| Latin American Suite | ||||
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| Studio album by Duke Ellington | ||||
| Released | 1972 | |||
| Recorded | November 5, 1968 & January 7, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:43 | |||
| Label | Fantasy | |||
| Producer | Duke Ellington | |||
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Latin American Suite is a studio album by the American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, mainly recorded in 1968, with one track completed in 1970, and released on the Fantasy label in 1972.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden states: "It's a shame that Ellington chose not to keep any of these originals in his repertoire once work was completed on this album".
Track listing
- All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated
- "Oclupaca" - 4:20
- "Chico Cuadradino" (Ellington, Mercer Ellington) - 5:00
- "Eque" - 3:30
- "Tina" - 4:34
- "The Sleeping Lady and the Giant Who Watches over Her" - 7:25
- "Latin American Sunshine" - 6:52
- "Brasilliance" - 5:02
- Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York, NY on November 5, 1968 (tracks 1-3 & 5-7) and January 7, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada (track 4).
Personnel
- Duke Ellington – piano
- Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Mercer Ellington, Cootie Williams - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Lawrence Brown, Buster Cooper - trombone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Chuck Connors - bass trombone, tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Johnny Hodges - alto saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Russell Procope - alto saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Paul Gonsalves tenor saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Harold Ashby - tenor saxophone, clarinet (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Harry Carney - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5-7)
- Jeff Castleman (tracks 1-3 & 5-7), Paul Kondziela (track 4) - bass
- Rufus Jones - drums
References
- A Duke Ellington Panorama Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 1, 2010
- ^ Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed June 1, 2010
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.