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A1	Caravan Written By – Ellington/Tizol/MillsWritten-By – Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol	3:50
A2	In A Mellotone Written By – Ellington/GablerWritten-By – Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler	3:08
A3	Solid Old Man Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:45
Selections From Black, Brown And Beige: [A4]
A4	Spiritual (Come Sunday) Work Song Written-By – Duke Ellington	12:57
Black, Brown And Beige Selections (Cont.): [B1]
B1	The Blues Written-By – Duke Ellington	6:02
B2	Rugged Romeo Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:12
B3	Sono Written-By – Duke Ellington	5:30
B4	Air-Conditioned Jungle Written By – Hamilton/EllingtonWritten-By – Duke Ellington, Jimmy Hamilton	6:20
B5	Pitter Panther Patter Written-By – Duke Ellington	2:45
C1	Take The "A" Train Written-By – Billy Strayhorn	3:35
A Tonal Group: [C2, C3, C4]
C2	Melloditti Written-By – Duke Ellington	8:20
C3	Fugueaditty Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:18
C4	Jam-A-Ditty Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:24
C5	Magenta Haze Written-By – Duke Ellington	5:26
D1	Diminuendo In Blue/Transblucency Written By – Ellington [Diminuendo In Blue], Brown/Ellington [Transblucency]Written-By – Duke Ellington, Lawrence Brown	8:06
D2	Crescendo In Blue Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:59
D3	Suburbanite Written-By – Duke Ellington	4:35
D4	I'm Just A Lucky So And So Written By – Ellington/DavidWritten-By – Duke Ellington, Mack David	4:55
D5	Riffin' Drill Written-By – Duke Ellington	3:14

Credits

• Arranged By – Duke Ellington
• Arranged By [Assistant] – Billy Strayhorn
• Art Direction – Phil Carroll
• Bass – Oscar Pettiford
• Design – Lance Anderson
• Drums – Sonny Greer
• Guitar – Al Lucas, Fred Guy
• Leader – Duke Ellington
• Liner Notes – Stanley Dance
• Mastered By – David Turner
• Piano – Duke Ellington
• Reeds – Al Sears, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwicke*
• Trombone – Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, Wilbur DeParis*
• Trumpet – Cat Anderson, Francis Williams, Shelton Hemphill, Taft Jordan
• Vocals – Al Hibbler, Joya Sherrill, Kay Davis

Notes

At this 1946 edition of the Duke's historic 1940's concert series, the emphasis was on expansiveness, with selections from the previously-presented Black, Brown and Beige; a brand new "tonal group"; and a reshaping of one of his earliest longer works, the 1930's pairing of Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue.

Recorded in concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City,
on January 4, 1946

Issued by arrangement with Mercer Records
and Mercer Ellington.

Reprocessed, from original source material,
by Jerry Valburn and Jack Towers.

Mastered, 1977, by David Turner
(Fantasy Studios, Berkeley)

Albums assembled by Orrin Keepnews.

(NOTE: The total length of this concert has made it impossible to
include in this two-record set every selection performed on this
occasion. The omissions were necessarily arbitrarily decided on, and
there was no simple system used. My tendency was to do without
vocal and pop-song numbers and some very-frequently recorded
Ellington standards, and to retain pieces rarely or never to be heard
elsewhere - even if the performance was less than perfect.
- Orrin Keepnews)

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Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
P-24074	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 ‎(2xLP, Album)	Prestige	P-24074	US	1977
2PCD 24074-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 ‎(2xCD)	Prestige	2PCD 24074-2	Germany	1991
HB 6018	Duke Ellington	Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 ‎(2xLP)	Prestige	HB 6018	Italy	1978
PRI-24074	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 ‎(2xLP, Album)	Prestige	PRI-24074	Italy	1978
68.324	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	The Duke Ellington Carnegie Hall Concerts January 1946 ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Prestige	68.324	France	1977