Such Sweet Thunder

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra · 1957 · Pièce-titre de la suite shakespearienne

Context

Title piece of the twelve-part suite that Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn composed after the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival in 1956. The title comes from A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which Hippolyta speaks of "sweet thunder".

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

• Sonnet for Caesar (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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