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Duke Ellington: Isfahan
by Ian Patterson
Part of Duke Ellington's Far East Suite (1967), “Isfahan" took its inspiration from a visit to the city of Isfahan, Iran, in 1963. Of the ancient city Ellington wrote: “everything is poetry," a sentiment transferred beautifully to this most moving of Strayhorn/Ellington compositions. Curious too, to see Ellington holding the sheet music for soloist Johnny Hodges. ...
Far East Suite
Label: RCA Victor
Released: 1967
Track listing: 1. Tourist Point of View (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 5:17
2. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:17
3. Isfahan (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:10
4. Depk (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 2:54
5. Mount Harissa (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 7:45
6. Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues) (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:05
7. Agra (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 2:40
8. Amad (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:31
9. Ad Lib on Nippon (Ellington) - 11:35
10. Tourist Point of View [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 5:21
11. Amad [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:16
12. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) [alternate take] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:18
13. Bluebird of Delhi (Mynah) [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 3:24
14. Isfahan [alternate take] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 4:20
15. Depk [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 2:49
16. Mount Harissa [alternate take/#] (Ellington/Strayhorn) - 8:47
Duke Ellington: Far East Suite
by Kurt Gottschalk
Duke Ellington's Far East Suite has never enjoyed the accolades lauded upon some of the Maestro's other major works. Black, Brown and Beige and Such Sweet Thunder are in the Ellington canon; Far East, it seems, was left behind.That may be due to its dated Orientalism. It was recorded in 1966, a strange few ...
