Tribute to Duke Ellington


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:
  1. "Celebration of Duke's Birth" – 9:43
  2. "Eulogy" – 10:56
  3. "Duke for the Ages" – 10:25
  4. "Prelude to a Kiss" – 10:47
  5. "Day Dream" – 6:26
  6. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" – 6:31

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