Ellington Suites

Duke Ellington - Ellington Suites

Ellington Suites
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Artist: Duke Ellington
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1991-07-01
Music Label: Ojc
Soundtracks:
  1. The Queen's Suite: Sunset And The Mocking Bird
  2. The Queen's Suite: Lightning Bugs And Frogs
  3. The Queen's Suite: Le Sucrier Velours
  4. The Queen's Suite: Northern Lights
  5. The Queen's Suite: The Single Petal Of A Rose
  6. The Queen's Suite: Apes And Peacocks
  7. The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare
  8. The Goutelas Suite: Goutelas
  9. The Goutelas Suite: Get-With-Itness
  10. The Goutelas Suite: Something
  11. The Goutelas Suite: Having At It
  12. The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare
  13. The Uwis Suite: Uwis
  14. The Uwis Suite: Klop
  15. The Uwis Suite: Loco Madi

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Music Review: ELLINGTON FLYING SOLO = UNDERRATED MASTERWORKS!!!
Rating: 5 Stars

This CD is a major purchase for anyone serious about the creative work of Duke Ellington. I am a major believer that despite Billy Strayhorn's great influence on Ellington, his presence alongside Ellington served as a musical crutch, and upon Strayhorn's passing, Duke was, for the first time since the late 1930's, forced to rely upon his own creative devices. Duke's output after1967 soared! Without Strayhorn, he was relegated to his own creative devices, and he suddenly exhibits the following changes in his compositional style: 1)an awareness of pop music and culture, and a willingness to infuse elements in keeping with the times... 2)a newly found plaintivity, similar aesthetically perhaps to his 'jungle band'(1926-1933)days....dark, richly textured voicings, raw emotional outcrying. ... 3)a new sparsity, an importance and urgency now seems attached to fewer notes and musical phrases...everything seems heightened, more meaningful 4)an overall accumulation of influences 'learned' from the Strayhorn period (1938-67), such as a fuller appreciation of the their own serious formats (note: I don't use the word classical) What I am leading up to here is this: the recordings documented here from the post-Strayhorn era (1968-1974), namely the Goutelas and Uwis Suites, are totally revolutionary works of art from Duke Ellington's most intense creative period, in my opinion. Of course, the Queen's Suite, from 1959 is also totally incredible work, and probably more accesable to most 'jazz' listeners, format and texture-wise, and still bears much of the Strayhorn sound. The Queen's Suite is still written in the format Duke designed in the year 1944, with his Perfume Suite: Ellington/Strayhorn dealing in series of short 'songs' featuring a variety of mood pieces with certain formulaic textures. Well, get ready, because the Uwis and Goutelas, though still basically formatted in the short song format, totally break camp where texture is concerned. Duke tries everything f rom an atonal flute/piccolo duet in fourths, to a damn Polka. And the beauty of it? It's all pure Ellington, raw and uncut, without the Strayhorn cleanliness. if anything, these pieces will remind you of David Murray's Octet of the 1980's or perhaps Sun Ra! Duke seems to believe in himself so much here, and seems to be totally unconcerend with any need to make a 'hit' or be accessible at all. He is just writing here, pure and honest and deep ly, from the well of emotions he had on tap that made him the greatest American composer. The result is some of the rawest, darkest, most emotionally intense music I have ever heard. Buy it!
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