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summary" style="font-style: italic;">Queenie Pie</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Unfinished opera by <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Duke_Ellington_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Duke_Ellington_2.JPG/220px-Duke_Ellington_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Duke_Ellington_2.JPG/330px-Duke_Ellington_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Duke_Ellington_2.JPG/440px-Duke_Ellington_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1742" data-file-height="2696" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Composer Duke Ellington in 1973</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Librettist</th><td 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Wolf (page does not exist)">George C. Wolf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Queenie Pie</b></i> is an unfinished opera by American jazz musician <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a>. It tells a story of a <a href="/wiki/Harlem" title="Harlem">Harlem</a> beautician named Queenie Pie. Ellington referred to the opera as "opera comique", and worked on it from the 1930s until his death in 1974. The opera was later staged in 1986, but the arrangements were lost. In 2007 musician Marc Bolin recreated the opera that was staged in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Opera_Theater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oakland Opera Theater (page does not exist)">Oakland Opera Theater</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Queenie_Pie&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Madam_CJ_Walker_face_circa_1914.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Madam_CJ_Walker_face_circa_1914.jpg/170px-Madam_CJ_Walker_face_circa_1914.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Madam_CJ_Walker_face_circa_1914.jpg/255px-Madam_CJ_Walker_face_circa_1914.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Madam_CJ_Walker_face_circa_1914.jpg/340px-Madam_CJ_Walker_face_circa_1914.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="573" /></a><figcaption>Madam C. J. Walker, prototype of Queenie Pie</figcaption></figure> <p>Ellington first had an idea to write an opera about a Harlem beautician <a href="/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker" title="Madam C. J. Walker">Madam C. J. Walker</a>, a black millionaire, in 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-npr_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theoperaticsaxophone_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theoperaticsaxophone-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started to work on a "street opera" in 1962, and got a commission from a New York's <a href="/wiki/WNET" title="WNET">WNET</a> TV station for an hour-long opera.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-npr_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-theoperaticsaxophone_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theoperaticsaxophone-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970 NET Opera commissioned Ellington to complete the opera. In 1971 <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Peress" title="Maurice Peress">Maurice Peress</a> was hired to assist with arrangements, he worked with Ellington in 1972–1973. Ellington saw his opera as "opera comique", and had an idea "to 'interrupt' his television opera with commercials and news bulletins about Queenie's life".<sup id="cite_ref-peress_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peress-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="poem"> <p>If you are agreeable to the eye<br /> Of your favorite guy<br /> You can make him hit the sky ...<br /> Just apply some Queenie Pie ...<br /> And try, I mean, BUY. </p> </div> <p>Ellington was thinking about the personnel, and chose <a href="/wiki/Lena_Horne" title="Lena Horne">Lena Horne</a> for Queenie, Maurice Peress as a conductor for Ellington Orchestra, "supplemented with French horns, a harp, and a small string section", and himself as a narrator.<sup id="cite_ref-peress_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peress-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peress gives one piece of a dialogue that Ellington wrote for the opera:<sup id="cite_ref-peress_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peress-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="poem"> <p>Queenie: Li'l Daddy, this NUCLI? Will it make hair grow?<br /> Li'l Daddy: Two inches a day.<br /> Queenie: Will it make freckles go?<br /> Li'l Daddy: Just wipe 'em away.<br /> Queenie: Will it remove a wrinkle?<br /> Li'l Daddy: A touch in a twinkle.<br /> Queenie: What about a blister?<br /> Li'l Daddy: She'd think her sweetheart kissed her. </p> </div> <p>Duke Ellington died on May 24, 1974, before the demo tape was recorded.<sup id="cite_ref-peress_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peress-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Queenie_Pie&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The opera is about Queenie Pie, a black beautician named best in town, who is challenged by a lighter-skinned woman, Café O'Lay. Queenie's manager and lover, Holt Faye, falls in love with O'Lay, but she shoots and kills him in a quarrel. Queenie Pie then departs to a magic island, "in search of a magic flower, meets up with a king and a witch doctor and ultimately has reconciliation with Café O'Lay."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Completion_history">Completion history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Queenie_Pie&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Completion history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1980s, <a href="/wiki/John_A._Williams" title="John A. Williams">John A. Williams</a> and the composer and flautist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leslie_Burrs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leslie Burrs (page does not exist)">Leslie Burrs</a>, with the agreement of <a href="/wiki/Mercer_Ellington" title="Mercer Ellington">Mercer Ellington</a>, began collaborating on the completion of <i>Queenie Pie</i>. The project fell through, and the opera was eventually completed by other hands.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maurice Peress participated in staging the <i>Queenie Pie</i> on Broadway in 1986–1987. <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_C._Wolf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George C. Wolf (page does not exist)">George C. Wolf</a> wrote a libretto based on Ellington's notes.<sup id="cite_ref-peress_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-peress-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1986 arrangement was lost, but the opera was later recreated from notes and staged in 2008 by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marc_Bolin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marc Bolin (page does not exist)">Marc Bolin</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oakland_Opera_Theater&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oakland Opera Theater (page does not exist)">Oakland Opera Theater</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-npr_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2014 by <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Opera" title="Long Beach Opera">Long Beach 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href="/wiki/Ellington_%2755" title="Ellington '55">Ellington '55</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dance_to_the_Duke!" title="Dance to the Duke!">Dance to the Duke!