1961 album by Duke Ellington
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 .[ 2] The album was rereleased on CD as Three Suites along with Ellington's reworking of Tchaikovsky 's The Nutcracker in 1990.
The Allmusic customer rating awarded the album 4½ stars.[ 3]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [ 3]
In the 1960s, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music made a statement, referring to a Swedish law 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.[ 4]
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".[ 5]
Selections from "Peer Gynt " suites No. 1 and 2 written by Edvard Grieg adapted by Duke Ellington
"Morning Mood" – 4:24
"In the Hall of the Mountain King" – 2:33
"Solvejg's Song" – 3:59
"Ase's Death" – 3:47
"Anitra's Dance" – 2:58
"Suite Thursday " written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn
"Misfit Blues" – 4:09
"Schwiphti" – 3:04
"Zweet Zurzday" – 3:56
"Lay-By" – 4:50
Recorded in Los Angeles on June 28 (tracks 1 & 5), June 29 (tracks 3 & 4), June 30 (track 2), and October 10 (tracks 6–9), 1960.[ 6]
Duke Ellington – piano
Willie Cook , Fats Ford , Eddie Mullins , Gerald Wilson (track 2) – trumpet
Ray Nance , – trumpet , violin (on "Lay-By") (uncredited)
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
^ Reviewed on March 5, 1961 in The Cincinnati Enquirer , Cincinnati, Ohio, p. 65, digitally archived on Newspapers.com , accessed December 31, 2016
^ "A Duke Ellington Panorama" . Retrieved 2022-08-10 .
^ a b Allmusic Review accessed May 28, 2010
^ Marianne Levin. Lärobok i immaterialrätt (p 167–168), 2011, Nordstedts Juridik. Tionde upplagan. ISBN 978-91-39-20550-0 .
^ Peter Watrous. "Review/Jazz; Variations on a Theme of Ellington ", The New York Times , 10 August 1992. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
^ "1951–1960" . ellingtonia.com . Retrieved March 7, 2020 .
Studio albums
Harlem Jazz, 1930
Ellingtonia, Vol. One
Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
The Blanton–Webster Band
Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
Smoke Rings
Liberian Suite
Great Times!
Masterpieces by Ellington
Ellington Uptown
The Duke Plays Ellington
Ellington '55
Dance to the Duke!
Ellington Showcase
Historically Speaking
Duke Ellington Presents...
The Complete Porgy and Bess
A Drum Is a Woman
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
Such Sweet Thunder
Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
Ellington Indigos
Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
The Cosmic Scene
Happy Reunion
Jazz Party
Anatomy of a Murder
Festival Session
Blues in Orbit
The Nutcracker Suite
Piano in the Background
Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
Unknown Session
Piano in the Foreground
Paris Blues
Featuring Paul Gonsalves
Midnight in Paris
Studio Sessions, New York 1962
Afro-Bossa
The Symphonic Ellington
Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
Studio Sessions New York 1963
My People
Ellington '65
Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
Ellington '66
Concert in the Virgin Islands
The Popular Duke Ellington
Far East Suite
The Jaywalker
Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
...And His Mother Called Him Bill
Second Sacred Concert
Studio Sessions New York, 1968
Latin American Suite
The Pianist
New Orleans Suite
Orchestral Works
The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
The Intimacy of the Blues
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
The Intimate Ellington
The Ellington Suites
This One's for Blanton!
Up in Duke's Workshop
Duke's Big 4
Mood Ellington
Live albums Collaborations Compositions by Billy Strayhorn by Juan Tizol
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