Live at the Blue Note
Live album by Duke Ellington
Released	1959
Recorded	August 9, 1959
Venue	The Blue Note, Chicago
Genre	Jazz
Length	134:46
Label	Roulette
Duke Ellington chronology
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Live at the Blue Note (1959) Festival Session (1959)

Live at the Blue Note is alive album by American pianist, composer and bandleaderDuke Ellington recorded at The Blue Note nightclub inChicago for theRoulette label in 1959.^[1]

The album was originally released as a single LP and rereleased as a double CD in 1994 with fourteen bonus tracks on theBlue Note label.

TheAllMusic review byScott Yanow stated: "This two-CD set gives one a good example of how Duke Ellington's Orchestra sounded in 1959. Greatly expanded from the original single LP, the release essentially brings back a full night by the Ellington band, three nearly complete sets. The music ranges from old favorites to some newer material".^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

All compositions by Duke Ellington, except where noted.

Disc 1

1. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 3:17Bonus track on CD reissue
2. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:40Bonus track on CD reissue
3. "Haupe" [aka "Polly's Theme"] - 3:58
4. "Flirtibird" - 3:01
5. "Pie Eye's Blues" - 3:16
6. "Almost Cried" - 3:20Bonus track on CD reissue
7. "Duael Fuel (Dual Filter)" - (Ellington,Clark Terry) - 11:37Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Sophisticated Lady" (Ellington,Irving Mills,Mitchell Parish) - 3:56
9. "Mr. Gentle and Mr. Cool" (Shorty Baker, Ellington) - 7:17
10. "El Gato" (Cat Anderson) - 4:13Bonus track on CD reissue
11. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) - 4:52Bonus track on CD reissue
12. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross,Jack Lawrence) - 5:30Bonus track on CD reissue
13. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf,Fats Waller) - 4:20Bonus track on CD reissue
14. "Drawing Room Blues" (Strayhorn) - 6:05Bonus track on CD reissue
15. "Tonk" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:57Bonus track on CD reissue

Disc 2

1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington,Milt Gabler) - 2:36
2. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks,Seymour Simons) - 2:31
3. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) - 2:50
4. "Jeep's Blues" (Ellington,Johnny Hodges) - 3:50
5. "Mood Indigo" (Bigard, Ellington, Mills) - 11:02Bonus track on CD reissue
6. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol) - 4:32
7. "Satin Doll" (Ellington, Strayhorn,Johnny Mercer) - 4:48Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "A Disarming Visit by June Christy & Stan Kenton" - 2:56
9. "Newport Up" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 5:03Bonus track on CD reissue
10. "Medley: Black and Tan Fantasy/Creole Love Call/The Mooche" (Ellington, Strayhorn,James "Bubber" Miley) - 9:19
11. "Passion Flower" (Strayhorn) 5:13
12. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Dorothy Fields,Jimmy McHugh) - 4:29
13. "El Gato" (Anderson) - 4:18Bonus track on CD reissue

• Duke Ellington –piano (tracks 1.2-2.13)
• Billy Strayhorn – piano (tracks 1.1 & 1.14)
• Cat Anderson,Shorty Baker,Willie Cook,Clark Terry –trumpet
• Ray Nance – trumpet,violin
• Quentin Jackson,Britt Woodman –trombone
• John Sanders –valve trombone
• Jimmy Hamilton –clarinet,tenor saxophone
• Johnny Hodges –alto saxophone
• Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
• Paul Gonsalves –tenor saxophone
• Harry Carney –baritone saxophone
• Jimmy Woode –bass (tracks 1.1-2.6 & 2.8-2.13)
• Johnny Pate – bass (track 2.7)
• Sam Woodyard –drums
• James "Jimmy" Johnson Jr. –drums

• 1959 live albums
• Duke Ellington live albums
• Roulette Records live albums
• Albums recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club

• Use mdy dates from May 2025
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Articles with hAudio microformats
• Album articles lacking alt text for covers