The Ellington Suites is an album by the American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington. It collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971, and 1972, and was released on the Pablo label in 1976.[1] The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1976.[2] Ellington and Billy Strayhorn wrote "The Queen's Suite" for Queen Elizabeth II who was presented with a single pressing of the recording, which was not commercially issued during Ellington's lifetime.
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Although there are some good moments from Ellington's orchestras of 1959 and 1971-72, few of the themes (outside of 'The Single Petal of a Rose' from 'The Queen's Suite') are all that memorable. But even lesser Ellington is of great interest and veteran collectors may want to pick this up".[3]
ellington, suites, album, american, pianist, composer, bandleader, duke, ellington, collects, three, suites, recorded, 1959, 1971, 1972, released, pablo, label, 1976, album, grammy, award, best, jazz, performance, band, 1976, ellington, billy, strayhorn, wrote. The Ellington Suites is an album by the American pianist composer and bandleader Duke Ellington It collects three suites recorded in 1959 1971 and 1972 and was released on the Pablo label in 1976 1 The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1976 2 Ellington and Billy Strayhorn wrote The Queen s Suite for Queen Elizabeth II who was presented with a single pressing of the recording which was not commercially issued during Ellington s lifetime The Ellington SuitesStudio album by Duke EllingtonReleased1976RecordedFebruary 25 1959 April 1 1959 April 14 1959 April 27 1971 amp October 5 1972GenreJazzLabelPabloProducerNorman GranzDuke Ellington chronologyLive at the Whitney 1972 The Ellington Suites 1976 This One s for Blanton 1972 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesReception editThe AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states Although there are some good moments from Ellington s orchestras of 1959 and 1971 72 few of the themes outside of The Single Petal of a Rose from The Queen s Suite are all that memorable But even lesser Ellington is of great interest and veteran collectors may want to pick this up 3 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 Track listing editAll compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted The Queen s Suite Sunset and the Mocking Bird Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn 3 50 The Queen s Suite Lightning Bugs and Frogs Strayhorn 6 2 52 The Queen s Suite Le Sucrier Velours Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn 2 46 The Queen s Suite Northern Lights Strayhorn 3 37 The Queen s Suite The Single Petal of a Rose Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn 4 08 The Queen s Suite Apes and Peacocks Duke Ellington Billy Strayhorn 3 05 The Goutelas Suite Fanfare 0 31 The Goutelas Suite Goutelas 1 12 The Goutelas Suite Get With Itness 1 55 The Goutelas Suite Something 5 22 The Goutelas Suite Having at It 3 35 The Goutelas Suite Fanfare 0 34 The Uwis Suite Uwis 7 51 The Uwis Suite Klop 2 00 The Uwis Suite Loco Madi 5 52Recorded February 25 1959 2 4 April 1 1959 1 and 6 April 14 1959 5 April 27 1971 7 12 amp October 5 1972 13 15 Personnel editDuke Ellington piano Russell Procope alto saxophone clarinet tracks 1 4 6 13 15 Harry Carney baritone saxophone tracks 1 4 6 15 Cat Anderson Shorty Baker Ray Nance Clark Terry trumpet tracks 1 4 6 Quentin Jackson Britt Woodman trombone tracks 1 4 6 John Sanders valve trombone tracks 1 4 6 Jimmy Hamilton clarinet tenor saxophone tracks 1 4 6 Johnny Hodges alto saxophone tracks 1 4 6 Paul Gonsalves tenor saxophone tracks tracks 1 4 6 12 Jimmy Woode double bass tracks 1 6 Jimmy Johnson drums tracks 1 4 6 Mercer Ellington Money Johnson Cootie Williams trumpet tracks 7 15 Eddie Preston trumpet tracks 7 12 Johnny Coles trumpet tracks 13 15 Booty Wood trombone tracks 7 15 Malcolm Taylor trombone tracks 7 12 Chuck Connors bass trombone tracks 7 12 Norris Turney alto saxophone tracks 7 15 flute track 10 Harold Minerve alto saxophone clarinet tracks 7 12 Harold Ashby tenor saxophone clarinet tracks 7 15 Joe Benjamin bass tracks 7 15 Rufus Jones drums tracks 7 15 Vince Prudente trombone tracks 13 15 Russ Andrews tenor saxophone tracks 13 15 Wulf Freedman bass guitar track 15 References edit A Duke Ellington Panorama accessed April 12 2010 Grammy Awards Database a b Yanow S AllMusic Review accessed April 12 2010 Swenson J ed 1985 The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide USA Random House Rolling Stone p 69 ISBN 0 394 72643 X Cook Richard Morton Brian 2008 The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings 9th ed Penguin p 440 ISBN 978 0 141 03401 0 When Duke Flirted With The Queen NPR Fresh Air September 9 2013 https www npr org 2013 09 09 220672107 when the duke flirted with the queen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Ellington Suites amp oldid 1033436711, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
