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New Orleans Suite

~ Duke Ellington (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (1 Sep 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Wsm
  • ASIN: B0000C24KF
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 54,163 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Blues For New Orleans (LP Version) 7:43£0.59
Listen  2. Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies (LP Version) 4:04£0.59
Listen  3. Portrait Of Louis Armstrong (LP Version) 3:04£0.59
Listen  4. Thanks For The Beautiful Land On The Delta (LP Version) 3:45£0.59
Listen  5. Portrait Of Wellman Braud (LP Version) 4:06£0.59
Listen  6. Second Line (LP Version) 5:13£0.59
Listen  7. Portrait Of Sidney Bechet (LP Version) 3:54£0.59
Listen  8. Aristocracy A La Jean Lafitte (LP Version) 3:57£0.59
Listen  9. Portrait Of Mahalia Jackson (LP Version) 4:54£0.59

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NEW ORLEANS SUITE runs in the vein of lengthy, orchestrallyrich, dazzlingly complex pieces centred around a particulartheme or concept, for which the Duke is so well known. A tribute to the musical legacy of the great city, NEW ORLEANS SUITE consists of five movements, each concentrating on a different facet in the personality of early jazz: the blues, the ragtime of street marching bands, and church music, for example.
Ellington's formal musical elements are astonishing as always, combining the high-mindedness of classical composition and arrangement with the swing and immediacy of the jazz idiom. Interspersed between the suite's movements are "portraits" of influential players such as Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet. Superior ensemble playing heightens enjoyment of the album, and the solos are memorable, such as Paul Gonsalves' playing on "Portrait of Sidney Bechet" and the solo by Johnny Hodges (one of his last before his death) on "Blues for New Orleans". A beautiful and moving work, NEW ORLEANS SUITE is, on one hand, an acknowledgement of the inestimable importance of that cradle of jazz and, on the other, a piece that could only have been performed by the Duke himself.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of his greatest, 13 May 2004
Coming late in Ellington's career, this is almost unsurpassed in even his own output for its high level of intensity and deeply spiritual mood. From the outset, the great 'Blues for New Orleans' sets the tone - a powerful, soulful set of Blues choruses from the great blues master, Johnny Hodges (playing on what was to be his last recording). Ellington then moves on to a set of 'portraits' of great New Orleans musicians, in which stirring and sometimes humorous tributes are paid to, amongst others, Louis Armstrong and Sidney Bechet. Throughout particularly the later part of his career, Ellington tried, often disastrously, to bring a religious element to his work (the embarrassingly bad 'sacred concerts' being all the more awful for having been written by someone of Ellington's stature). But here, there is no doubting the power of the man's work.

Nwe Orleans Suite is awesome - listen and hear for yourself!

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Tribute work with a sting, 30 Jul 2007
By Mike R (Cornwall, UK) - See all my reviews
Produced in 1970 this is Duke Ellington's tribute to New Orleans and some of its famous sons. Don't expect much in the way of a happy and light "trad" jazz sound from the orchestra's famous front men. It starts well enough with Blues for New Orleans and the Cootie Wiliams behind the beat emulation of Louis Armstrong is cleverly done. But to my mind, rather too many of the other tracks are in sombre or heavy mood - not helped by two tracks featuring flute and one with a strained six beats in the bar. All this, however, has particular poignancy in that Johnny Hodges died whilst the suite was in the making. Some argue that without his exquisite alto playing, the orchestra never sounded quite the same. The work is certainly different and it grows on you, but big band lovers looking for a more orthodox Ellington should probably first try the likes of The Great Paris Concert, Blues in Orbit and Mellow.
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