Duke Ellington and his Orchestra recorded multiple albums worth of material for this World Broadcasting Series between 1943 and 1945. The songs on this compilation include the best of two volumes which were originally released by Circle Records in 1985. All of the material was recorded on November 8 and 9 of 1943. The album was remastered and pressed on audiophile-grade vinyl at Pallas Group in Germany.

• – Disc 1 –
• 1Rocking in Rhythm
• 2Blue Skies
• 3Boy Meets Horn
• 4Do Nothing ‘Till You Hear from Me
• 5Summertime
• 6Sentimental Lady (Aka “Home”)
• 7Tea for Two
• – Disc 2 –
• 1C Jam Blues (Aka “Jam Blues”)
• 2Hip-Skip-Jump (Aka: “Hop, Skip and Jump”)
• 3Blue Skies
• 4Mood Indigo
• 5Main Stem
• 6A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
• 7Three-Cent Stomp