Duke's Delight

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Duke's Delight
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Studio album by
Duke Jordan Quintet
Released1976
RecordedNovember 18, 1975
StudioC. I. Recording Studios, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length60:11CD with bonus tracks
Label SteepleChase SCS 1046
Producer Nils Winther
Duke Jordan chronology
Misty Thursday
(1975)
Duke's Delight
(1976)
Lover Man
(1975)

Duke's Delight is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow said "The date lives up to its potential". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Jordan except as indicated

  1. "Truth" – 7:55
  2. "(In My) Solitude" (Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:36
  3. "Sultry Eve" – 9:46
  4. "Undecided Lady" – 6:07
  5. "Tall Grass" – 9:13
  6. "Duke's Delight" – 7:25
  7. "Undecided Lady" [Alternate Take] – 6:32 Bonus track on CD release
  8. "Duke's Delight" [Alternate Take] – 7:37 Bonus track on CD release

Personnel

References

  1. Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 12, 2015
  2. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 19, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Duke's Delight – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 802. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.