Duke Ellington - Latin American Suite

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Music Review: The Best of Duke's Final Works.
Rating: 5 Stars

The very "Sixties" feeling 'Chico Cuadradino' is grounds enough to own this release. The patient energy and sustaining motion of 'Brasilliance' leads you to want an answer to an unasked question. The answer is "Yes", Duke Ellington WAS the greatest Jazz Musician of the 20th Century.

This is a very Rhythm Section heavy CD. Bass, Piano and Drums are all together impressive. As for soloists, Paul Gonsalves is RED HOT and Duke really is dialed in on the Piano in a very overdue role as a lead soloist for the band on several tracks.

This "Suite" began its life on the 1968 Mexican Tour. Yet when the band went south of the Equator to South America, Ellington came to the realization that a mere "Mexican Suite" would be a severe injustice to the diverse and untapped Latin Americas, both musically and culturally. What resulted was a Suite encapsulating all that was Latin America, (yet in a classic and VERY Duke Ellingtonian interpretaion of course!) From Mexico, to Brazil, to Argentina and more.

This was a fine and very necessary addition to my ever-more overflowing collection of Ellingtonia. Money well spent.

YOUR Ellington collection just wont be up to par without it!

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