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Released
  
1961

Artist
  
Duke Ellington

Producer
  
Irving Townsend

Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G. (1960)
  
Unknown Session (1960)

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
TP4 Music

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Recorded
  
June 28, 29 & 30, and October 10, 1960 Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, CA

Genres
  
Jazz, Swing music, Big band, Third stream

Similar
  
Duke Ellington albums, Swing music albums, Other albums

Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G. (also known as Peer Gynt Suite/Suite Thursday) is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded for the Columbia label in 1960 featuring a jazz interpretation of "Peer Gynt" by Grieg and Ellington's tribute to John Steinbeck's "Sweet Thursday", co-written by Billy Strayhorn. The album was rereleased on CD as Three Suites along with Ellington's reworking of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" in 1990.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.

In the 1960s, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music made a statement, referring to a Swedish paragraph called "Klassikerskyddet" ("Protection of Classics") in the copyright legislation, that Duke Ellington's jazz versions on the album were "offending to the nordic music culture". Ellington withdrew the album and the case was never tried in court.

In 1992, The New York Times reviewed a live performance of Ellington's Peer Gynt adaption: "The pieces, with their dense and gorgeous harmonies, lend themselves perfectly to live performance" and "the melody kept peeking around creamy harmonies, hurtling up-tempo sections abruptly merged with ballads".

Track listing

Selections from "Peer Gynt" suites No. 1 and 2 written by Edward Grieg adapted by Duke Ellington
  1. "Morning Mood" - 4:24
  2. "In the Hall of the Mountain King" - 2:33
  3. "Solvejg's Song" - 3:59
  4. "Ase's Death" - 3:47
  5. "Anitra's Dance" - 2:58
"Suite Thursday" written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
  1. "Misfit Blues" - 4:09
  2. "Schwiphti" - 3:04
  3. "Zweet Zurzday" - 3:56
  4. "Lay-By" - 4:50
Recorded at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles on June 28 (tracks 1 & 5), June 29 (tracks 3 & 4), June 30 (track 2), and October 10 (tracks 6-9), 1960.

Personnel

  • Duke Ellington – piano
  • Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Eddie Mullins, Ray Nance, Gerald Wilson (track 2) - trumpet
  • Lawrence Brown, Matthew Gee, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman (tracks 1-5) - trombone
  • Juan Tizol - valve trombone
  • Jimmy Hamilton - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  • Johnny Hodges (tracks 1-5), Paul Horn (tracks 6-9) - alto saxophone
  • Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet
  • Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
  • Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
  • Aaron Bell - bass
  • Sam Woodyard - drums

    • Songs

    1Morning Mood4:21
    2In the Hall of the Mountain King2:30
    3Solveig's Song3:57

    References

    Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G. Wikipedia
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