Duke Ellington - Hi-Fi Ellington Uptown (1952/1992)

Tracks:

01. Skin Deep (Bellson) - 6:50
02. The Mooche (Ellington-Mills) - 6:37
03. Take the "A" Train (Strayhorn) - 7:59 [Betty Roche - vocals]
04. Perdido (Drake-Lenk-Tizol) - 8:23
05. The Controversial Suite: Before My Time/Later (Ellington) - 10:25
06. A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite) (Ellington) - 13:47

Personnel:

Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn - arranger, piano
Betty Roche, Al Hibbler - vocals
Johnny Hodges - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet
Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
Willie Smith, Hilton Jefferson - alto saxophone
Jimmy Hamilton - tenor saxophone, clarinet
Paul Gonsalves, Al Sears - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
Ray Nance - trumpet, violin
Cat Anderson, Harold "Shorty" Baker, Francis Williams, Willie Cook, Clark Terry - trumpet
Tyree Glenn - trombone, vibraphone
Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, Juan Tizol, Lawrence Brown, Claude Jones - trombone
Fred Guy - guitar
Oscar Pettiford, Junior Raglin, Wendell Marshall - bass
Sonny Greer - drums, tympani
Louis Bellson - drums

Recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York between December 7, 1951 and December 8, 1952.