The Duke (Joe Jackson album)

Track listing

Personnel

• 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 ", 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 ", "Perdido / Satin Doll", "The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy" and "It Don't Mean a Thing "
• Mary Rowell - violin on "Caravan", "I Got It Bad " and "The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy"
• Cornelius Dufallo - violin on "Caravan", "The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy" and "I Got It Bad "
• Ralph Farris - viola on "Caravan", "I Got It Bad " and "The Mooche / Black and Tan Fantasy"
• Dorothy Lawson - cello on "Caravan", "I Got It Bad " 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 ", 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 "
• 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 "
• 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 "
• Stefan Kruger - drums and percussion on "Perdido / Satin Doll" and "It Don't Mean a Thing "
• Iggy Pop - vocals on "It Don't Mean a Thing "
• Stefan Schmid - synthesizer on "It Don't Mean a Thing "

• 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