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Tribute to Duke Ellington

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Released
  
1999 November 3

Release date
  
3 November 1999

Label
  
BMG JAPAN

Length
  
54:48

Producer
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
Clinton Recording Studios, New York, 1999 October 3, 4

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Artist
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band

Similar
  
Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band albums, Jazz albums

Tribute to Duke Ellington is a big band jazz album recorded in New York in 1999 and is the seventh recording released by the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin. The first three tracks make up the "Tribute To Duke Ellington Suite" which was composed by Akiyoshi and commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival.

Contents

Track listing

All orchestrations by Toshiko Akiyoshi:

  1. "Celebration of Duke's Birth" (Akiyoshi) – 9:43
  2. "Eulogy" (Akiyoshi) – 10:56
  3. "Duke for the Ages" (Akiyoshi) – 10:25
  4. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Mills, Gordon) – 10:47
  5. "Day Dream" (Ellington, La Touche, Strayhorn) – 6:26
  6. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Nemo, Redmond, Mills) – 6:31

Personnel

  • Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
  • Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Tom Christensen – tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • Dave Pietro – alto saxophone, flute
  • Jim Snidero – alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • Scott Robinson – baritone saxophone, alto flute, bass clarinet
  • John Eckert – trumpet
  • Andy Gravish – trumpet
  • Michael Ponella – trumpet
  • Brian Lynch – trumpet (except "Prelude to a Kiss")
  • Joe Magnarelli – trumpet ("Prelude to a Kiss")
  • Scott Whitfield – trombone
  • Pat Hallaran – trombone
  • Steve Armour – trombone
  • Tim Newman – bass trombone
  • Philippe Aerts – bass
  • Andy Watson – drums

    • Guests

  • Itsuro Tajima – taiko
  • Hiro Sasaki – kakko

    • Songs

    1Celebration of Duke's BirthToshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra9:44
    2EulogyToshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra10:56
    3Duke for the AgesToshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra10:25

    References

    Tribute to Duke Ellington Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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