Far East Suite

[rhythmaning]

Apropos of nothing other than the fact that I am going through a really big Duke Ellington phase at the moment - I was listening to the Vaughn Williams' prom but the beat just wasn't there (so I'm recording for when I am in a more classical frame of mind) - and I just had to listen to the rhythms in Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's "The Far East Suite" - well, fuck it, such a brilliant piece of music. Jeez - search out Bluebird of Delhi, Isfahan, Mount Harissa, Depk, Amad, and the pure jazz-rock (not an Ellington speciality) of Blue Pepper.

Jeez, it has me dancing.