Duke Ellington piano solo [Rarest of the rare recordings!]

Duke Ellington piano solo. Pre-recording for ORTF, Paris. July 2, 1970. Telecasted on August 1973 0:00 Fleurette Africaine [mistitled on the cd as La plus belle africaine] 3:26 Carolina Shout (James P. Johnson) 4:37 Take The A Train (Billy Strayhorn) 7:22 Black Beauty 9:47 Warm Valley 11:37 Things Ain't What They Use To Be (Mercer Ellington) 13:32 [first attempt to play Paris Blues] 15:26 New World A-Comin' 24:17 Improvisation on Paris Blues 24:53 Paris Blues 26:23 Come Sunday 28:23 For Billy Strayhorn (aka Lotus Blossom) (Billy Strayhorn) All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated

Added 1 Jun 2026