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Such Sweet Thunder [Import] [from US]

~ デューク・エリントン
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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Product Details

  • CD (1999/4/30)
  • Original Release Date: 1957
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import, from US
  • Label: SBME
  • ASIN: B00000IMYN
  • In-Print Editions: CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.jp Sales Rank: #139,714 in 音楽 (See Bestsellers in 音楽)

    Category Ranking:

    #301 in  音楽 > ジャズ・フュージョン > ビッグバンド
    #720 in  音楽 > ジャズ・フュージョン > スウィングジャズ
    #10917 in  音楽 > ジャズ・フュージョン > J-ジャズ

1. Such Sweet Thunder
2. Sonnet for Caesar
3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
4. Lady Mac
5. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
6. Telecasters
7. Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down)
8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
9. Star-Crossed Lovers
10. Madness in Great Ones
11. Half the Fun (aka Lately)
12. Circle of Fourths
13. Star-Crossed Lovers (aka Pretty Girl) [Stereo LP Master][#][*]
14. Circle of Fourths [Stereo LP Master][#][*]
15. Suburban Beauty [Master Take][*]
16. A-Flat Minor [Preferred Take][*]
17. Caf au Lait [Preferred Take][*]
18. Half the Fun [Alternate Take][*]
19. Suburban Beauty [Alternate Take][*]
20. A-Flat Minor [#][*][Outtake]
See all 22 tracks on this disc

Product Description

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Such Sweet Thunder was, like Black, Brown and Beige and the later Far East Suite and other works of the late-1950s and on, a long-form study broken into identifiable miniatures that could stand alone as tunes. But this one was far more unlikely than Ellington and cocomposer Billy Strayhorn's other suites, with its focus on characters developed by William Shakespeare. Pieces were scripted for both centuries-old characters and Ellington band members; for example, Paul Gonsalves's tenor sax and Johnny Hodges's alto parry as a musical Romeo and Juliet on "Star-Crossed Lovers." Surely this description of the CD makes it sound stiff, even pretentious, but the music gives the lie to such an assumption. Ellington was a master of sectional polyphony, making sure his band's sections swung individually and then in tandem with the other sections, creating a powerful, sometimes swirling swing. But he had Strayhorn, who was also a master of creating moods and ambient textures. And that's where this session becomes fascinating, in the moments when the group creates something other than rhythmic propulsion, standard harmony, or even focused melody. Rounding out the original LP issue--which accounts for only half of this CD's length--are a host of alternate takes, three of them wholly or partially unreleased until this set. --Andrew Bartlett

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5.0 out of 5 stars エリントンとシェイクスピアの偉大な邂逅, 2004/8/7
By ジャコウウシ (やませの里) - See all my reviews
エリントンはやっぱり凄い!アルバム1枚を丸々シェイクスピアに捧げてしまった。タイトルナンバーが本当に「リア王」に触発させられたにしても、一度聴いたら忘れられない異様なアンサンブルは、真っ黒なエリントンミュージックそのものである。これに対抗するのが、「ロミオとジュリエット」の「THE STAR-CROSSED LOVERS」。この曲は数あるエリントンナンバーの中で、ジョニー・ホッジスがソロをとる最も美しい曲であろう。このアルバムの中で、異なる時代の全く相反すると思われる文化が見事に溶け合っている。これを奇跡と呼ばずしていったい何と呼ぶのか?
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