A culmination of the late Ellington & Strayhorn's work, depicting travel memories through sound.
A Grammy Award-winning big band work that fuses cross-cultural melodies and modal development, this masterpiece demonstrates the creativity of Ellington's late career.
This suite is based on impressions from Strayhorn's tour of the Orient, and Johnny Hodges' alto saxophone leads the elegant melody. In "Isfahan" and "Blue Pepper," exotic motifs are reconstructed using jazz idioms, fusing brass and rhythm. This is an important work from the period shortly after Strayhorn's death.
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16 TRACKS:
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1)
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Tourist Point Of View
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2)
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Bluebird Of Dehli (Mynha)
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3)
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Isfahan
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4)
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Depk
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5)
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Mount Harissa
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6)
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Blue Pepper (Far East Of The Blues)
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7)
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Agra
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8)
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Amad
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9)
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Ad Lib On Nippon
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10)
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Tourist Point Of View (Alternate Take)
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11)
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Amad (Alternate Take)
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12)
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Bluebird Of Dehli (Mynah) (Issued Take)
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13)
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Bluebird Of Dehli (Mynah) (Alternate Take)
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14)
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Isfahan (Alternate Take)
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15)
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Depk (Alternate Take)
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16)
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Mount Harissa (Alternate Take)
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Composed By - Duke Ellington
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Piano - Duke Ellington
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Reeds - Johnny Hodges
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Composed By - Billy Strayhorn (1 to 8, 10 to 16)
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Reeds - Russell Procope
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Trumpet - Cootie Williams
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Trombone - Lawrence Brown
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Reeds - Harry Carney
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Trumpet - Cat Anderson
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Reeds - Paul Gonsalves
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Reeds - Jimmy Hamilton
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Trombone - Buster Cooper
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Trumpet - Mercer Ellington
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Trumpet - Herbie Jones
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Bass - John Lamb
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Trombone - Chuck Connors
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Engineer [Original Recording] - Ed Begley
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Mixed [Remixed] By, Remastered By - Jen Wyler
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Producer [Original Recording] - Brad McCuen
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Drums - Rufus Jones
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Producer [Reissue] - Barry Feldman
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Design - Objectif Lune (2)
