Swinging Suites by Edward E. & Edward G.: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Play Interpretations of Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 / Suite Thursday
by Duke Ellington
- Type: Album
- Released: 1960
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 33:46
- Community rating: 4.32/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Continuing his exploration of classical reinvention, Duke Ellington, alongside Billy Strayhorn, brilliantly transmutes Edvard Grieg's 'Peer Gynt' into a swinging, impressionistic jazz suite. The album's second half features 'Suite Thursday', an evocative, blues-drenched original composition commissioned for the Monterey Jazz Festival.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, suite, witty, theatrical, grand, ensemble, melodic, sophisticated, strings
Tracklist
- Morning Mood (4:24)
- In The Hall Of The Mountain King (2:35)
- Solvejg's Song (4:07)
- Ase's Death (3:49)
- Anitra's Dance (2:58)
- Misfit Blues (4:07)
- Schwiphti (3:04)
- Zweet Zurzday (3:55)
- Lay-By (4:47)
Credits
- Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - primary artist
- Duke Ellington - adapted by [adaptation], piano, leader, written-by
- Aaron Bell - bass
- Sam Woodyard - drums
- Amato - illustration [cover]
- Irving Townsend - liner notes
- Harry Carney - saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Jimmy Hamilton - saxophone, clarinet
- Johnny Hodges - saxophone, alto saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves - saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Paul Horn - saxophone
- Russell Procope - saxophone
- Booty Wood - trombone
- Britt Woodman - trombone
- Juan Tizol - trombone
- Lawrence Brown - trombone
- Matthew Gee - trombone
- Andres Meringuito - trumpet
- Ed Mullens - trumpet
- Ray Nance - trumpet
- Willie Cook - trumpet
- Billy Strayhorn - written-by
- Edvard Grieg - written-by