The Duke (Joe Jackson album)
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 59/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Consequence of Sound | D-[3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
The Duke is the seventeenth studio album by English musician Joe Jackson. The album was released on 26 June 2012 by Razor & Tie Recordings.[5][6]
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".[1]
The album debuted at No. 93 on the Billboard 200,[7] and No. 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart,[8] 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.[9]
Track listing
All songs arranged and produced by Joe Jackson.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Musicians
- 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
- ^ a b "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.
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External links
- The Duke album information at The Joe Jackson Archive