Duke Ellington - Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Suite Thursday (Remastered Stereo Edition) (1960/2024) [24/44]

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.

The Allmusic customer rating awarded the album 4½ stars.

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.

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".

TRACKLIST

01. Duke Ellington - Morning Mood
02. Duke Ellington - In the Hall of the Mountain King
03. Duke Ellington - Solveig's Song
04. Duke Ellington - Ase's Death
05. Duke Ellington - Anitra's Dance
06. Duke Ellington - Misfit Blues
07. Duke Ellington - Schwiphti
08. Duke Ellington - Sweet Zurzday
09. Duke Ellington - Lay-By



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