| New Orleans Suite | ||||
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| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | April 27 & May 13, 1970 | |||
| Studio | National Recording Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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New Orleans Suite is a studio album by the American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington, recorded and released on the Atlantic label in 1970.[1] The album contains the final recordings of longtime Ellington saxophonist Johnny Hodges, who died between the album's two recording sessions.[2] The album won a Grammy Award in 1971 for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band.[3]
The suite was commissioned by George Wein for the 1970 New Orleans Jazz Festival.[2]
- ^ A Duke Ellington Panorama Archived 2017-09-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed April 13, 2010
- ^ a b Hutton, Jack (28 August 1971). "Jazz Albums". Sounds. Spotlight Publications. p. 10.
- ^ Grammy Awards Database