Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder (1957).
Написанная в 1957 году, великолепная джазовая сюита Дюка Эллингтона "Такой сладкий гром" не только берет свое название от Шекспира (”такой сладкий гром " - это линия из « Сна в летнюю ночь» ( A Midsummer Night’s Dream ), но и его темы. Двенадцать разделов сюиты включают в себя одиннадцать инструментальных портретов персонажей из Шекспира, а затем финальную часть, посвящённую самому Шекспиру. Работая с его давним партнером Билли Стрэйхорн, Эллингтон создал композицию только после того, как он и его группа появились после Стратфордского Шекспировского фестиваля в Онтарио.
СОДЕРЖАНИЕ
1. Such Sweet Thunder
2. Sonnet for Caesar
3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
4. Lady Mac
5. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
6. Telecasters
7. Up and Down, Up and Down
8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
9. Star Crossed Lovers
10. Madness in Great Ones
11. Half the Fun
12. Circle of Fourths
bonus tracks
13. Star Crossed Lovers (alternate take)
14. Circle of Fourths (alternate take)
15. Suburban Beauty
16. A-Flat Minor
17. Café au Lait
18. Half the Fun (alternate take)
19. Suburban Beauty (alternate take)
20. A-Flat Minor (out-take)
21. Café au Lait (aka Star Crossed Lovers; out-take)
22. Pretty Girl
Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington - composer, arranger
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone
Russell Procope - clarinet, alto saxophone
Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
Harry Carney - bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Cat Anderson - trumpet
Clark Terry - trumpet
Ray Nance - trumpet
Willie Cook - trumpet
Quentin Jackson - trombone
John Sanders - trombone
Britt Woodman - trombone
Jimmy Woode - bass
Sam Woodyard - drums
Billy Strayhorn - orchestration
Recording August 7, 1956 - May 3, 1957
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Such Sweet Thunder
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Sonnet for Caesar
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Sonnet to Hank Cinq
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Lady Mac
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Sonnet in Search of a Moor
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Telecasters
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Up and Down, Up and Down (I Wi
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Sonnet for Sister Kate
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Star-Crossed Lovers
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Madness in Great Ones
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Half the Fun (aka Lately)
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Circle of Fourths
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - The Star-Crossed Lovers (aka P
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Circle of Fourths [Stereo LP M
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Suburban Beauty [Master Take][
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - A-Flat Minor [Preferred Take][
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Cafe au Lait [Preferred Take][
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Half the Fun [Alternate Take][
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Suburban Beauty [Alternate Tak
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - A-Flat Minor [#][*][Outtake]
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Cafe au Lait (aka the Star-Cro
- Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Pretty Girl [*]