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artist.....: Joe Jackson
title......: Fool
label......: earMUSIC
genre......: Pop
rip date...: 2019-01-17
retail date: 2019-01-18
runtime....: 42:07
tracks.....: 8
size.......: 97.85MB
quality....: 320kbps 44.1kHz
codec......: MP3 (MPEG-2 Audio Layer III)
encoder....: LAME
url........: play.google.com
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░ 01. Big Black Cloud 06:01 ░
░ 02. Fabulously Absolute 04:14 ░
░ 03. Dave 05:03 ░
░ 04. Strange Land 05:41 ░
░ 05. Friend Better 04:51 ░
░ 06. Fool 04:59 ░
░ 07. 32 Kisses 04:28 ░
░ 08. Alchemy 06:50 ░
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"I revere the Duke, but I didn't want to make a reverent album",
Joe Jackson says of The Duke, his new tribute to jazz legend Duke
Ellington.The Duke is indeed an unconventional salute to
Ellington, demonstrating the timeless brilliance of his
compositions while showcasing Jackson's skills as arranger,
instrumentalist and singer. Though it's his second album of non-
original material (after 1981's Jumpin' Jive) it's nonetheless a
deeply personal project for Jackson, whose affinity for Ellington
has been an inspiration throughout his own three-decade-plus
career.The Duke finds the iconoclastic Jackson - a five-time
Grammy nominee - interpreting 15 Ellington classics over ten
tracks, ingeniously combining several songs into medleys. Rather
than emulating the original big-band arrangements, Jackson
filters the material through his own musical imagination. The
result is a surprising yet seamless fusion of styles, whose
abundant playfulness is consistent with Ellington's own
freewheeling approach."Ellington didn't consider his own
arrangements to be sacred", Jackson notes. "He constantly
reworked them, sometimes quite radically. So I think my approach
is in the spirit of the man himself".Jackson's distinctive voice
is featured on I'm Beginning To See The Light, Mood Indigo, and I
Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good), while It Don't Mean A Thing (If
It Ain't Got That Swing) finds him trading vocals with punk icon
Iggy Pop. R&B diva Sharon Jones, meanwhile, shines with a soulful
I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues. In keeping with Ellington's
multiculuralism, Jackson also encouraged Iranian singer Sussan
Deyhim to perform a soaring Caravan in Farsi, and Lilian Vieira,
of the Brazilian/Dutch collective Zuco 103, to create a sunny,
sexy Portuguese version of Perdido.The album's striking mix of
electronic and organic textures is especially evident on
instrumentals like Isfahan, Rockin' In Rhythm, The Mooche, and
Black and Tan Fantasy. The musicians include two contemporary
jazz stars, violinist Regina Carter and bassist Christian
McBride; rock guitar hero Steve Vai; drummer Ahmir '?uestlove'
Thompson and other members of The Roots; and two of Jackson's old
associates, guitarist Vinnie Zummo and percussionist Sue
Hadjopoulos. Two tracks, Perdido and It Don't Mean A Thing, were
recorded in Amsterdam in collaboration with Zuco 103. The remaing
tracks were recorded - and the whole album mixed - in New York by
the legendary Elliot Scheiner.Jackson used no horns on The Duke -
an audacious move, considering how they dominated the original
recordings. "That was my only rule", he says. "I wanted to take
it in a completely different direction, and there was a danger of
just sounding like watered-down Ellington if it wasn't different
enough. Not using horns was a good place to start. It makes you
think: what else can we do?" So, instead of reeds and brass, the
album features synthesizers, vibraphone, accordion and string
quartet.Jackson's passion for Ellington goes back to his teens.
"I loved the fact that there was so much going on, yet it was
kind of hard to pin down," he recalls. "Within the space of 3
minutes he could go through several different moods, brilliantly
and seamlessly". Ellington's example also shaped Jackson's own
musical approach, even when he was playing raw rock'n'roll in the
wake of the British punk movement. "One of things I learned from
him was how to work with musicians," he says. "He was able to
showcase the personality of every player in his band, yet still
be completely in control. He had a way of leading without being a
dictator, of realizing his own vision while allowing others to
shine. Ellington was a big-picture guy, and that's what I've
aspired to be".The Duke is fuelled by the same restless creative
urge that has made Joe Jackson's catalogue so eclectic, yet
fiercely individual. He started building his resume as a
teenager, studying composition at London's Royal Academy of Music
and recording a pair of singles with pre-punk combo Arms and
Legs.Jackson's first three albums - Look Sharp!, I'm The Man and
Beat Crazy, released between 1979 and 1980 - combined catchy,
hard-hitting tunes with articulate, often humorous lyrics.
Despite early commercial success, Jackson soon spread his musical
wings, first with Jumpin' Jive and then 1982's massively
successful Night and Day, on which he embraced a more
sophisticated, adult approach, influenced as much by jazz and
latin music as rock. He continued in a similar vein with Body and
Soul (1984) Big World (1986), Blaze of Glory (1989) and Laughter
and Lust (1991).Jackson turned further away from the pop
mainstream with the gentle, soul-searching Night Music (1994),
the satirical rock-opera Heaven and Hell (1997) and Symphony No.
1, which won the 2000 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
Also in 2000, Joe released the belated sequel Night and Day II, a
personal favourite which he has called his 'most underrated
album'. In 2003, Jackson surprised fans by reuniting the band
from his first three albums for an acclaimed album of new songs,
Volume 4, and a successful world tour. Relocating to Berlin in
2008, he recorded the minimal yet majestic Rain with just piano,
voice, and his original rhythm section. The trio have since
toured extensively, and in 2010 released Jackson's favourite of
his several live records, Live Music.In addition to his own
albums, Jackson has written several film scores, notably for
Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker and James Bridges' Mike's Murder.
He has also played piano and/or sung on records by Suzanne Vega,
Joan Armatrading, Ruben Blades, Rickie Lee Jones, Nina Hagen, and
William Shatner. In 1999, Jackson published a well-received book,
A Cure For Gravity, which he described as 'a book about music
disguised as a memoir'.ThoughThe Duke is a tribute album, it's
also very much a Joe Jackson album, consistent with his
longstanding sense of musical adventure."When I started this",
Jackson says, "It felt a little daunting - like, how am I gonna
pull this off? But it started to pick up momentum, and took on a
life of its own. I got to work with people I never thought I'd be
able to get, and they were all extremely enthusiastic and
supportive of the project. It all came together in a way that
surpassed my expectations. And it's been a hell of a lot of fun".
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░ Shout out to all of those who keep the dream of the scene alive. ░
Special thanks to those who have paved the way and parted.
We miss you!