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The Queen's Suite
1	Sunset And The Mocking Bird	3:45
2	Lightning Bugs And Frogs	2:47
3	Le Sucrier Velours	2:40
4	Northern Lights	3:30
5	The Single Petal Of A Rose	4:01
6	Apes And Peacocks	3:00
The Goutelas Suite
7	Fanfare	0:29
8	Goutelas	1:09
9	Get-With-Itness	1:51
10	Something	5:17
11	Having At It	3:29
12	Fanfare	0:31
The Uwis Suite
13	Uwis	7:42
14	Klop	1:55
15	Loco Madi Bass [Electric Bass] – Wulf Freedman	5:54
Bonus Track
16	The Kiss	5:26

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Concord Music Group, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Concord Music Group, Inc.
• Mastered At – Joe Tarantino Mastering

Credits

• Double Bass – Jimmy Woode (tracks: 1 to 6), Joe Benjamin (tracks: 7 to 15)
• Drums – Jimmy Johnson (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Rufus Jones (tracks: 7 to 15)
• Liner Notes – Stanley Dance
• Liner Notes [Reissue] – Ashley Kahn
• Mixed By – Adam Muños* (tracks: 16)
• Photography By – Norman Granz
• Piano – Duke Ellington
• Producer – Duke Ellington, Norman Granz (tracks: 7 to 15)
• Reeds – Harold Ashby (tracks: 7 to 15), Harold Minerve (tracks: 7 to 15), Harry Carney (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 15), Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Norris Turney (tracks: 7 to 15), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 12), Russell Procope (tracks: 1 to 4, 6, 13 to 15)
• Reissue Producer – Nick Phillips
• Remastered By – Joe Tarantino
• Trombone – Booty Wood (tracks: 7 to 15), Britt Woodman (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Chuck Connors (tracks: 7 to 15), John Sanders (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Malcolm Taylor (tracks: 7 to 12), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Vince Prudente (tracks: 13 to 15)
• Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Clark Terry (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Cootie Williams (tracks: 7 to 15), Eddie Preston (tracks: 7 to 12), Shorty Baker* (tracks: 1 to 4, 6), Johnny Coles (tracks: 7 to 12), Mercer Ellington (tracks: 7 to 12), Money Johnson (tracks: 7 to 12), Ray Nance (tracks: 1 to 4, 6)
• Written-By – Strayhorn* (tracks: 1 to 6), Ellington*

Notes

All selections recorded in New York City

Tracks #3-4 Recorded Feb 25, 1959.
Tracks #1,6 Recorded April 1, 1959
Track #5 Recorded April 14, 1959

24-bit remastering at Joe Tarantino Mastering, Berkelley, CA.

"The Kiss" mixed at Fantasy Studios, CA.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8 88072 34614 7
• Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2310-762	Duke Ellington	The Ellington Suites ‎(LP)	Pablo Records	2310-762	US	1976
MHS 7260M	Duke Ellington	The Ellington Suites ‎(LP, RE)	Musical Heritage Society	MHS 7260M	US	1985
2335 743	Duke Ellington	The Ellington Suites ‎(LP, Gat)	Pablo Records	2335 743	UK	1976
2310-762	Duke Ellington	The Ellington Suites ‎(LP)	Pablo Records	2310-762	Canada	1976
OJCCD-446-2	Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	The Ellington Suites ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE)	Original Jazz Classics, Pablo Records	OJCCD-446-2	US	1990