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Title information

A Flat Minor

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Such Sweet Thunder

Date of recording

7.8.1956

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Performers

Duke Ellington (piano)

29.4.1899Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 24.5.1974New York City, New York (NY), United States

Johnny Hodges (Soloist) (alto sax)

25.7.1906Cambridge, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 12.5.1970New York City, New York (NY), United States

Paul Gonsalves (Soloist) (tenor sax)

12.7.1920Boston, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 14.5.1974London, England, United Kingdom

Cat Anderson (trumpet)

12.9.1916Greenville, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 29.4.1981Norwalk, California (CA), United States

Willie Cook (trumpet)

11.11.1923Tangipahoa, Louisiana (LA), United States

† 22.9.2000Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Ray Nance (trumpet)

10.12.1913Chicago, Illinois (IL), United States

† 28.1.1976New York City, New York (NY), United States

Clark Terry (trumpet)

14.12.1920St. Louis, Missouri (MO), United States

† 21.2.2015Pine Bluff, Arkansas (AR), United States

Quentin Jackson (Trombone)

13.1.1909Springfield, Ohio (OH), United States

† 2.10.1976New York City, New York (NY), United States

John Sanders (Trombone)

1925Elmsford, New York (NY), United States

† 6.1.2019

Britt Woodman (Trombone)

4.6.1920Los Angeles, California (CA), United States

† 13.10.2000Hawthorne, California (CA), United States

Harry Carney (baritone sax)

1.4.1910Boston, Massachusetts (MA), United States

† 8.10.1974New York City, New York (NY), United States

Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet, tenor sax)

25.5.1917Dillon, South Carolina (SC), United States

† 20.9.1994St. Croix, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Russell Procope (clarinet, alto sax)

11.8.1908New York City, New York (NY), United States

† 21.1.1981New York City, New York (NY), United States

Jimmy Woode (Double Bass)

23.9.1928Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA), United States

† 23.4.2005Lindenwood, New Jersey (NJ), United States

Sam Woodyard (drums)

7.1.1925Elizabeth, New Jersey (NJ), United States

† 20.9.1988Paris, Île-de-France, France

Authors

Duke Ellington (Composer)

29.4.1899Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), United States

† 24.5.1974New York City, New York (NY), United States

Billy Strayhorn (Composer)

19.11.1915Dayton, Ohio (OH), United States

† 31.5.1967New York City, New York (NY), United States

Album information

Such Sweet Thunder

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Such Sweet Thunder

Year of production

1999

Record Label

Columbia

Tracks

  • 1. Such Sweet Thunder
  • 2. Sonnet for Caesar
  • 3. Sonnet to Hank Cinq
  • 4. Lady Mac
  • 5. Sonnet in Search of a Moor
  • 6. The Telecasters
  • 7. Up and Down, Up and Down Down)
  • 8. Sonnet for Sister Kate
  • 9. The Star-Crossed Lovers
  • 10. Madness in Great Ones
  • 11. Half the Fun
  • 12. Circle of Fourths
  • 13. The Star-Crossed Lovers
  • 14. Circle of Fourths
  • 15. Suburban Beauty
  • 16. A-Flat Minor
  • 17. Café au lait
  • 18. Half the Fun
  • 19. Suburban Beauty
  • 20. A-Flat Minor
  • 21. Café au lait
  • 22. Pretty Girl (a.k.a. The Star-Crossed Lovers) (first recording)
  • 23. [silence]