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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Tribute to Duke Ellington |
| name = Tribute to Duke Ellington
Type = [[Album]] |
| type = studio
Artist = [[Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra]] |
| artist = [[Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra]]
Cover = TributeToDukeEllington_TAJO.jpg |
| cover = TributeToDukeEllington_TAJO.jpg
Released = 1999 [[November 3]] |
| alt =
| released = 1999 November 3
Recorded = Clinton Recording Studios, New York, 1999 [[October 3]], 4
| recorded = Clinton Recording Studios, New York, 1999 October 3, 4
|
Genre = [[Jazz]] |
| venue =
Length = 54:48 |
| studio =
Label = BMG / Novus-J |
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| length = 54:48
Producer = [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]], Exec. Producer: Ikuyoshi Hirakawa |
Reviews = |
| label = BMG / Novus-J
Last album = ''[[Monopoly Game (Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra)|Monopoly Game]]'' <br/> (1998) |
| producer = [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]], Exec. Producer: Ikuyoshi Hirakawa
| prev_title = [[Monopoly Game]]
This album = '''''Tribute to Duke Ellington''''' <br/> (1999) |
| prev_year = 1998
Next album = ''[[Hiroshima - Rising from the Abyss]]'' <br/> (2001)|
| next_title = [[Hiroshima - Rising from the Abyss]]
| next_year = 2001
}}
}}


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


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All orchestrations by [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]]:
All orchestrations by [[Toshiko Akiyoshi]]:
# "Celebration of Duke's Birth" (Akiyoshi) – 9:43
# "Celebration of Duke's Birth" (Akiyoshi) – 9:43
# "Eulogy" (Akiyoshi) – 10:56
# "Eulogy" (Akiyoshi) – 10:56
# "Duke for the Ages" (Akiyoshi) – 10:25
# "Duke for the Ages" (Akiyoshi) – 10:25
# "[[Prelude to a Kiss (song)|Prelude to a Kiss]]" ([[Duke Ellington|Ellington]], [[Irving Mills|Mills]], [[Irving Gordon|Gordon]]) – 10:47
# "[[Prelude to a Kiss (song)|Prelude to a Kiss]]" ([[Duke Ellington|Ellington]], [[Irving Mills|Mills]], [[Irving Gordon|Gordon]]) – 10:47
# "[[Day Dream]]" (Ellington, [[John La Touche|La Touche]], [[Billy Strayhorn|Strayhorn]]) – 6:26
# "[[Day Dream]]" (Ellington, [[John La Touche (musician)|La Touche]], [[Billy Strayhorn|Strayhorn]]) – 6:26
# "[[I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart]]" (Ellington, [[Henry Nemo|Nemo]], [[John Redmond|Redmond]], Mills) – 6:31
# "[[I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart]]" (Ellington, [[Henry Nemo|Nemo]], [[John Redmond (songwriter)|Redmond]], Mills) – 6:31


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


Guests
Guests
*Itsuro Tajima – [[taiko]]
*[[Itsuro Tajima]] – [[taiko]]
*Hiro Sasaki – [[kakko]]
*[[Hiro Sasaki]] – [[Kakko (instrument)|kakko]]


==References / External Links==
==References / external links==
BMG Novus J BVCJ-34005 <br/>
BMG Novus J BVCJ-34005


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{{Toshiko Akiyoshi}}
{{Lew Tabackin}}
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 16 August 2024

Tribute to Duke Ellington
Studio album by
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Released1999 November 3
RecordedClinton Recording Studios, New York, 1999 October 3, 4
GenreJazz
Length54:48
LabelBMG / Novus-J
ProducerToshiko Akiyoshi, Exec. Producer: Ikuyoshi Hirakawa
Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra chronology
Monopoly Game
(1998) 		Tribute to Duke Ellington
(1999) 		Hiroshima - Rising from the Abyss
(2001)

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

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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

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Guests

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BMG Novus J BVCJ-34005


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