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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 is a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan, focusing on the works of Duke Ellington.

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Reviewing the album for Allmusic, Scott Yanow wrote that the album showed that Vaughan "never did decline" and sounded "top form throughout". Yanow chose "I Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues," "Chelsea Bridge," "Rocks in My Bed," "I Got It Bad" and "Mood Indigo" as highlights.[1]

Track listing

  1. "I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues" (Duke Ellington, Don George) - 4:36
  2. "Black Butterfly" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:03
  3. "Chelsea Bridge" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:26
  4. "What Am I Here For?" (Ellington, Frankie Laine) - 3:34
  5. "Tonight I Shall Sleep (With a Smile on My Face)" (Ellington, Mack Gordon) - 3:59
  6. "Rocks in My Bed" (Ellington) - 5:22
  7. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:31
  8. "Everything But You" (Ellington, George, Harry James) - 5:29
  9. "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 5:04
  10. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Mills) - 2:29
  11. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Gordon, Mills) - 5:58

References

  1. ^ a b The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 2 at AllMusic
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 199. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1444. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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