Lady Mac

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra · 1957 · Portrait de Lady Macbeth dans la suite shakespearienne

Context

Fourth track of Such Sweet Thunder (3 min 41), composed by Ellington and Strayhorn as part of the Shakespeare-inspired suite.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Swing, big bands, Modern big bands. Among the origins and influences of Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano).

By the same artist

• Such Sweet Thunder (1957)
• Sonnet for Caesar (1957)
• The Star-Crossed Lovers (1957)
• Sunset and the Mocking Bird (1959)
• Main Title / Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
• Paris Blues (1961)

Sources

• EN: Such Sweet Thunder

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