Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962

All compositions by Duke Ellington

1. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 3:19
2. "Something Sexual" – 2:16
3. "The Riff" – 2:25
4. "Bluer" – 2:14
5. "Wailing 'Bout" – 2:48
6. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) – 3:27
7. "Blues a la Willie Cook" – 4:03
8. "Slow Blues Ensemble" – 3:13
9. "Circle of Fourths" (Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 2:12
10. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) – 3:12
11. "Three Trumps" – 2:46
12. "Deep Blues" (Ellington, McAlpin, Rose) – 3:30
13. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 6:51
14. "Paris Blues" – 2:49
15. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:15
16. "Circle Blues" – 5:46
17. "Perdido" (Tizol) – 3:15
18. "The Sky Fell Down" – 4:30
19. "Cotton Tail" – 3:04
20. "Passion Flower" (Strayhorn) – 4:22

• Recorded at Universal Studios, Chicago, on January 17, 1957 (tracks 3–6), January 29, 1957 (tracks 7–12), February 1957 (tracks 1 & 2), at A&R Studio, New York, on March 29, 1962 (tracks 13–16), and at Bell Sound Studios, New York, on May 28, 1962 (tracks 17, 18 & 20), and June 6, 1962 (track 19).

• Duke Ellington – piano (tracks 1–12, 14 & 17–20)
• Billy Strayhorn – piano (tracks 13, 15 & 16)
• Ray Nance – cornet (tracks 13–20), trumpet (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 & 11)
• Cat Anderson (track 1 & 17–20), Bill Berry (track 14 & 17–20), Roy Burrowes (track 14 & 17–20), Willie Cook (tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 & 11), Eddie Mullens (track 14), Clark Terry (tracks 1, 3, 4 & 8–11) – trumpet
• Lawrence Brown (track 13–20), Leon Cox (track 14 & 17–20), Quentin Jackson (track 1), Britt Woodman (track 1) – trombone
• John Sanders – valve trombone (track 1)
• Chuck Connors – bass trombone (track 14 & 17–20)
• Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone (track 1, 14 & 17–20)
• Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet (track 1, 14 & 17–20)
• Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 13–20)
• Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney – baritone saxophone (track 1 & 13–20)
• Aaron Bell (track 13–20), Jimmy Woode (tracks 1–12) – bass
• Sonny Greer (track 14), Sam Woodyard (tracks 1–13, 15–20) – drums
• Unidentified choir (track 2)