Results for "Sweet Thunder"

Label: Troubadour Jass
Released: 2011
Track listing: Such Sweet Thunder; Sonnet for Sister Kate; Sonnet to Hank Cinq; Half the Fun; Up & Down, Up & Down; Madness in Great Ones; Star-Crossed Lovers; Sonnet in Search of A Moor; The Telecasters; Sonnet for Caesar; Lady Mac; Circle of Fourths.

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW November 2, 2011

Delfeayo Marsalis: Sweet Thunder

By AAJ ITALY STAFF

"Un così dolce tuono," così Shakespeare descrive le parole di Otello per conquistare la bella Desdemona e così Duke Ellington volle intitolare la nuova suite (1957) dedicata ai personaggi del Bardo. “Such Sweet Thunder," realizzato in stretta collaborazione con Billy Strayhorn, è uno dei suoi lavori più belli e rientra fra i risultati più preziosi del ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW April 11, 2011

Delfeayo Marsalis: Sweet Thunder

By RAUL D'GAMA ROSE

Was Delfeayo Marsalis undertaking a task too challenging when he recorded music from one of Duke Ellington's most beloved albums to make Sweet Thunder? Gunther Schuller offers a doctrine that seems to suggest this has been so. Apparently the size and composition of the ensemble lead to this mishap. Would it have been remiss, to replicate ...

ARTICLE: ALBUM REVIEW January 14, 2011

Delfeayo Marsalis: Sweet Thunder

By EDWARD BLANCO

Acclaimed trombonist and member of the first family of jazz, Delfeayo Marsalis launches Sweet Thunder: Duke & Shak, an original theatrical jazz production culled from live performances in thirty-six locations across the country. The play was born from Marsalis' affinity for the music of Duke Ellington and the poetry of Shakespeare: first brought to the musical ...