[Trombone-l] Duke Ellington Compositions question

[Dennis Clason]

The River Suite was orchestrated by Ron Collier.

Other Ellington orchestral scores I haven't seen mentioned yet include 
Solitude (for strings, orchestrated by Morton Gould) and Harlem 
(orchestrated by Luther Henderson).

Dennis

Raymond Horton wrote:
> We recorded Ellington's Ballet Suite "The River,"  which was 
> commissioned from him by a ballet company somewhere for orchestra but 
> was orchestrated by people other than Ellington, I believe.  Our 
> recording was originally released on LP, I don't know if it was 
> released  or is presently available on CD.
>
>
> Ray Horton
> Bass Trb
> Louisville Orchestra