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The Duke

Joe Jackson's interpretation of Duke Ellington Classics.

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  • "The Duke' is a tribute to jazz icon Duke Ellington. Though it is a tribute album, it's also very much a Joe Jackson album, consistent with his long-standing sense of musical adventure."I revere Duke Ellington, but I didn't want this to be a reverent album", Joe Jackson says of 'The Duke'. True to Jackson's word, the album is a decidedly unconventional salute to Ellington, demonstrating his timeless brilliance, whilst showcasing Jackson's sublime skills as an arranger, instrumentalist and vocal interpreter. The album finds the iconoclastic English singer/ composer/ arranger/ keyboardist and five time Grammy nominee interpreting 15 Ellington classics over the course of ten tracks, interspersing melodic and rhythmic elements of various compositions in a manner that's consistent with Ellington's own freewheeling approach. "Ellington didn't consider his own arrangements to be sacred", Jackson notes. "He constantly reworked them, sometimes quite radically. So I think my approach is in the spirit of the man himself." Jackson's distinctive voice is featured on numerous tracks, but he also trades vocals with punk icon Iggy Pop, and R&B diva Sharon Jones takes centre stage on the soulful 'I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues'. Jackson enlisted Iranian singer Sussan Deyhim to perform, along with Lilian Vieira, of the Brazilian/Dutch collective Zuco 103. Other guests include the contemporary jazz stars, violinist Regina Carter and bassist Christian McBride; rock guitar hero Steve Vai; drummer Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson and other members of The Roots; and two of Jackson's old associates, guitarist Vinnie Zummo and percussionist Sue Hadjopoulos. The album was recorded and mixed by the legendary, seven time Grammy winner Elliot Scheiner (Steely Dan, Sting, Bob Dylan)."
  • "Joe Jackson's interpretation of Duke Ellington Classics."
  • "Joe Jackson's interpretation of Duke Ellington Classics."@en

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  • "rock, pop (rock)"
  • "jazz (jazz et blues)"

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  • "The Duke"
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