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellington_Showcase" title="Ellington Showcase">Ellington Showcase</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Historically_Speaking_(Duke_Ellington_album)" title="Historically Speaking (Duke Ellington album)">Historically Speaking</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_Presents..." title="Duke Ellington Presents...">Duke Ellington Presents...</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Porgy_and_Bess" title="The Complete Porgy and Bess">The Complete Porgy and Bess</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Drum_Is_a_Woman" title="A Drum Is a Woman">A Drum Is a Woman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Sessions,_Chicago_1956" title="Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956">Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Such_Sweet_Thunder" title="Such Sweet Thunder">Such Sweet Thunder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Sessions_1957_%26_1962" title="Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962">Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellington_Indigos" title="Ellington Indigos">Ellington Indigos</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black,_Brown_and_Beige_(1958_album)" title="Black, Brown and Beige (1958 album)">Black, Brown and Beige</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_at_the_Bal_Masque" title="Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque">Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosmic_Scene" title="The Cosmic Scene">The Cosmic Scene</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Reunion" title="Happy Reunion">Happy Reunion</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Party" title="Jazz Party">Jazz Party</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anatomy_of_a_Murder#Soundtrack" title="Anatomy of a Murder">Anatomy of a Murder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Festival_Session" title="Festival Session">Festival Session</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_in_Orbit" title="Blues in Orbit">Blues in Orbit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Nutcracker_Suite_(Duke_Ellington_album)" title="The Nutcracker Suite (Duke Ellington album)">The Nutcracker Suite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piano_in_the_Background" title="Piano in the Background">Piano in the Background</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swinging_Suites_by_Edward_E._and_Edward_G." title="Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.">Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unknown_Session" title="Unknown Session">Unknown Session</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piano_in_the_Foreground" title="Piano in the Foreground">Piano in the Foreground</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paris_Blues#Soundtrack" title="Paris Blues">Paris Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Featuring_Paul_Gonsalves" title="Featuring Paul Gonsalves">Featuring Paul Gonsalves</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midnight_in_Paris_(album)" title="Midnight in Paris (album)">Midnight in Paris</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Sessions,_New_York_1962" title="Studio Sessions, New York 1962">Studio Sessions, New York 1962</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Afro-Bossa" title="Afro-Bossa">Afro-Bossa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Symphonic_Ellington" title="The Symphonic Ellington">The Symphonic Ellington</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington%27s_Jazz_Violin_Session" title="Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session">Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Sessions_New_York_1963" title="Studio Sessions New York 1963">Studio Sessions New York 1963</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_People_(Duke_Ellington_album)" title="My People (Duke Ellington album)">My People</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellington_%2765" title="Ellington '65">Ellington '65</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_Plays_Mary_Poppins" title="Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins">Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellington_%2766" title="Ellington '66">Ellington '66</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Concert_in_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Concert in the Virgin Islands">Concert in the Virgin Islands</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Popular_Duke_Ellington" title="The Popular Duke Ellington">The Popular Duke Ellington</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Far_East_Suite" title="Far East Suite">Far East Suite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jaywalker" title="The Jaywalker">The Jaywalker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Sessions,_1957,_1965,_1966,_1967,_San_Francisco,_Chicago,_New_York" title="Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York">Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/...And_His_Mother_Called_Him_Bill" title="...And His Mother Called Him Bill">...And His Mother Called Him Bill</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington%27s_Sacred_Concerts#Second_Sacred_Concert" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts">Second Sacred Concert</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Sessions_New_York,_1968" title="Studio Sessions New York, 1968">Studio Sessions New York, 1968</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Latin_American_Suite" title="Latin American Suite">Latin American Suite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pianist_(album)" title="The Pianist (album)">The Pianist</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Suite" title="New Orleans Suite">New Orleans Suite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orchestral_Works" title="Orchestral Works">Orchestral Works</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Suites,_New_York_1968_%26_1970" title="The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970">The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Intimacy_of_the_Blues" title="The Intimacy of the Blues">The Intimacy of the Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Afro-Eurasian_Eclipse" title="The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse">The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Studio_Sessions_New_York_%26_Chicago,_1965,_1966_%26_1971" title="Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971">Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Intimate_Ellington" title="The Intimate Ellington">The Intimate Ellington</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ellington_Suites" title="The Ellington Suites">The Ellington Suites</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_One%27s_for_Blanton!" title="This One's for Blanton!">This One's for Blanton!