Such Sweet Thunder

Such Sweet Thunder
Studio album by
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
ReleasedApril 1957 or May 1957
RecordedAugust 7, 1956 – May 3, 1957
GenreJazz
Length38:57
LabelColumbia/Legacy
ProducerIrving Townsend – Original Recording
Phil Schaap – Reissue
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra chronology
Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
(1956–57) 		Such Sweet Thunder
(1957) 		All Star Road Band
(1957)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
Tom HullA−[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Such Sweet Thunder is a Duke Ellington album, released in 1957. The record is a twelve-part suite based on the work of William Shakespeare.

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 69. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Essential Jazz Albums of the 1950s". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 434. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.