The Ellington Suites is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington which collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971 and 1972. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band. Interesting fact: Ellington wrote the Queens Suite for Queen Elizabeth II, who was presented with a single pressing of the recording which was not commercially issued during Ellington's lifetime. This newly re-mastered edition features a previously unreleased bonus track; the only known recording of the Ellington composition 'The Kiss'.

Tracklist:

The Queen's Suite: Sunset and the Mocking Bird
The Queen's Suite: Lightning Bugs and Frogs
The Queen's Suite: Le Sucrier Velours
The Queen's Suite: Northern Lights
The Queen's Suite: The Single Petal of a Rose
The Queen's Suite: Apes and Peacocks
The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare
The Goutelas Suite: Goutelas
The Goutelas Suite: Get-With-Itness 1
The Goutelas Suite: Something 1
The Goutelas Suite: Having at It 1
The Goutelas Suite: Fanfare 1
The Uwis Suite: Uwis 1
The Uwis Suite: Klop 1
The Uwis Suite: Loco Madi 1
The Kiss

UPC: 888072346147
Label: Fantasy
Release Date: 9.17.13
Format: CD

Duke Ellington - The Ellington Suites (CD)