Tribute to Duke Ellington
Tribute to Duke Ellington | ||||
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Studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra | ||||
Released | 1999 November 3 | |||
Recorded | Clinton Recording Studios, New York, 1999 October 3, 4 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 54:48 | |||
Label | BMG / Novus-J | |||
Producer | Toshiko Akiyoshi, Exec. Producer: Ikuyoshi Hirakawa | |||
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra chronology | ||||
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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.
Track listing[]
All orchestrations by Toshiko Akiyoshi:
- "Celebration of Duke's Birth" (Akiyoshi) – 9:43
- "Eulogy" (Akiyoshi) – 10:56
- "Duke for the Ages" (Akiyoshi) – 10:25
- "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Mills, Gordon) – 10:47
- "Day Dream" (Ellington, La Touche, Strayhorn) – 6:26
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Ellington, Nemo, Redmond, Mills) – 6:31
Personnel[]
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – piano
- Lew Tabackin – tenor saxophone, flute
- – 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
- – trumpet
- – trumpet
- Brian Lynch – trumpet (except "Prelude to a Kiss")
- Joe Magnarelli – trumpet ("Prelude to a Kiss")
- – trombone
- – trombone
- – trombone
- – bass trombone
- Philippe Aerts – bass
- – drums
Guests
- – taiko
- Hiro Sasaki – kakko
References / external links[]
BMG Novus J BVCJ-34005
Categories:
- Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band albums
- Duke Ellington tribute albums
- 1999 albums
- 1990s jazz album stubs