A beautiful collection featuring 22 songs by this American master. An extensive section of text includes facts about Ellington's life, and articles on Duke Ellington the composer, the pianist, the bandleader, and the recording studio aficionado.

23 Dixie delights, including: After You've Gone • Basin Street Blues • Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? • King Porter Stomp • Maple Leaf Rag • Mississippi Mud • Some of These Days • Sugar Blues • more

20 greats, including: Basin Street Blues • Bugle Call Rag • A Good Man Is Hard to Find • King Porter Stomp • Maple Leaf Rag • The Original Boogie Woogie • Stormy Weather • Sugar Foot Stomp etc.