Such Sweet Thunder

Album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

Such Sweet Thunder is a studio album by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra, released in 1957. The music is rooted in big band jazz with blues inflections and dense arrangements, and it was part of Ellington's late 1950s series of suite works inspired by Shakespeare.
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  1. 1.
    Such Sweet Thunder (Cleo)
    3:22
  2. 2.
    Sonnet for Caesar
    2:59
  3. 3.
    Sonnet to Hank Cinq
    1:23
  4. 4.
    Lady Mac
    3:40
  5. 5.
    Sonnet in Search of a Moor
    2:22
  6. 6.
    The Telecasters
    3:05
  7. 7.
    Up and Down, Up and Down (I Will Lead Them Up and Down) (Puck)
    3:09
  8. 8.
    Sonnet for Sister Kate
    2:23
  9. 9.
    The Star-Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl)
    4:00
  10. 10.
    Madness in Great Ones (Hamlet)
    3:26
  11. 11.
    Half the Fun (a.k.a. Lately)
    4:19
  12. 12.
    Circle of Fourths
    1:49
  13. 13.
    The Star-Crossed Lovers (a.k.a. Pretty Girl) (stereo LP master)
    4:16
  14. 14.
    Circle of Fourths (stereo LP master)
    1:49
  15. 15.
    Suburban Beauty (master take)
    2:58
  16. 16.
    A Flat Minor (preferred take)
    2:35
  17. 17.
    Café au lait (preferred take)
    2:45
  18. 18.
    Half the Fun (a.k.a. Lately) (alternate take)
    4:12
  19. 19.
    Suburban Beauty (alternate take)
    2:59
  20. 20.
    A Flat Minor (outtakes)
    3:52
  21. 21.
    Café au lait (outtakes)
    6:22
  22. 22.
    Pretty Girl (a.k.a. The Star-Crossed Lovers) (first recording)
    8:54
  23. 23.
    [silence]
    0:06

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