Ain't What They Used to Be [2:40]

Nat King Cole - Calypso Blues

Track Selection: Jam With Sam

5. Same Train (D. Ellington) [2:10]

6. Chelsea Bridge [4:40]

6. Sophisticated Lady [3:34]

6. "Black & Tan" - Black and Tan Fantasy [4:24]

6. Mood Indigo [4:29]

6. Mood Indigo [3:41]

6. My Ohio Home (Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra with Bix Beiderbecke) (1928) (2 transfers: 1st normal, 2nd with closeups)

6. A Bundle of Blues [1:18]

6. Mood Indigo [4:42]

6. Duke Ellington and His Orchestra [8:15]

6. VIP Boogie/Jam With Sam [6:17]

Count Basie - The Start of Something Big

Track Selection: Kinda Dukish

6. Black and Tan Fantasy (Miley-Ellington) [4:26]

7. Blow by Blow - Excerpts From Black, Brown & Beige [4:33]

7. Caravan [4:03]

7. "Check and Double: - Three Little Words/Old Man Blues [3:27]

7. The Hawk Talks [3:46]

7. The Hawk Talks [4:28]

7. Swanee River (Bill Robinson in his famous step dance) (1932)

7. Things Ain't What They Used to Be [2:47]

7. Take the "A" Train; End Credits [6:32]

7. Kinda Dukish [4:55]

Tiny Grimes - Romance Without Finance

Track Selection: Bugle Call Rag

1. Rockin' in Rhythm (D. Ellington) [1:41]

8. Work Song [7:54]

8. The Mooche [4:36]

8. "Symphony in Black" - The Laborers [2:33]

8. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good [2:41]

8. Midnight Sun [3:44]

8. Medley: The Duke Steps Out / Black Beauty / Cotton Club Stomp (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra with Fredi Washington) (1929)

8. VIP Boogie [2:51]

1. Program Start; Take the "A" Train [1:06]

11. Benny's Bugle [4:09]

Louis Armstrong - Swinging on Nothin'

Track Selection: I Got Rhythm

2. Stormy Weather (Arlen/Koehler) [5:19]

9. Come Sunday [6:05]

9. VIP Boogie [4:36]

9. "Symphony in Black" - A Triangle (Dance, Jealousy, Blues) [3:36]

9. Bli Blip [2:44]

9. Beulah's Boogie [3:29]

9. Alabamy Snow (Charlie Wellman) (1930)

9. Kinda Duckish [3:53]

2. Passion Flower [2:57]

12. Blues in G [3:34]

Dizzy Gillespie - Salt Peanuts

3. Bugle Call Rag (Meyers/Pettis/Schoebel) [1:59]

10. Montage [6:22]

10. Solitude [3:35]

10. "Symphony in Black" - A Hymn of Sorrow [1:50]

10. Flamingo [2:49]

10. Love You Like Mad, Love You Like Crazy [3:24]

10. Chinatown, My Chinatown / High Society (Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra) (1931)

10. Bugle Call Rag [8:00]

3. The Jeep Is Jumpin' [2:42]

13. Seven Come Eleven [3:28]

Nat King Cole - That's My Girl

1. The Laborers (D. Ellington) [1:02]

1. Take the "A" Train [1:37]

11. Mood Indigo [4:23]

11. "Symphony in Black" - Harlem Rhythm [1:11]

11. Hot Chocolate (Cottontail) [2:54]

11. Ding Dong Baby [3:38]

11. St. Louis Blues (Bessie Smith)

11. I Got Rhythm [38:30]

4. Sophisticated Lady [3:52]

14. Ain't Got Time [4:00]

Duke Ellington - Satin Doll

2. A Trianle: Dance, Jealously, Blues (D. Ellington) [1:28]

2. Medley: Satin Doll/Sophisticated Lady [5:24]

12. The Hawk Talks [3:38]

12. "Paramount Pictorial No. 889" - Daybreak Express [4:22]

12. C Jam Blues [2:52]

12. Coob's Idea [3:12]

12. Someday Sweetheart (Tessie Maize and Her Darktown Strutters) (1930)

12. Black and Tan Fantasy [38:30]

5. Tippin' and Whisperin' [4:21]

15. Sweet Lorraine [3:38]

3. A Hymn of Sorrow (D. Ellington) [3:37]

3. Meow [4:33]

13. Duke's Place [1:09]

13. "Paramount Pictorial No. 889" - Oh Babe! Maybe Someday [:46]

