Money Jungle is a jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 album by Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...

 with Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...

 and Max Roach

Max Roach

Maxwell Lemuel "Max" Roach was an American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer.A pioneer of bebop, Roach went on to work in many other styles of music, and is generally considered alongside the most important drummers in history...

  recorded on September 17, 1962 and released in February 1963 by United Artists Jazz

United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein of United Artists in 1957 initially to distribute records of its movie soundtracks, though it soon branched out into recording music of a number of different genres.-History:...

.

The LP reworks a few older compositions ("Caravan" and "Solitude"); however, Ellington wrote the bulk of the material specifically for the LP.

All songs composed by Duke Ellington solely (except where otherwise stated).

LP (1963 — United Artists Records UAJ 14017)

Side one

1. Money Jungle — 5:20
2. Le Fleurs Africaines (African Flower) — 3:36
3. Very Special — 4:26
4. Warm Valley — 3:32

Side two

1. Wig Wise — 3:20
2. Caravan
   Caravan (song)
   "Caravan" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and first performed by Duke Ellington in 1937. Irving Mills wrote the lyrics, but he sometimes is not credited on the many instrumental versions. Its exotic sound interested exotica musicians; Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman both covered it. Woody...
   
    — 4:12
     (Music by Juan Tizol
   Juan Tizol
   Juan Tizol was a Puerto Rican trombonist and composer.He was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Music was a large part of his life from an early age. His first instrument was the violin, but he soon switched to valve trombone, the instrument he would play throughout his career...
   
   ; Lyrics by Irving Mills
   Irving Mills
   Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
   
   ).
3. Solitude
   (In My) Solitude
   " Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.- Notable recordings :* Paul Robeson, bass with orchestra. Recorded in London on October 18, 1937...
   
    — 5:33
     (Music by Duke Ellington; Lyrics by Eddie DeLange
   Eddie DeLange
   Eddie DeLange was an American bandleader and lyricist. Famous artists who recorded some of DeLange's songs include Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, and Benny Goodman.-Biography:...
   
    and Irving Mills
   Irving Mills
   Irving Mills was a jazz music publisher, also known by the name of "Joe Primrose."Mills was born to Jewish parents in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He founded Mills Music with his brother Jack in 1919...
   
   ).

CD (1987 — Blue Note CDP 7 46398 2)

This 1987 reissue on CD changed the order of the songs, and added four previously unreleased works written for this session (+two alternate takes). The order presented in this edition was actually the order in which the songs were recorded.

1. Very Special — 4:27
2. A Little Max (Parfait) — 2:58
3. A Little Max (Parfait) — 3:56
     Alternate take.
4. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) — 3:37
5. REM Blues — 4:17
6. Wig Wise — 3:19
7. Switch Blade — 5:25
8. Caravan
   Caravan (song)
   "Caravan" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and first performed by Duke Ellington in 1937. Irving Mills wrote the lyrics, but he sometimes is not credited on the many instrumental versions. Its exotic sound interested exotica musicians; Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman both covered it. Woody...
   
    — 4:14
9. Money Jungle — 5:30
10. Solitude
    (In My) Solitude
    " Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.- Notable recordings :* Paul Robeson, bass with orchestra. Recorded in London on October 18, 1937...
    
     — 4:44
      Alternate take.
11. Solitude
    (In My) Solitude
    " Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.- Notable recordings :* Paul Robeson, bass with orchestra. Recorded in London on October 18, 1937...
    
     — 5:34
12. Warm Valley — 3:34
13. Backward Country Boy Blues — 6:19

CD (2002 — Blue Note 38227)

On this reissue we're back with the original ordering of the first seven songs — with the other four songs added at the end (+four alternate takes).

1. Money Jungle — 5:29
2. Fleurette Africaine (African Flower) — 3:36
3. Very Special — 4:26
4. Warm Valley — 3:32
5. Wig Wise — 3:20
6. Caravan
   Caravan (song)
   "Caravan" is a jazz standard composed by Juan Tizol and first performed by Duke Ellington in 1937. Irving Mills wrote the lyrics, but he sometimes is not credited on the many instrumental versions. Its exotic sound interested exotica musicians; Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman both covered it. Woody...
   
    — 4:12
7. Solitude
   (In My) Solitude
   " Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.- Notable recordings :* Paul Robeson, bass with orchestra. Recorded in London on October 18, 1937...
   
    — 5:33
8. Switch Blade – 5:24
9. A Little Max (Parfait) – 2:58
10. REM Blues – 4:18
11. Backward Country Boy Blues – 6:33
12. Solitude
    (In My) Solitude
    " Solitude" is a 1934 jazz standard, composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Eddie DeLange and Irving Mills.- Notable recordings :* Paul Robeson, bass with orchestra. Recorded in London on October 18, 1937...
    
    – 4:44
      Alternate take.
13. Switch Blade – 5:13
      Alternate take.
14. A Little Max (Parfait) — 2:57
      Alternate take.
15. REM Blues — 5:45
      Alternate take.