The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse

AllMusic gave the album four stars out of five, with Rovi Staff describing it as "Compelling, cosmopolitan, and organic... All in all, a textured, cross-cultural treat for the ears". Meanwhile, musicologist Edward Green of the Manhattan School of Music was critical of the album's concept, writing, "there are occasional evocations of Asia in this album... But they arise, it appears, from a source at once transient and superficial. Ellington's heart simply was elsewhere—always given to American music; and most specifically African-American music." ==Legacy==

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. ==Track listing==

All compositions are written by Duke Ellington. : Notes: • Recorded at National Recording Studio in New York, NY, on February 17, 1971. • Track 1 opens with a short spoken word introduction; "Chinoiserie" begins at 1:36. • Ellington's "Afrique" is not to be confused with the Lee Morgan composition of the same name. ==Personnel==

• Duke Ellington – piano • Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet • Norris Turney – clarinet, alto saxophone, flute • Harold Ashby, Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone • Harry Carney – baritone saxophone • Mercer Ellington, Money Johnson, Eddie Preston, Cootie Williams – trumpet • Malcolm Taylor, Booty Wood – trombone • Chuck Connors – bass trombone • Joe Benjamin – bass • Rufus Jones – drums ;Technical • Roger Rhodes – recording engineer • Jim Stern – remix engineer (at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, 1975) • Mercer Ellington – remix supervision • Gary Hobish – remastering (at Fantasy Studios, 1991; Fantasy: OJCCD-645-2 [CD]) • Stanley Dance – liner notes • Phil Carroll – art direction ==References==