(In My) Solitude

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

This article is about the song by Duke Ellington. For the album by Willis Jackson, see In My Solitude (Willis Jackson album). For the 1994 album by Terence Blanchard and Jeanie Bryson, see In My Solitude: The Billie Holiday Songbook.

Notable recordings

• Louis Armstrong – recorded for Decca on December 19, 1935[2]
• Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington – The Great Summit (1961)[3]
• Tony Bennett – Tony Bennett on Holiday (1997)
• Billy Eckstine – recorded for National on April 21, 1947[4]
• Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra – for Brunswick, 1934[5]
• Duke Ellington and Ivie Anderson – recorded February 14, 1940 for Columbia[6][3]
• Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach – Money Jungle (1962)[3]
• Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
• The Hi-Los – Ring Around Rosie (1957)
• Billie Holiday – recorded on May 9, 1941 for Okeh[7] and later for Billie Holiday Sings (1952)[8]
• Mulgrew Miller and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – The Duets (1999)[9]
• Mills Blue Rhythm Band - Recorded for Columbia, 1935[10]
• The Mills Brothers – recorded for Decca on September 10, 1936[11]
• Nina Simone – Nina Simone Sings Ellington (1962)[12]
• Sarah Vaughan - The Duke Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1[13]
• Jean-Michel Bernard - performed a rendition of the song for the 2008 film Be Kind Rewind
• Joyce DiDonato - performed a rendition of the song for the 2019 Grammy-winning album Songplay[14]
• Dee Dee Bridgewater – Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (1996)

See also

• List of 1930s jazz standards

References

1. Jazz Standards: "Solitude" (1934)
2. "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
3. Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 379–380. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
4. "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
5. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-89820-083-6.
6. "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
7. "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
8. "Billie Holiday Sings (Solitude)". Billie Holiday. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
9. "Mulgrew Miller Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
10. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-89820-083-6.
11. "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
12. Yanow, Scott. "Nina Simone Sings Ellington". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
13. Yanow, Scott. "The Duke Ellington Songbook Vol. 1". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
14. "Artist: Joyce DiDonato". grammy.com. Retrieved 19 March 2020.