Flight to Japan
1978 studio album by Duke Jordan Trio
Flight to Japan | ||||
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Studio album by Duke Jordan Trio | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | September 25, 1976 at Victor Studios in Tokyo, Japan | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:36 (CD with bonus track) | |||
Label | SteepleChase SCS 1088 | |||
Producer | Nils Winther | |||
Duke Jordan chronology | ||||
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Flight to Japan is an album led by the pianist Duke Jordan, recorded in 1976 in Tokyo , and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1978.[1]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]
Track listing
All compositions by Duke Jordan except as indicated
- "Lullaby of the Orient" - 6:12
- "Bridgetown" - 3:50
- "The Bullet" - 3:41
- "Love Hotel" - 5:27
- "Stone Wall Blues" - 5:14
- "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 9:29
- "Flight to Japan" - 4:47
- "Table Chess" - 3:56 Bonus track on CD release
Personnel
- Duke Jordan - piano
- Wilbur Little - double bass
- Roy Haynes - drums
References
- ^ Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 24, 2015
- SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015 - ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed March 24, 2015
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 703.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 802. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
as leader
or co-leader
- Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (1955)
- Flight to Jordan (1960)
- Brooklyn Brothers (with Cecil Payne, 1973)
- Flight to Denmark (1973)
- Two Loves (1973)
- Duke's Delight (1975)
- Lover Man (1975)
- Misty Thursday (1975)
- Truth (1975)
- Flight to Japan (1976)
- Live in Japan (1976)
- Duke's Artistry (1978)
- The Great Session (1978)
- Tivoli One (1978)
- Tivoli Two (1978)
- Wait and See (1978)
- Change a Pace (1979)
- Midnight Moonlight (1979)
- Thinking of You (1979)
- Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981)
- As Time Goes By (1985)
- Time on My Hands (1985)
- All Star Sessions (Gene Ammons, 1950)
- The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- No Problem (Chet Baker, 1979)
- Les Liaisons dangereuses (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958)
- The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976)
- Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955)
- The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1952)
- Stan Getz Plays (1952)
- Doin' the Gigi (Gigi Gryce, 1957)
- The Return of Howard McGhee (1955)
- Beautiful! (Charles McPherson, 1965)
- Complete Charlie Parker on Dial/Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
- Patterns of Jazz (Cecil Payne, 1956)
- Bird Gets the Worm (Cecil Payne, 1976)
- Oscar Pettiford (1954)
- Introducing Doug Raney (1977)
- Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
- Here Comes Louis Smith (1958)
- Stitt's Bits (Sonny Stitt, 1950)
- Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962)
- The Champ (Sonny Stitt, 1973)
- Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)