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"Azure" is a 1937 song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Irving Mills.^[1] The composition is an example of Ellington's early use of bi- and polytonality, and some parts of it are almost atonal in nature.^[2]

Notable recordings

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1958)
Earl Grant - Midnight Sun (1962)

References

^ Jazz Standards website
^ Wallenfeldt, Jeff (2010). The Black Experience in America: From civil rights to the present. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-61530-177-5.

"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"
"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'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)"
"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"

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