Happiness as Anarchy #338: Duke Ellington

2020-04-29T22:22:37+10:00April 29th, 2020|Uncategorized|

Ellington seems an appropriate subject for a post on the eve of International Jazz Day. Such Sweet Thunder is a 12-part suite written in 1957 as a tribute to Shakespeare. Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn (composer/ arranger) wrote the music in three weeks, each piece inspired by a character or idea from Shakespeare's works. I