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Such Sweet Thunder

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Released
  
April 1957 or May 1957

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
76:25

Release date
  
May 1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
August 7, 1956 – May 3, 1957

Producer
  
Irving Townsend - Original Recording Phil Schaap - Reissue

Such Sweet Thunder (1957)
  
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook (1957)

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Jazz albums

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Such Sweet Thunder is a Duke Ellington album, released in 1957. The record is a twelve part suite based on the work of William Shakespeare.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Such Sweet Thunder" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:22
  2. "Sonnet for Caesar" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:00
  3. "Sonnet to Hank Cinq" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:24
  4. "Lady Mac" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:41
  5. "Sonnet in Search of a Moor" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:22
  6. "The Telecasters" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:05
  7. "Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:09
  8. "Sonnet for Sister Kate" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:24
  9. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:00
  10. "Madness in Great Ones" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:26
  11. "Half the Fun" (Also known as "Lately") (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:19
  12. "Circle of Fourths" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:45

Bonus tracks

  1. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Also known as "Pretty Girl") (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:15
  2. "Circle of Fourths" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:47
  3. "Suburban Beauty" (Ellington) - 2:56
  4. "A-Flat Minor" (Ellington) - 2:33
  5. "Café au Lait" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:49
  6. "Half the Fun" (Alternate take) (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:08
  7. "Suburban Beauty" (Alternate take) (Ellington) - 2:56
  8. "A-Flat Minor" (Outtake) (Ellington) - 3:49
  9. "Café au Lait" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:21
  10. "Pretty Girl" (Also known as the "Star-Crossed Lovers") (Outtake) (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 8:54

Musicians

  • 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
  • Duke Ellington - Piano
  • Sam Woodyard - Drums
  • Billy Strayhorn - Orchestration

    • Production

  • Irving Townsend - Liner Notes, Original Recording Producer
  • Phil Schaap - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer, Remastering, Research, Restoration. (No reissue retains Clark Terry's quotation, on the original LP release, of Puck's "Lord, what fools these mortals be!")
  • Steven Berkowitz - A&R
  • Darren Salmieri - A&R
  • Mark Wilder - Digital Mastering
  • Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
  • Don Hunstein - Photography
  • Randall Martin - Design
  • Juliana Myrick - Package Manager

    • Critical reception

    NPR has included this album on their Basic Jazz Record Library. The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 4 stars (out of a possible 4.) Allmusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars.

    Songs

    1Such Sweet ThunderDuke Ellington's Washingtonians3:21
    2Sonnet for CaesarDuke Ellington's Washingtonians2:58
    3Sonnet to Hank CinqDuke Ellington's Washingtonians1:20

    References

    Such Sweet Thunder Wikipedia
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