BroadwayWorld

Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder” is Coming to Symphony Space

The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, in association with The American Tap Dance Foundation, will present a spectacular evening celebrating the life and music of jazz legend Duke Ellington.
BroadwayWorld

Duke Ellington Center And The American Tap Dance Foundation To Present SUCH SWEET THUNDER At Symphony Space

The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, in association with The American Tap Dance Foundation, will present Such Sweet Thunder on Friday, December 12 at 7:00 PM at Symphony Space’s Peter Jay Sharp ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Duke Ellington: 'Such Sweet Thunder'

Such Sweet Thunder combines two master artists: Duke Ellington and William Shakespeare. A twelve-part suite based on the Bard's plays and sonnets,... Duke Ellington: 'Such Sweet Thunder' [MUSIC] ...
NOLA.com

Thunder Road

Sweet Thunder: Duke and Shak feat. Ellis Marsalis and Branford Marsalis 7:30 p.m. Thursday Mahalia Jackson Theater, 1419 Basin St., 287-0351; www.mahaliajacksontheater.com or www.dmarsalis.com Tickets ...
Jazz

Delfeayo Marsalis's New Version of Ellington's "Sweet Thunder"

Duke Ellington's post Newport-1955 work for Columbia to me is one of the cornerstones of his output. The suite in tribute to Shakespeare, Such Sweet Thunder, first recorded for the label during that ...
The Times and Democrat

JAZZ AND THE BARD: Delfeayo Marsalis recreates Ellington's 'Sweet Thunder'

NEW ORLEANS - Jazz greats Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn broke new ground when they paired the works of William Shakespeare with the sweet sounds of jazz in 1957, and now a jazz master from a ...