Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
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Artist: Duke EllingtonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2011-03-11
Music Label: RCA Bluebird/BMG Heritage
Soundtracks:
- Tourist Point of View
- Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah)
- Isfahan
- Depk
- Mount Harissa
- Blue Pepper (Far East of The Blues)
- Agra
- Amad
- Ad Lib on Nippon
- Tourist Point of View [Take 4]
- Amad [Take 7]
- Bluebird of Delhi [Take 8]
- Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) [Take 9]
- Isfahan [Take 2]
- Depk [Take 15]
- Mount Harissa [Take 4]
Music reviews of Far East Suite
Music Review: Sublime
Rating: 5 Stars
As a classically trained clarinetist, I hate jazz clarinet, as a rule. But I have to make an exception in Jimmy Hamilton's case on Bluebird of Delhi. His sound is brilliant, mature and confident, and his technique is outstanding. He gives the clarinet a good name - in 1966 of all times. That piece is a highlight in a disc full of highlights.
Far East Suite is delightful from start to finish. Forty years later a lot of it sounds like spy music - maybe James Bond theme music, or maybe Las Vegas lounge style - but that's not a bad thing! Tourist Point of View is laid back, showcasing Paul Gonsalves' amazing tenor sax, tasteful as always.
The world class sax work from Gonsalves and Johnny Hodges continues throughout, but in my eyes Harry Carney deserves special notice. From personal experience I can say that it's hard to make a bari sax sound good, much less sweet or sexy. But Carney does all the above, particularly in track 7, Agra. It is a concerto for bari sax that might change your mind about what the instrument can do.
But then Agra leads into Amad, which is so rhythmically compelling it's hard to sit still listening to it. It is a sinuous fluid demonstration of the Duke's ideas of a rhythm section composed of every instrument in his band - with a typically assertive piano line. Lawrence Brown's trombone shines.
Ad Lib on Nippon is tour de force, and contains some absolutely top shelf clarinet work at the end, amongst its other charms.
The seven bonus tracks on this disc are noteworthy. I've listened to the two bonus Bluebirds more than the others. While I can agree with the original choice, the other two are still great. I think Hamilton was a little off his game on track 12, but track 13 is technically excellent. The Duke chose a bit slower tempo though, and Hamilton was perfect, but less adventurous than in the cut which made the final album. Everyone loves to hear the artists perform, but it's also great to listen to them at work, and these bonus tracks are just that.
And for the trumpet fans, there are brains all over the bandstand in this disc, because these guys blow their heads off repeatedly. I'm pretty sure they played some notes that weren't even invented in 1966.
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