U.K. double vinyl version of the U.S. album 'The World Of Duke Ellington'. A chronologically arranged collection of "singles" recorded between August & December 1947. (An original orange label CBS press from 1974). Featruing musicians Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Greer, Fred Guy, Duke Ellington, Al Sears, Harry Carney, Jimmy Hamilton, Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope, Claude Jones, Lawrence Brown, Tyree Glenn, Dud Bascomb, Francis Williams, Harold Baker, Ray Nance & Shelton Hemphill.