To Duke with Love

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To Duke with Love
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Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedMarch 5, 1975
Genre Jazz
Length40:30
Label East Wind
EW-8012
Producer Kiyoshi Itoh, Yasohachi Itoh & Yukio Morisaki
Art Farmer chronology
Yesterday's Thoughts
(1975)
To Duke with Love
(1976)
The Summer Knows
(1976)

To Duke with Love is an album by Art Farmer featuring compositions associated with Duke Ellington recorded in 1975 and originally released on the Japanese East Wind label. [1]

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Reception

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Scott Yanow of AllMusic states, "This tasteful set features Art Farmer at his best". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Ellington except as indicated.

  1. "In a Sentimental Mood" – 7:07
  2. "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (Ellington, Irving Mills) – 5:40
  3. "The Star Crossed Lovers" – 7:16
  4. "The Brown Skin Gal in the Calico Gown" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:31
  5. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:28
  6. "Love You Madly" – 6:28

Personnel

References

  1. Ziegler, F., East Wind discography accessed August 5, 2014
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S., AllMusic Review accessed August 5, 2014
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 76. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.