The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winners

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The Music of Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Individual Songs

East St. Louis Toodle-Oo 1927

Black & Tan Fantasy 1927

Black Beauty 1928

Creole Love Call 1928

Jubilee Stomp 1928

The Mooche 1929

Dreamy Blues/Mood Indigo 1931

Rockin' in Rhythm 1931

Creole Rhapsody 1931

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 1932

Sophisticated Lady 1933

Daybreak Express 1934

Delta Serenade 1935

In a Sentimental Mood 1935

Reminiscing in Tempo 1935

Clarinet Lament 1936

Caravan 1937

Azure 1937

Diga Diga Doo 1937

Blue Reverie 1937

Pyramid 1938

Prelude to a Kiss 1938

Battle of Swing 1939

Blue Light 1939

Subtle Lament 1939

Sergeant was Shy 1939

Ko-Ko 1939

Concerto for Cootie 1939

Cotton Tail 1940

All too Soon 1940

Warm Valley 1941

Take the "A" Train 1941, composed by Billy Strayhorn

I Got it Bad (and That Ain't Good) 1941

Don't Get Around Much Anymore 1942

Moon Mist 1942

Diminuendo 1943

Crescendo in Blue 1943, composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn

Across the Train Blues 1943

Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me 1943

I'm Beginning to See the Light 1944

Perfume Suite 1944

Harlem 1950

Lonesome Valley 1956

A Drum Is a Women 1956, composed by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn

Monologue 1957

Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald 1957

Satin Doll 1958, composed by Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, & Johnny
Mercer

Midnight Indigo 1959

Such Sweet Thunder 1959

Sunswept Sunday 1959


Major Works, Concert Suites, and High Concepts

Black, Brown, and Beige 1945

Newport Jazz Festival Suite 1956

A Drum Is a Woman 1956

Royal Ancestry (Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald) 1957

Shakespearean Suite 1957

Toot Suite 1958

Jump for Joy 1959

Anatomy of a Murder 1959

The Ellington Suites (includes the Queens Suite) 1959

Nutcracker Suite 1960

Paris Blues 1961

The Far East Suite 1964

The Second Sacred Concert 1967

...And His Mother Called Him Bill 1967

New Orleans Suite 1971



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