| # | Title | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | Jack the Bear | | 3:14 |
| 2 | Koko | | 2:44 |
| 3 | Concerto for Cootie | | 3:22 |
| 4 | Cotton Tail- recorded in:
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone:
- Otto Hardwick (on 1940-05-04) and Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone [as]:
- Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04) and Otto Hardwicke (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone and clarinet:
- Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
- alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet, baritone saxophone and baritone saxophone [bars]:
- Harry Carney (on 1940-05-04)
- clarinet:
- Harry Carney and Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04)
- clarinet [cl] and clarinet and tenor saxophone:
- Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04)
- cornet and cornet [c]:
- Rex Stewart (on 1940-05-04)
- double bass, double bass [b] and double bass [bass]:
- Jimmy Blanton (on 1940-05-04)
- drums (drum set) and drums (drum set) [d]:
- Sonny Greer (on 1940-05-04)
- guitar and guitar [g]:
- Fred Guy (on 1940-05-04)
- piano and piano [p]:
- Duke Ellington (on 1940-05-04)
- reeds:
- Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04), Harry Carney (on 1940-05-04), Otto Hardwick (on 1940-05-04) and Johnny Hodges (on 1940-05-04)
- tenor saxophone:
- Ben Webster (on 1940-05-04)
- tenor saxophone [ts]:
- Barney Bigard (on 1940-05-04) and Ben Webster (on 1940-05-04)
- trombone:
- Lawrence Brown (on 1940-05-04), Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-05-04) and Juan Tizol (on 1940-05-04)
- trombone [tb]:
- Lawrence Brown (on 1940-05-04) and Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton (on 1940-05-04)
- trumpet:
- Wallace Jones (on 1940-05-04), Rex Stewart (on 1940-05-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-05-04)
- trumpet [t]:
- Wallace Jones (on 1940-05-04) and Cootie Williams (on 1940-05-04)
- valve trombone and valve trombone [vtb]:
- Juan Tizol (on 1940-05-04)
- arranger:
- Duke Ellington and Ben Webster
- recording of:
- Cotton Tail (on 1940-05-04)
- lyricist and composer:
- Duke Ellington
| | 3:14 |
| 5 | Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore) | | 3:20 |
| 6 | In a Mellow Tone | | 3:21 |
| 7 | Warm Valley | | 3:21 |
| 8 | Chloe | | 3:27 |
| 9 | Take the "A" Train | | 2:53 |
| 10 | John Hardy's Wife | | 3:29 |
| 11 | Blue Serge | | 3:24 |
| 12 | Clementine | | 2:59 |
| 13 | Five O'Clock Drag | | 3:17 |
| 14 | Perdido | | 3:13 |
| 15 | "C" Jam Blues | | 2:42 |
| 16 | Main Stem | | 2:51 |
| 17 | I'm Beginning to See the Light | | 3:14 |
| 18 | Carnegie Blues | | 2:49 |
| 19 | The Mood to Be Wooed | | 3:03 |
| 20 | Things Ain't What They Used to Be | | 3:09 |