Latin American Suite
| Latin American Suite | ||||
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| 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.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| 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".[2]
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
 - ^ a b 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.
 
