“Ellington Suite to Bow April 28” New York Times. NPR.org.īibliography (further reading) Contemporary reviews and journalism ^ "Duke Ellington: 'Such Sweet Thunder' ". "Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's "Such Sweet Thunder" ". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). The Penguin Guide to Jazz gave the album 4 stars (out of a possible 4.) Allmusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. NPR has included this album on their Basic Jazz Record Library. (No reissue retains Clark Terry's quotation, on the original LP release, of Puck's "Lord, what fools these mortals be!") Phil Schaap – Liner Notes, Reissue Producer, Remastering, Research, Restoration. Irving Townsend – Liner Notes, Original Recording Producer. Harry Carney – Bass Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone. Russell Procope – Clarinet, Alto Saxophone. Jimmy Hamilton – Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone. "Pretty Girl" (Also known as the "Star-Crossed Lovers") (Outtake) – 8:54. "A-Flat Minor" ( Outtake) (Ellington) – 3:49. 
"Suburban Beauty" (Alternate take) (Ellington) – 2:56. "Half the Fun" ( Alternate take) – 4:08. "The Star-Crossed Lovers" (Also known as "Pretty Girl") – 4:15. "Half the Fun" (Also known as "Lately") – 4:19. "Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down) " – 3:26. Track listing Īll songs written by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, except where noted. Although most of the compositions were created for the suite in conjunction with Strayhorn, a few were versions of older Strayhorn songs that were reworked and re-titled for the collection. The suite that would constitute Such Sweet Thunder was written in just under three weeks and recorded in early 1957. The title comes from Act IV scene i of A Midsummer Night's Dream, where Hippolyta says: "I never heard / So musical a discord, such sweet thunder." Ellington and Strayhorn began building a home library of Shakespeare, seeking out Shakespeare experts, and reading through the canon during orchestra downtime. In addition to the Such Sweet Thunder album, he promised the entire suite would be performed at the 1957 edition of the festival. Curious, Ellington and his longtime composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn talked to festival staffers, and Ellington soon announced his next album project would be a conceptual piece, paying tribute to Shakespeare's varied works with appropriate jazz compositions. 
In August 1956, Duke Ellington and his orchestra were in Canada, performing in the same city as the ongoing Stratford Shakespearean Festival.
6.2 Historical and analytical writings (in reverse chronological order). 6.1 Contemporary reviews and journalism.
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