New Orleans Suite

Album by Duke Ellington

New Orleans Suite is a studio album by American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, released in 1970. The suite blends orchestral big-band jazz with blues-inflected melodies and references to New Orleans musical traditions, representing one of Ellington's late-career works that revisits regional themes and his longstanding exploration of American musical forms.
First released: 1971

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Blues for New Orleans
    7:49
  2. 2.
    Bourbon Street Jingling Jollies
    4:06
  3. 3.
    Portrait of Louis Armstrong
    3:05
  4. 4.
    Thanks for the Beautiful Land on the Delta
    3:46
  5. 5.
    Portrait of Wellman Braud
    4:06
  6. 6.
    Second Line
    5:15
  7. 7.
    Portrait of Sidney Bechet
    3:55
  8. 8.
    Aristocracy a la Jean LaFitte
    3:57
  9. 9.
    Portrait of Mahalia Jackson
    4:53

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