- jazz
- 68 min
- 18 tracks
- Essential Jazz Classics
Such Sweet Thunder is a Duke Ellington album, released in 1957. The record is a twelve-part suite based on the works of William Shakespeare.
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- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1Such Sweet Thunder3:23
- 2Sonnet for Caesar2:60
- 3Sonnet to Hank Cinq1:24
- 4Lady Mac3:41
- 5Sonnet in Search of a Moor2:22
- 6The Telecasters3:05
- 7Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)3:09
- 8Sonnet for Sister Kate2:23
- 9The Star-Crossed Lovers4:00
- 10Madness in Great Ones (Hamlet)3:26
- 11Half the Fun4:19
- 12Circle of Fourths1:46
- 13Suburban Beauty2:58
- 14A Flat Minor2:36
- 15Café au lait2:45
- 16A Tone Parallel to Harlem (The Harlem Suite)13:46
- 17The Controversion Suite Part 1 (Before My Time)6:08
- 18The Controversion Suite Part 2 (Later)4:14
18 tracks, 68 minutes.
About the album
- Label
- Essential Jazz Classics
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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