The Duke - Joe Jackson
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  • Summary: Joe Jackson tribute album to Duke Ellington includes guest appearances by such artists as Iggy Pop, Sharon Jones, Regina Carter, ?uestlove, Christian McBride, and Steve Vai.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Magnet
    Jul 18, 2012
    75
    The rather unimaginative song selection is enlivened by inventive medleys, stylistic reinterpretations, and playfully arranged instrumentals. [No.89 p.55]
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  2. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jul 23, 2012
    60
    He wins you over, eventually.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 27, 2012
    60
    [Many of] these clean-sounding, jazz-rock rearrangements of songs from 1928 to 1963 prove successful experiments. [Aug 2012, p.100]
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  4. Boston Globe
    Jun 27, 2012
    20
    The Duke is an awful, awful record.

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