FWD: "Far East Suite" Album by Duke Ellington

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Presenter: Mysa Kafil-Hussain

Delivered: London on February 25, 2022

In this afikra FWD, Mysa Kafil-Hussain talks to us about Duke Ellington’s ‘Far East Suite’ album. The album was released in June 1967 and recorded in New York City after the jazz artist’s tour across Japan, South Asia, Iran and the Arab world in 1963-64 alongside his orchestra.

Sources & Future References

• Take The "A" Train: Far of the Middle: Ellington's 1963 State Department Tour

• The Jazz Ambassadors: Intersections of American Foreign Power and Black Artistry in Duke Ellington's "Far East Suite" - Inquiries Journal

• Enduring Public Diplomacy on JSTOR

• When Duke Ellington played Kabul - BBC News

• How the CIA Secretly Funded Arab Art to Fight Communism

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