tracks

Three J's Blues
Smada
Pie Eye's Blues
Sweet & Pungent
C Jam Blues
In A Mellow Tone
Blues In Blueprint
The Swingers Get The Blues, Too
The Swinger's Jump
Blues In Orbit
Villes Ville Is The Place, Man
Track 360
Sentimental Lady
Brown Penny
Pie Eye's Blues (Alternate Take)
Sweet & Pungent (Alternate Take)
The Swinger's Jump (Alternate Take)
Blues In Orbit (Alternate Take)
Track 360 (Alternate Take)

notes

Recorded at Columbia's 30th Street Studio, New York City, tracks 1 to 9, 13 to 17 (February 25, 1959 & December 2-3, 1959); and at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, tracks, 10, 12, 18, 19 (February 4 & February 12, 1958).

Tracks 1-11 originally issued as "Blues In Orbit" (Columbia).
Track 12 originally issued on "Listening In Depth" (Columbia).
Tracks 13-17 originally issued on "Duke 56/62 - Volume 2" (French CBS).
Track 18 previously unissued.
Track 19 originally issued on "The Collector's Ellington" (Frankling Mint FM 4002).

All songs ℗ 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc., except "Track 360" originally released 1959, "Blues In Orbit" originally released 1960, "Track 360 (Alternate Take)" originally recorded 1958 and released 1980, and "Blues In Orbit (Alternate Take)" originally recorded 1958 and released 2004.

"© 2009 Sony Music Entertainment/℗ Originally recorded 1958 & released 2004; originally released 1959, 1960, ℗ 2004 Sony Music Entertainment Inc." [along disc edge]

Artwork shows the original Columbia front cover and a facsimile of original back cover; 4-page insert.

Made in the EU

credits

A&R [A&R Coordination] – Stacey Boyle
A&R [Legacy A&R] – Steve Berkowitz
Alto Saxophone – Bill Graham (tracks: 10, 12, 18, 19), Johnny Hodges (tracks: 1 to 9, 11, 13 to 17), Russell Procope (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 19)
Art Direction [Reissue] – Howard Fritzson
Baritone Saxophone – Harry Carney (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 19)
Bass – Jimmy Woode
Bass Clarinet – Harry Carney (tracks: 1 to 9, 13 to 17)
Clarinet – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 1 to 9, 13 to 17), Russell Procope (tracks: 1 to 9, 13 to 17)
Composed By – Duke Ellington (tracks: 3, 5 to 7, 9, 11 to 13, 15, 17, 19)
Design [Reissue] – Randall Martin
Drums – Jimmy Johnson (2) (tracks: 1 to 9, 13 to 17), Sam Woodyard (tracks: 10, 11, 12, 18, 19)
Euphonium [Baritone Horn] – Matthew Gee (tracks: 8)
Liner Notes [Facsimile Back Cover] – Teo Macero
Management [Project Director] – Seth Rothstein
Photography By [Cover] – Jay Maisel
Photography By [Liner] – Don Hunstein
Piano – Billy Strayhorn (tracks: 2, 7), Duke Ellington
Producer [Original Sessions] – Irving Townsend (tracks: 10 to 12, 18, 19), Teo Macero (tracks: 1 to 9, 13 to 17)
Product Manager [Reissue Packaging Manager] – Triana D'Orazio
Recorded By – Fred Plaut (tracks: 1 to 9, 11, 13 to 17), Lowell Frank (tracks: 10, 12, 18, 19)
Reissue Producer – Michael Brooks (2), Michael Cuscuna
Remix [Digitally Remixed By], Remastered By – Mark Wilder
Research [Photo Research] – Liz Reilly
Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hamilton (tracks: 1 to 10, 12 to 19), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 10, 12 to 16, 18, 19)
Trombone – Booty Wood (tracks: 1 to 9, 13 to 17), Britt Woodman, John Sanders (tracks: 10, 11, 12, 18, 19), Matthew Gee (tracks: 1 to 9, 13 to 17), Quentin Jackson (tracks: 10, 11, 12, 18, 19)
Trumpet – Cat Anderson (tracks: 10, 12, 18, 19), Clark Terry (tracks: 10, 12, 18, 19), Shorty Baker, (tracks: 10, 12, 18, 19), Ray Nance
Violin – Ray Nance (tracks: 1, 3 to 5, 13 to 16)

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment
Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0101130659-0101
Recorded At – Columbia 30th Street Studio
Recorded At – Radio Recorders
Remixed At – Sony Music Studios, New York City
Remastered At – Sony Music Studios, New York City

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