Sonnet for Caesar

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra · 1957 · Deuxième mouvement de la suite Such Sweet Thunder

Context

Second track of Such Sweet Thunder (3 min 00), by Ellington and Strayhorn. The album is included in NPR's "Basic Jazz Record Library".

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)
• Lady Mac (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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