The Cotton Club (soundtrack)

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The Cotton Club is the soundtrack to the movie of the same name. The album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band in 1986.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Mooche"	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills	3:29
2.	"Cotton Club Stomp #2"	Ellington, Mills, Mitchell Parish	2:40
3.	"Drop Me Off in Harlem"	Ellington, Nick Kenny	3:03
4.	"Creole Love Call"	Ellington	3:01
5.	"Ring Dem Bells"	Ellington, Mills	2:46
6.	"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"	Ellington, Bubber Miley	3:20
7.	"Truckin'"	Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler	2:00
8.	"Ill Wind"	Harold Arlen, Koehler	2:17
9.	"Cotton Club Stomp #1"	Ellington, Harry Carney, John Hodge	2:49
10.	"Mood Indigo"	Ellington, Mills, Barney Bigard	3:34
11.	"Minnie the Moocher"	Cab Calloway, Mills	3:07
12.	"Copper Colored Gal"	J. Fred Coots, Benny Davis	1:15
13.	"Dixie Kidnaps Vera"	Barry	2:37
14.	"The Depression Hits/Best Beats Sandman"	Barry	2:42
15.	"Daybreak Express Medley"	Barry	3:43

Personnel

• John Barry – conductor
• Bob Wilber – conductor, alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet
• Frank Wess – alto, soprano, and baritone saxophone, clarinet
• Chuck Wilson – alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet
• Lawrence Feldman – alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet
• Joe Temperley – alto and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
• Dave Brown – trumpet, vocals
• Marky Markowitz – trumpet
• Randy Sandke – trumpet
• Lew Soloff – trumpet
• Dan Barrett – trombone, valve trombone
• Joel Helleny – trombone
• Britt Woodman – trombone
• Tony Price – tuba
• Bob Stewart – tuba
• Mark Shane – piano
• John Goldsby – bass
• Mike Peters – guitar, banjo
• Chuck Riggs – drums
• Brian Brake – drums
• Dave Samuels, Danny Druckman, Gordon Gottlieb, Ronnie Zito – percussion