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Up_in_Duke%27s_Workshop" title="Up in Duke's Workshop">Up in Duke's Workshop</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke%27s_Big_4" title="Duke's Big 4">Duke's Big 4</a></i></li> <li><i>Mood Ellington</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_at_Fargo,_1940_Live" title="Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live">Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black,_Brown_and_Beige_(1946_album)" title="Black, Brown and Beige (1946 album)">Black, Brown, and Beige</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Hall_Concerts:_January_1943" title="The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943">The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Hall_Concerts:_December_1944" title="The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944">The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Hall_Concerts:_January_1946" title="The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946">The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carnegie_Hall_Concerts:_December_1947" title="The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947">The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellington_at_Newport" title="Ellington at Newport">Ellington at Newport</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dance_Concerts,_California_1958" title="Dance Concerts, California 1958">Dance Concerts, California 1958</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dance_Dates,_California_1958" title="Dance Dates, California 1958">Dance Dates, California 1958</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newport_1958" title="Newport 1958">Newport 1958</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_the_Plaza_Vol._II" title="Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II">Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_at_the_Alhambra" title="Duke Ellington at the Alhambra">Duke Ellington at the Alhambra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Blue_Note_(Duke_Ellington_album)" title="Live at the Blue Note (Duke Ellington album)">Live at the Blue Note</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Summer_Dance" title="Hot Summer Dance">Hot Summer Dance</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Paris_Concert" title="The Great Paris Concert">The Great Paris Concert</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington%27s_Sacred_Concerts#Concert_of_Sacred_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts">A Concert of Sacred Music</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_the_Uncommon_Market" title="In the Uncommon Market">In the Uncommon Market</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Call" title="Soul Call">Soul Call</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yale_Concert" title="Yale Concert">Yale Concert</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/70th_Birthday_Concert_(Duke_Ellington_album)" title="70th Birthday Concert (Duke Ellington album)">70th Birthday Concert</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Togo_Brava_Suite" title="Togo Brava Suite">Togo Brava Suite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Whitney" title="Live at the Whitney">Live at the Whitney</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington%27s_Sacred_Concerts#Third_Sacred_Concert" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke Ellington's Sacred Concerts">Third Sacred Concert</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_Performance" title="Eastbourne Performance">Eastbourne Performance</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Collaborations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Rose_(album)" title="Blue Rose (album)">Blue Rose</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald_Sings_the_Duke_Ellington_Song_Book" title="Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book">Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Side_by_Side_(Duke_Ellington_and_Johnny_Hodges_album)" title="Side by Side (Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges album)">Side by Side</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_Back:_Duke_Ellington_and_Johnny_Hodges_Play_the_Blues" title="Back to Back: Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges Play the Blues">Back to Back</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Summit" title="The Great Summit">The Great Summit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/First_Time!_The_Count_Meets_the_Duke" title="First Time! The Count Meets the Duke">First Time! The Count Meets the Duke</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_Meets_Coleman_Hawkins" title="Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins">Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Money_Jungle" title="Money Jungle">Money Jungle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington_%26_John_Coltrane" title="Duke Ellington & John Coltrane">Duke Ellington & John Coltrane</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Serenade_to_Sweden" title="Serenade to Sweden">Serenade to Sweden</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_at_Duke%27s_Place" title="Ella at Duke's Place">Ella at Duke's Place</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Stockholm_Concert,_1966" title="The Stockholm Concert, 1966">The Stockholm Concert, 1966</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_and_Duke_at_the_Cote_D%27Azur" title="Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur">Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Francis_A._%26_Edward_K." title="Francis A. & Edward K.">Francis A. & Edward K.</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It_Don%27t_Mean_a_Thing_If_It_Ain%27t_Got_That_Swing_(album)" title="It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (album)">It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compositions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/African_Flower" title="African Flower">African Flower</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Too_Soon" title="All Too Soon">All Too Soon</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Azure_(song)" title="Azure (song)">Azure</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black_and_Tan_Fantasy" title="Black and Tan Fantasy">Black and Tan Fantasy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Black,_Brown_and_Beige" title="Black, Brown and Beige">Black, Brown and Beige</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/C_Jam_Blues" title="C Jam Blues">C Jam Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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Harlem</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everything_but_You_(Don_George_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Everything but You (Don George song)">Everything but You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Ain%27t_Got_Nothin%27_but_the_Blues" title="I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues">I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Didn%27t_Know_About_You" title="I Didn't Know About You">I Didn't Know About You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Got_It_Bad_(and_That_Ain%27t_Good)" title="I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)">I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Let_a_Song_Go_Out_of_My_Heart" title="I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart">I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Beginning_to_See_the_Light" title="I'm Beginning to See the Light">I'm Beginning to See the Light</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Just_a_Lucky_So-and-So" title="I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So">I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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