| The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Duke Ellington |
| Cover: | The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse.jpg |
| Released: | 1975 |
| Recorded: | February 17, 1971 |
| Studio: | National Recording Studios, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 37:33 |
| Label: | Fantasy |
| Producer: | Mercer Ellington |
| Chronology: | Duke Ellington |
| Prev Title: | The Intimate Ellington |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | The Intimate Ellington |
| Next Year: | 1969-71 |
The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse (subtitled A Suite in Eight Parts) is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington recorded in 1971 and released on the Fantasy label in 1975. Like other world music-influenced suites composed in the last decade of his life, The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse was called by NPR music critic David Brent Johnson one of Ellington's, "late-period masterpieces."[1]
The album opens with a short spoken word introduction in which Ellington explains that the suite's title is inspired by Marshall McLuhan's vision of the onset of global cultural identity.[1]
Allmusic gave the album four stars out of five, describing it as "compelling, cosmopolitan, and organic ... All in all, a textured, cross-cultural treat for the ears."[2]
All compositions by Duke Ellington
Notes:
The 2001 Duke Ellington tribute album Red Hot + Indigo includes two compositions from The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse: "Didjeridoo" is performed by the jazz-influenced post-rock band Tortoise, and "Acht O'Clock Rock" is performed by jazz-fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood, who also covered "Chinoiserie" on their 1995 album Friday Afternoon in the Universe, and have often performed these and other Ellington compositions live.
A Blog Supreme
. 23 May 2013. 11 March 2021.