(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

Fats Waller, piano. Recorded in New York October 11, 1935
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)
The Hi-Lo's - Ring Around Rosie (1957)
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
Sam Cooke - Tribute to the Lady (1959)
Tony Bennett and Count Basie - In Person! (1959)
Roy Hamilton - Have Blues Must Travel (1959)
Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington : The Great Summit/Complete Sessions (1961)
Aretha Franklin for her album "Laughing on the Outside" (1962).
Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962)
Jimmy Scott
Matt Johnson recorded a version for the Shades of Blue EP by The The (1990)
Terence Blanchard and Jeanie Bryson - In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook (1994)
Mulgrew Miller and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - The Duets (1999)^[2]
Dr. John - Duke Elegant (2000)
Etta James - Blue Gardenia (2001)
Eyran Katsenelenbogen (2005)
Herbie Hancock - River: The Joni Letters (2008)
Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come, Easy Go (2008)
Mark Isham & Kate Ceberano recorded a version for their Bittersweet album in (2009).
Opeth - live version - Pale Communion (2014)
Ulver - Shadows of the Sun (2007)

Movies

This song is in "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). This song, in instrumental version, plays on the radio in the HBO mini-series "Angels in America" (2004), while character Harper Pitt contemplates her profound solitude.

References

↑ Jazz Standards: "Solitude" (1934)
↑ "Mulgrew Miller Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 7 March 2017.

Duke Ellington

Studio albums

Live albums

Collaborations

with Alice Babs	Serenade to Sweden
with Count Basie	First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
with Teresa Brewer	It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
with Rosemary Clooney	Blue Rose
with John Coltrane	Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
with Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook Ella at Duke's Place The Stockholm Concert, 1966 Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
with Coleman Hawkins	Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
with Frank Sinatra	Francis A. & Edward K.

Compositions

"African Flower"
"All Too Soon"
"Azure"
"Black and Tan Fantasy"
"Black, Brown and Beige"
"C Jam Blues"
"Cotton Tail"
"Day Dream"
"Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
"Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
"Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
"Drop Me Off in Harlem"
"Echoes of Harlem"
"Everything But You"
"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"
"I Didn't Know About You"
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
"I'm Beginning to See the Light"
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
"In a Mellow Tone"
"In a Sentimental Mood"
"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
"Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
"The Mooche"
"Mood Indigo"
" Prelude to a Kiss"
"Rocks in My Bed"
"(In My) Solitude"
"Sophisticated Lady"

Billy Strayhorn compositions associated with Ellington	"Take the "A" Train" "Lush Life" "Chelsea Bridge" "Something to Live For" "Satin Doll" "Blood Count"
Juan Tizol compositions associated with Ellington	"Caravan" "Perdido"

Orchestra
members

Filmography

Discography

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(In My) Solitude

Notable recordings

Movies

See also

References