The Duke | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 26 June 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
Genre | Jazz, sophisti-pop[1] | |||
Length | 47:38 | |||
Label | Razor & Tie | |||
Producer | Joe Jackson | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 59/100[2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Consequence of Sound | D-[4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Gross beat vst cracks. The Duke is the seventeenth studio album by English musician Joe Jackson. The album was released on 26 June 2012 by Razor & Tie Recordings.[6][7]
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The album is a tribute to Duke Ellington, the American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra.
Upon its release, The Duke received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59 based on 10 reviews, which indicates 'mixed or average reviews'.[2]
The album debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200,[8] and No. 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart,[9] selling around 5,000 copies in its first week of release. The album has sold 13,000 copies in the United States as of September 2015.[10]
Track listing[edit]
All songs arranged and produced by Joe Jackson.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | 'Isfahan' | Ellington, Strayhorn | 5:03 |
2. | 'Caravan' | Ellington, Tizol, Mills | 6:01 |
3. | 'I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail' | Ellington, George / Strayhorn / Ellington | 3:34 |
4. | 'Mood Indigo' | Ellington, Mills, Bigard | 4:04 |
5. | 'Rockin' in Rhythm' | Ellington | 3:28 |
6. | 'I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me' | Ellington, George / Ellington, Russell | 5:14 |
7. | 'I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)' | Ellington, Webster | 4:48 |
8. | 'Perdido / Satin Doll' (featuring Zuco 103) | Tizol, Lenk, Drake / Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn | 4:49 |
9. | 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy' | Ellington, Miley / Ellington | 5:26 |
10. | 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)' (featuring Iggy Pop) | Ellington, Mills | 5:11 |
Personnel[edit]
- Musicians
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- Joe Jackson – piano, keyboards, stylophone, synthesizer, accordion, tom-toms, melodica, vibraphone
- Steve Vai - guitar on 'Isfahan' and 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy'
- Kris Ingram Lanzaro - synthesizers, drum programming, sound design, on 'Isfahan' and 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)', Production Assistant for whole album.
- Sussan Deyhim - vocals on 'Caravan'
- Vinnie Zummo - guitars on 'Caravan', 'I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail' and 'Mood Indigo', harmonica on 'Mood Indigo', 'I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)', 'Perdido / Satin Doll', 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy' and 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'
- Mary Rowell - violin on 'Caravan', 'I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)' and 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy'
- Cornelius Dufallo - violin on 'Caravan', 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy' and 'I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)'
- Ralph Farris - viola on 'Caravan', 'I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)' and 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy'
- Dorothy Lawson - cello on 'Caravan', 'I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)' and 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy'
- Christian McBride - bass guitar on 'Caravan', 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy' and 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)', acoustic bass on 'I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail' and 'I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me'
- Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson - drums on 'Caravan', 'I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail', 'Mood Indigo', 'Rockin' In Rhythm', 'I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me' and 'The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy'
- Sue Hadjopoulos – congas and bongos on 'Caravan', 'I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail' and 'I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)'
- Regina Carter - violin on 'I'm Beginning to See the Light / Take the 'A' Train / Cotton Tail', 'Mood Indigo' and 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'
- Tony Aiello - piccolo on 'Rockin' In Rhythm'
- Damon Bryson - sousaphone on 'Rockin' In Rhythm'
- Sharon Jones - vocals on 'I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me'
- Kirk Douglas - guitar on 'I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues / Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me'
- Lilian Vieira - vocals on 'Perdido / Satin Doll', 'doo wah' vocals on 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'
- Stefan Kruger - drums and percussion on 'Perdido / Satin Doll' and 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'
- Iggy Pop - vocals on 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'
- Stefan Schmid - synthesizer on 'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)'
- Production
- Joe Jackson - arrangements, producer, recording engineer
- Akahiro Nishimura - assistant recording engineer
- Ted Jensen - mastering engineer
- Ed Sherman - art direction
- Frank Veronsky - photography
- Maurice Seymour, William P. Gottlieb - photos of Duke Ellington
References[edit]
- ^'The Duke'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ ab'Reviews for The Duke by Joe Jackson'. Metacritic. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^Mark Deming (2012-06-26). 'The Duke - Joe Jackson | Songs, Reviews, Credits'. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^Brennan, Collin (2012-06-26). 'Joe Jackson – The Duke'. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^Dolan, Jon (2012-07-19). 'Joe Jackson The Duke Album Review'. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^'The Duke by Joe Jackson on iTunes'. Itunes.apple.com. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^Phil Gallo (2012-11-07). 'Joe Jackson Taking 'Duke' on the Road'. Billboard. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
- ^'Billboard 200'. Billboard. July 14, 2012.
- ^'Top Jazz Albums'. Billboard. July 14, 2012.
- ^'Upcoming Releases'. Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015.
External links[edit]
- The Duke album information at The Joe Jackson Archive
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