Far East Suite True North The album encapsulates the spirit

The album encapsulates the spirit of its time while remaining relevant

captures both the political and musical climate of its moment: socially conscious

each highlighting Oliver Tree's innovative approach to songwriting

Carlton Barrett’s drums

or moments of self-discovery

Far East Suite True North The album encapsulates the spiritFar East Suite is a 1967 concept album by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, cocomposed with longtime collaborator Billy Strayhorn and inspired by their State Departmentsponsored tours of the Middle East, South Asia, and Japan in the early 1960s. Despite its title, most pieces respond to impressions of places like Syria, India, Iran, and Iraq rather than the Far East proper, making it more a travelogue of the Near and Middle East filtered through