By the time of Duke
Ellington's engagement to write and record the music for Otto
Preminger's "Anatomy Of A Murder", he was an elder statesman of jazz.
He'd performed in, and contributed music to, various movies before,
but those were almost all short subjects or B-musicals. Anatomy of a
Murder, by contrast, was a four-star feature film with a first-class cast (led by James Stewart,
Lee Remick and Ben Gazzara) and director. He rose to the occasion, creating a virtuoso jazz
score -- moody, witty, sexy, and -- in its own quiet way -- playful.

The 1999 reissue includes several unedited studio performances by the band, some variant
performances and arrangements, an open-ended Ellington interview intended to publicize the
film and the album, and rehearsal excerpts. The main difference from the original LP or the earlier
foreign CD reissue is that, in going to the original session tapes, this reissue misses the
heavy layer of echo added to the original LP, bringing the detail and presence of the original
band performances much closer.

1. Main Title And Anatomy Of A Murder
   
2. Flirtibird
   
3. Way Early Subtone
   
4. Hero To Zero
   
5. Low Key Lightly
   
6. Happy Anatomy
   
7. Midnight Indigo
   
8. Almost Cried
   
9. Sunswept Sunday
   
10. Grace Valse
    
11. Happy Anatomy
    
12. Haupe
    
13. Upper And Outest
    
14. Anatomy Of A Murder - (bonus track, stereo single)
    
15. Merrily Rolling Along (Hero To Zero)
    
16. Sunswept Sunday - (bonus track)
    
17. Beer Garden - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
    
18. Happy Anatomy - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
    
19. Polly - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
    
20. Polly - (bonus track, previously unreleased, movie stings)
    
21. Happy Anatomy - (bonus track, previously unreleased, dixieland)
    
22. More Blues - (bonus track, previously unreleased, P.I. Five)
    
23. Almost Cried (Flirtibird) - (bonus track, previously unreleased, movie)
    
24. Anatomy Of A Murder - (bonus track, previously unreleased)
    
25. Anatomy Of A Murder - (mono single in stereo)
    
26. Grand Finale, The - (bonus track, previously unreleased)