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Latin American Suite

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Released
  
1972

Latin American Suite (1968-70)
  
The Pianist (1966-70)

Release date
  
1972

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Length
  
36:43

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Producer
  
Duke Ellington

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
November 5, 1968 & January 7, 1970

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

Duke ellington latin american suite


Latin American Suite is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington mainly recorded in 1968, with one track completed in 1970, and released on the Fantasy label in 1972.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3 stars and states "It's a shame that Ellington chose not to keep any of these originals in his repertoire once work was completed on this album".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
  1. "Oclupaca" - 4:20
  2. "Chico Cuadradino" (Ellington, Mercer Ellington) - 5:00
  3. "Eque" - 3:30
  4. "Tina" - 4:34
  5. "The Sleeping Lady and the Giant Who Watches over Her" - 7:25
  6. "Latin American Sunshine" - 6:52
  7. "Brasilliance" - 5:02
  • Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York, NY on November 5, 1968 (tracks 1-3 & 5-7) and January 7, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada (track 4).

    • Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Mercer Ellington, Cootie Williams - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Chuck Connors - bass trombone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Paul Gonsalves tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
  • Jeff Castleman (tracks 1-3 & 5-7), Paul Kondziela (track 4) - bass
  • Rufus Jones - drums

    • Songs

    1Oclupaca4:21
    2Chico Cuadradino5:03
    3Eque3:32

    References

    Latin American Suite Wikipedia
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