(In My) Solitude

"(In My) Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.^[1]

Notable recordings

• Paul Robeson, bass with orchestra. Recorded in London on October 18, 1937. It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue number B 8664.
• Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson - 1940
• Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach - Money Jungle (1962)
• Billie Holiday (1941)
• Billy Eckstine, (1947 with the Billy Eckstine Orchestra and 1983 with Gil Askey)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
• Tony Bennett and Count Basie - In Person! (1959)
• Aretha Franklin for her album "Laughing on the Outside" (1962).
• Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962)
• Jimmy Scott
• Terence Blanchard and Jeanie Bryson - In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook (1994)
• Dr. John - Duke Elegant (2000)
• Etta James - Blue Gardenia (2001)
• Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2008)
• Marianne Faithful - Easy Come, Easy Go (2008)

Movies

This song is in "Saving Private Ryan" (1998).

See also

• List of 1930s jazz standards

References