Caravan Suite Explained

Caravan Suite
Type:	Album
Artist:	Paul Bley
Cover:	Caravan Suite.jpg
Released:	1993
Recorded:	April 18, 1992
Studio:	SteepleChase Digital Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	56:02
Label:	SteepleChase SCCD 31316
Producer:	Nils Winther
Chronology:	Paul Bley
Prev Title:	Annette
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Homage To Carla
Next Year:	1992

Caravan Suite is an album of compositions by Duke Ellington performed by pianist Paul Bley which was recorded in Denmark in 1992 and released on the SteepleChase label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz wrote that the "piano is very crisp and exact, suiting the material admirably."

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington

1. "Caravan Suite:" – 32:57
   1. "Section 1" – 7:21
   2. "Section 2" – 7:40
   3. "Section 3" – 8:55
   4. "Section 4" – 7:02
2. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" – 7:30
3. "(In My) Solitude" – 11:06
4. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" – 6:17

Personnel

• Paul Bley – piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/paul-bley/catalog/#steeplechase-sccd-31316 Paul Bley catalog
2. http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/paul-bley-caravan-suite-sccd-31316/ SteepleChase Productions ApS