The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
by Duke Ellington
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1976
- Label: Fantasy
- Country: United States
- Length: 37:33
- Community rating: 4.26/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded in 1971 but not officially released until after his death, 'The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse' captures Duke Ellington pushing his legendary orchestra into deeply sophisticated, globally inspired territory. The album is a fiercely energetic, remarkably dense progressive big band suite, offering incredibly technical, highly epic instrumental explorations of cultural convergence.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, suite, acoustic, conceptual, technical
Tracklist
- Chinoserie (8:12)
- Didgeridoo (3:37)
- Afrique (5:23)
- Acht O'Clock Rock (3:04)
- Gong (4:43)
- Tang (4:46)
- True (3:36)
- Hard Way (4:09)
Credits
- Duke Ellington - primary artist, piano, composed by, composer
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone clarinet
- Norris Turney - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute, alto saxophone clarinet flute
- Phil Carroll - art direction
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone
- Joe Benjamin - bass
- Chuck Connors - bass trombone
- Rufus Jones - drums, membranophone
- Roger Rhodes - engineer [recording], recording
- Jim Stern - engineer [remix]
- David Turner - lacquer cut by
- Stanley Dance - liner notes
- Mercer Ellington - supervised by [remixed under supervision], trumpet
- Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone
- Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophone
- Booty Wood - trombone
- Malcolm Taylor - trombone
- Cootie Williams - trumpet
- Eddie Preston - trumpet
- Money Johnson - trumpet