13. Midnight Sun [3:29]

13. Vibe Boogie [3:23]

13. Who Is It? Who? / Tommy Christian Stomp (Tommy Christian and His Orchestra) (1928)

6. Happy Reunion [3:44]

16. Airmail Special [4:45]

4. Harlem Rhythm (D. Ellington) [1:49]

4. Passion Flower [4:39]

14. "Hit Parade of 1937" - I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter [2:24]

14. Beulah's Boogie [3:24]

14. T.V. Special [2:31]

14. Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away / Mandy (unknown tap duet with band) (1931)

7. Satin Doll [2:05]

8. Deed I Do [2:32]

1. I've Got to Be A Rug Cutter (D. Ellington) [2:08]

5. Things Ain't What They Used to Be [3:19]

15. "Hit Parade of 1937" - Jungle Interlude [1:06]

15. Love You Like Mad, Love You Like Crazy [3:38]

15. Bongo Interlude [2:57]

15. Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie and His Orchestra) (1925)

8. Jam With Sam [2:16]

9. The Sentimental Blues [3:57]

2. Jungle Interlude (D. Ellington) [1:02]

6. Jeep Blues [5:01]

16. "RKO Jamboree No. 7" - Mood Indigo/Sophicated Lady [2:39]

16. Ding Dong Baby [3:12]

16. Air Mail Special [3:12]

15. Tell the World He's Mine (Ruby Darby) (1930)

9. Things Ain't What They Used to Be [1:59]

10. Swing That Music [5:03]

1. Daybreak Express (D. Ellington) [1:03]

7. Perdido [8:03]

17. "RKO Jamboree No. 7" - It Don't Mean a Thing [2:45]

17. Cobb's Idea [3:22]

17. Slide Hamp Slide [5:24]

2. Oh Babe! Maybe Someday (D. Ellington) [3:16]

8. Tootie for Cootie [9:59]

18. "RKO Jamboree No. 7" - Don't Get Around Much Anymore [2:48]

18. Vibe Boogie [2:31]

1. Mood Indigo/ Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Mills-Bigard/ Ellington-Mills-Parish) [2:38]

9. Kinda Dukish/Rockin' in Rhythm [6:05]

19. "A Bundle of Blues" - Rockin' in Rhythm/Stormy Weather [8:59]

19. T.V. Special [2:57]

2. It Don't Mean A Thing (Ellington-Mills) [2:45]

10. Take the "A" Train [3:39]

20. "Belle of the Nineties" (Mae West) - When a Saint Louis Woman Goes Down to New Orleans [2:36]

20. Bongo Interlude [3:13]

3. Don't Get Around Much Anymore (D. Ellington) [2:46]

11. He Huffed and He Puffed and Blew That Horn [2:22]

21. "Belle of the Nineties" (Mae West) - My Old Flame [2:10]

21. Air Mail Special [5:24]

1. Hot Chocolate [Cottontail] (D. Ellington) [2:55]

22. "Belle of the Nineties" (Mae West) - Memphis Blues [1:55]

22. Slide Hamp Slide [2:40]

2. I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good) (Ellington-Webster) [2:43]

3. Flamingo (Anderson-Grouya) [2:49]

4. Bli-blip (Ellington-Kuller) [2:42]

5. Jam Session [C Jam Blues] (Bigard-Ellington) [2:52]

1. Caravan (Ellington-Mills-Tizol) [4:10]

2. V.I.P.'s Boogie Jame With Sam (D. Ellington) [4:43]

3. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington-Mills-Parish) [3:40]

4. Mood Indigo (Bigard-Ellington-Mills) [4:28]

5. The Hawk Talks (L. Bellson) [3:44]

6. The Mooche (Ellington-Mills) [4:44]

7. Solitude (DeLange-Ellington-Mills) [3:41]

1. Three Little Words (Ruby-Kalmar) [1:12]

2. Old Man Blues (D. Ellington) [2:09]

1. When A Saint Louis Woman Goes Down to New Orleans (Johnston-Coslow) [2:28]

2. My Old Flame (Johnston-Coslow) [2:03]

3. Memphis Blues (W. C. Handy) [1:40]

1. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (M. Ellington) [3:39]

2. Shine (Dabney-Brown-Mack) [3:05]