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Q MagazineJul 27, 2012[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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Jul 23, 2012He wins you over, eventually.
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MojoJul 19, 2012For the most part his tribute to Duke Ellington works in the way that should keep purist onside. [Aug 2012, p.96]
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Jul 19, 2012Even when it's too adult-contempo (see Steve Vai grating new age cheese all over "Isfahan") this album always has one thing going for it – it makes you want to listen to some Duke Ellington.
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Jun 27, 2012Most of the time, Jackson's new arrangements of Ellington's compositions don't serve the songs so much as they betray the arrogance of a musician who wants to show us how he can bring this music into the present day while ignoring many of the qualities that made it timeless.
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Jun 27, 2012The Duke is too scattershot, and Jackson doesn't quite know what genre to focus on.