- Such Sweet Thunder
Infobox Album |
Name = Such Sweet Thunder
Type =Album
Artist =Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Released = April 1957 or May 1957
Recorded =August 7 ,1956 –May 3 ,1957
Genre =Jazz
Length = 76:25
Label = Columbia/Legacy
Producer =Irving Townsend - Original RecordingPhil Schaap - Reissue
Reviews =Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kcfyxqlgldke~T1 Review]
Last album = "A Drum Is a Woman "
(1956)
This album = "Such Sweet Thunder"
(1957)
Next album = "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Songbook "
(1957)"Such Sweet Thunder" is a
Duke Ellington album, released in 1957 (see1957 in music ).Track listing
#"Such Sweet Thunder" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:22
#"Sonnet for Caesar" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:00
#"Sonnet to Hank Cinq" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:24
#"Lady Mac" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:41
#"Sonnet in Search of a Moor" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:22
#"The Telecasters" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:05
#"Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:09
#"Sonnet for Sister Kate" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:24
#"The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:00
#"Madness in Great Ones" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 3:26
#"Half the Fun" (Also known as "Lately") (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:19
#"Circle of Fourths" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:45Reissue tracks
- "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Also known as "Pretty Girl") (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:15
- "Circle of Fourths" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 1:47
- "Suburban Beauty" (Ellington) - 2:56
- "A-Flat Minor" (Ellington) - 2:33
- "Café au Lait" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 2:49
- "Half the Fun" (Alternate take) (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 4:08
- "Suburban Beauty" (Alternate take) (Ellington) - 2:56
- "A-Flat Minor" (
Outtake ) (Ellington) - 3:49 - "Café au Lait" (Also known as the "Star-Crossed Lovers") (Outtake) (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 6:21
- "Pretty Girl" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 8:54
Production/reissue credits
*
Cat Anderson - Trumpet
*Steven Berkowitz -A&R
*Harry Carney - Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone
*Willie Cook - Trumpet
*Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
*Paul Gonsalves - Tenor Saxophone
*Jimmy Hamilton - Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
*Johnny Hodges - Alto Saxophone
*Don Hunstein - Photography
*Quentin Jackson - Trombone
*Randall Martin - Design
*Juliana Myrick - Package Manager
*Ray Nance - Trumpet
*Russell Procope - Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
*Darren Salmieri - A&R
*John Sanders - Trombone
*Phil Schaap - Liner Notes, Reissue Producer, Remastering, Research, Restoration
*Billy Strayhorn - Orchestration
*Clark Terry - Trumpet
*Irving Townsend - Liner Notes, Original Recording Producer
*Mark Wilder - Digital Mastering
*Jimmy Woode - Bass
*Britt Woodman - Trombone
*Sam Woodyard - Drums
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