Tribute to Duke Ellington
1999 studio album by Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra
Tribute to Duke Ellington | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
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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
- 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
References / external links
BMG Novus J BVCJ-34005
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Quartet, etc.
recordings as
leader/co-leader
- Toshiko's Piano / Amazing Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Toshiko at Mocambo [live]
- The Toshiko Trio
- Her Trio, Her Quartet
- Toshiko and Leon Sash at Newport [live]
- The Many Sides of Toshiko
- United Notions
- The Toshiko–Mariano Quartet
- Long Yellow Road (Trio) / Toshiko Akiyoshi Recital
- Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals
- Live at Birdland [live]
- Toshiko–Mariano Quartet (in West Side)
- East & West
- The Country and Western Sound of Jazz Pianos / With Steve Kuhn, Together
- Miwaku No Jazz (Fascinating Jazz)
- Toshiko Mariano and her Big Band / Toshiko & Modern Jazz
- Lullabies for You
- At Top of the Gate [live]
- In Japan / Long Yellow Road (Quartet) [live]
- Jazz, the Personal Dimension
- Meditation
- Sumie / The Personal Aspect In Jazz
- Solo Piano
- Dedications
- Dedications II
- Toshiko Plays Billy Strayhorn / A Tribute to Billy Strayhorn / Dedications III
- Finesse
- Notorious Tourist from the East / Toshiko Plays Toshiko
- Just Be Bop
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio, 1980 In Rikuzentakata [live]
- Tuttie Flutie
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
- Time Stream
- Interlude
- Four Seasons
- Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream
- Chic Lady
- Dig
- At Maybeck [live]
- Night and Dream
- Yes, I Have No 4 Beat Today
- Time Stream: Toshiko Plays Toshiko
- Live at Blue Note Tokyo '97 [live]
- Sketches of Japan
- Solo Live at the Kennedy Center [live]
- New York Sketch Book
- Hope
- 50th Anniversary Concert in Japan [live]
- Let Freedom Swing
- Vintage
- Solo Live 2004 [live]
- Classic Encounters
- Jazz Conversations
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Plays Gershwin's Porgy And Bess
- My Long Yellow Road
- The Eternal Duo! [live]
– Lew Tabackin
Big Band
- Kogun
- Long Yellow Road
- Tales of a Courtesan (Oirantan)
- Road Time [live]
- Insights
- March of the Tadpoles
- Live at Newport '77 [live]
- Live at Newport II [live]
- Salted Gingko Nuts
- Sumi-e
- Farewell
- From Toshiko with Love / Tanuki's Night Out
- European Memoirs
Jazz Orchestra
feat. Lew Tabackin
- Ten Gallon Shuffle
- Wishing Peace
- Carnegie Hall Concert [live]
- Desert Lady – Fantasy
- Four Seasons of Morita Village
- Monopoly Game
- Tribute to Duke Ellington
- Hiroshima – Rising from the Abyss [live]
- Last Live in Blue Note Tokyo [live]
- Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra in Shanghai [live]
- 1961
- Shibuya Jazz Classics
- Best Gold ‘89~’96
- Best Silver ‘89~’96
- The World of Toshiko Akiyoshi
- NOVUS Series ‘70: The Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band
- Eternal Best / Best 8
- The Best of Toshiko Akiyoshi
- Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band
- My Elegy
- Strive for Jive
- In Shanghai
- The Eternal Duo!
- "Hope"
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