music.wikisort.org - CompositionNew Orleans Suite is a studio album by the American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded and released on the Atlantic label in 1970.[1] The album contains the final recordings of longtime Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who died between the album's two recording sessions.[2] The album won a Grammy Award in 1971 for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.[3]
1970 studio album by Duke Ellington
New Orleans Suite |
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Released | 1970 |
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Recorded | April 27 & May 13, 1970 |
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Studio | National Recording Studio, New York City |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Label | Atlantic |
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The suite was commissioned by George Wein for the 1970 New Orleans Jazz Festival.[2]
Reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [4] |
DownBeat |     [5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz |    [6] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |     [7] |
Dan Morgenstern's glowing review of the album in 1971 for DownBeat awarded it five stars. "The music is evocative, highly atmospheric and marked throughout by the gorgeous ensemble textures that set this orchestra apart from every other big band in the history of jazz", he wrote. "This is a great record, and by any standard one of the major musical events of 1971." Morgenstern had praise for several of the soloists, especially Johnny Hodges (in his swan song), Paul Gonsalves' "profoundly emotional" tribute to both Sidney Bechet and Hodges, Cootie Williams, Norris Turney, and Harold Ashby.[5]
In his review for Sounds, Jack Hutton remarked that "a Creole influence permeates the work, a lazy Delta feel laden with nostalgic sadness which is a probably a truer reflection of the historic city than the good-time trad which has helped to popularise it." He praised the solos of Norris Turney, criticized those of Cootie Williams, and concluded that "This suite, while it doesn't rank with Ellington's greatest works, proves that the piano player is still vitally creative well into his seventies."[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz includes the album as part of its suggested "Core Collection," and awards it a four-star rating.[6]
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Ellington.
- "Blues for New Orleans" - 7:40
- "Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies" - 4:00
- "Portrait of Louis Armstrong" - 3:02
- "Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta" - 3:38
- "Portrait of Wellman Braud" - 4:05
- "Second Line" - 6:00
- "Portrait of Sidney Bechet" - 3:55
- "Aristocracy a la Jean Lafitte" - 3:57
- "Portrait of Mahalia Jackson" - 4:53
- Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York, NY on April 27 (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8) and May 13 (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 9), 1970.
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Cootie Williams – trumpet
- Fred Stone – trumpet
- Money Johnson, Al Rubin – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8)
- Cat Anderson – trumpet (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 9)
- Booty Wood – trombone
- Julian Priester – trombone
- Dave Taylor – bass trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8)
- Chuck Connors – bass trombone (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 9)
- Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 & 8)
- Norris Turney – alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Harold Ashby – tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
- Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Wild Bill Davis – organ (track 1)
- Joe Benjamin – bass
- Rufus Jones – drums
References
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Discography |
Studio albums |
- Harlem Jazz, 1930
- Ellingtonia, Vol. One
- Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
- Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
- The Blanton–Webster Band
- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
- Smoke Rings
- Liberian Suite
- Great Times!
- Masterpieces by Ellington
- Ellington Uptown
- The Duke Plays Ellington
- Ellington '55
- Dance to the Duke!
- Ellington Showcase
- Historically Speaking
- Duke Ellington Presents...
- The Complete Porgy and Bess
- A Drum Is a Woman
- Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
- Such Sweet Thunder
- Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
- Ellington Indigos
- Black, Brown and Beige
- Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
- The Cosmic Scene
- Happy Reunion
- Jazz Party
- Back to Back
- Side by Side
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Festival Session
- Blues in Orbit
- The Nutcracker Suite
- Piano in the Background
- Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
- Unknown Session
- Piano in the Foreground
- The Great Summit: The Master Takes
- Paris Blues
- Featuring Paul Gonsalves
- Midnight in Paris
- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
- Studio Sessions, New York 1962
- Money Jungle
- Afro-Bossa
- The Symphonic Ellington
- Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
- Studio Sessions New York 1963
- My People
- Ellington '65
- Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
- Ellington '66
- Concert in the Virgin Islands
- The Popular Duke Ellington
- Far East Suite
- The Jaywalker
- Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
- ...And His Mother Called Him Bill
- Second Sacred Concert
- Studio Sessions New York, 1968
- Latin American Suite
- The Pianist
- New Orleans Suite
- Orchestral Works
- The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
- The Intimacy of the Blues
- The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
- Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
- The Intimate Ellington
- The Ellington Suites
- This One's for Blanton!
- Up in Duke's Workshop
- Duke's Big 4
- Mood Ellington
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Collaborations | |
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Compositions | by Billy Strayhorn |
- "Take the "A" Train"
- "Lush Life"
- "Chelsea Bridge"
- "Something to Live For"
- "Satin Doll"
- "Blood Count"
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by Juan Tizol | |
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Orchestra members |
- Hayes Alvis
- Cat Anderson
- Ivie Anderson
- Harold Ashby
- Alice Babs
- Shorty Baker
- Butch Ballard
- Art Baron
- Aaron Bell
- Louie Bellson
- Joe Benjamin
- Barney Bigard
- Lou Blackburn
- Jimmy Blanton
- Wellman Braud
- Lawrence Brown
- Harry Carney
- Johnny Coles
- Willie Cook
- Buster Cooper
- Kay Davis
- Wild Bill Davis
- Wilbur de Paris
- Bobby Durham
- Mercer Ellington
- Rolf Ericson
- Jimmy Forrest
- Victor Gaskin
- Peter Giger
- Tyree Glenn
- Paul Gonsalves
- Sonny Greer
- Fred Guy
- Jimmy Hamilton
- Otto Hardwick
- Shelton Hemphill
- Rick Henderson
- Al Hibbler
- Johnny Hodges
- Major Holley
- Charlie Irvis
- Quentin Jackson
- Hilton Jefferson
- Herb Jeffries
- Freddie Jenkins
- Money Johnson
- Herbie Jones
- Wallace Jones
- Taft Jordan
- Al Killian
- Queen Esther Marrow
- Wendell Marshall
- Murray McEachern
- Louis Metcalf
- James "Bubber" Miley
- Harold "Geezil" Minerve
- Ray Nance
- Tricky Sam Nanton
- Oscar Pettiford
- Eddie Preston
- Russell Procope
- Junior Raglin
- Betty Roché
- Ernie Royal
- Al Sears
- Joya Sherrill
- Willie Smith
- Elmer Snowden
- Rex Stewart
- Billy Strayhorn
- Billy Taylor
- Clark Terry
- Juan Tizol
- Norris Turney
- Ben Webster
- Arthur Whetsel
- Cootie Williams
- Nelson Williams
- Skippy Williams
- Booty Wood
- Jimmy Woode
- Britt Woodman
- Sam Woodyard
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