Recorded in Hackensack, New Jersey, July 21 and 27, 1955.
"P" stamped in runouts denotes Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, pressing.
A Carrollton pressing also exists, at Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington.
Issued on facsimile reproduction 1955-56-era white Riverside labels with pastel blue-grey logo design and black printing.
Jacket is a facsimile reproduction of the 1958 reissue, with the addition of the OJC cat. # on jacket back top right and distribution company at bottom.
On spine: © 1982, Fantasy, Inc.
Title on spine: Plays Duke Ellington
Track A1 on jacket: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing"
Cover painting: "The Repast of the Lion," (Courtesy of The Lewisohn Estate).
