"forgotten. I wanted to show my appreciation."" Later tributes included ""Master Blaster"" in 1980 (dedicated to Bob Marley) and ""Happy Birthday"", which pleaded for commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. on his birthday. Wonder pays tribute to ""some of music's pioneers"" in the song: ""There's Basie, Miller, Satchmo, and the king of all, Sir Duke / And with a voice like Ella's ringing out / There's no way the band can lose"". Sir Duke ""Sir Duke"" is a song composed and performed by Stevie Wonder, from his 1976 album ""Songs in the Key of Life"". Released as a single in"
"Wonder re-recorded the song for the 1995 live album ""Natural Wonder"". Wonder wrote the song as a tribute to Duke Ellington, the jazz composer, bandleader, and pianist who had influenced him as a musician. Wonder had already experienced the death of two of his idols (Dinah Washington and Wes Montgomery) after attempting to collaborate with them. After Ellington died in 1974, Wonder wanted to write a song acknowledging musicians he felt were important. He later said, ""I knew the title from the beginning but wanted it to be about the musicians who did something for us. So soon they are"
"A Tribute to Duke A Tribute to Duke is a 1977 studio album by various artists, recorded in homage to bandleader and composer Duke Ellington. The Allmusic review by JT Griffith awarded the album 3 stars stating ""This short, nine-track tribute to the legendary Duke Ellington packs more swing into its 36-minute length than you'd expect. The disc features guest performances from Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, and Woody Herman...The instrumental ""Main Stem"" is a rollicking number that sadly fades out after five minutes. Crosby's ""Don't Get Around Much Anymore"" features some of his more adventurous vocalizations... A Tribute"
"""A lot of Stevie Wonder's music is on the level of many other unique artists like Duke Ellington, like Thelonious Monk. When you hear Stevie, you know that's who it is. I put him in a genius class, he's fabulous."" On her Grammy-nominated release, ""Blueprint of a Lady: Sketches of Billie Holiday"" (2005), which comes highly recommended, Freelon pays tribute to the quintessential jazz vocalist Billie Holiday in the best possible way—without imitation and putting her own interpretations on material written by or associated with Lady Day. Her band, adjusted to fit the mood of each song, skillfully complements her"
"to Duke plays like a wonderful appetizer, readying your palette for more music. The only weakness of this disc is that it is too short."". Although he was to still record in the U.K., this marked the last occasion that Bing Crosby recorded in America. All music composed by Duke Ellington, lyricists indicated. A Tribute to Duke A Tribute to Duke is a 1977 studio album by various artists, recorded in homage to bandleader and composer Duke Ellington. The Allmusic review by JT Griffith awarded the album 3 stars stating ""This short, nine-track tribute to the legendary Duke Ellington packs"
"X"" and ""Billy Preston"" were recorded later that year with the band heard on ""In Concert."" The remaining tracks were from 1973 and 1974 sessions with his current band, including Pete Cosey. ""He Loved Him Madly"" was recorded by Davis as his tribute to then-recently deceased Duke Ellington, who used to tell his audiences ""I love you madly."" English musician Brian Eno cited it as a lasting influence on his own work. In a contemporary review, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's Stephen Davis praised Davis' adventurousness and direction of his rhythm band, whom he called a ""who's who of Seventies jazz-rock"". Robert"
"stars (out of a possible 4.) Allmusic gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stars. Such Sweet Thunder Such Sweet Thunder is a Duke Ellington album, released in 1957. The record is a twelve part suite based on the work of William Shakespeare. In August 1956, Duke Ellington and his orchestra were in Canada, performing in the same city as the ongoing Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Curious, Ellington and his longtime composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn talked to festival staffers, and Ellington soon announced his next album project would be a conceptual piece, paying tribute to Shakespeare's varied works with appropriate jazz compositions."
"Such Sweet Thunder Such Sweet Thunder is a Duke Ellington album, released in 1957. The record is a twelve part suite based on the work of William Shakespeare. In August 1956, Duke Ellington and his orchestra were in Canada, performing in the same city as the ongoing Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Curious, Ellington and his longtime composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn talked to festival staffers, and Ellington soon announced his next album project would be a conceptual piece, paying tribute to Shakespeare's varied works with appropriate jazz compositions. In addition to the ""Such Sweet Thunder"" album, he promised the entire suite would be"
"Looking Back (Stevie Wonder album) Looking Back, also later known as Anthology, is a triple LP anthology by American soul musician Stevie Wonder, released in 1977 on Motown Records. Since its release in 12-inch triple LP format, it has not been reissued and is considered a limited edition. The album chronicles 40 songs from Wonder's first Motown period, which precedes the classic period of his critically acclaimed albums. Between 1963 and the end of 1971, Wonder placed over 25 songs on ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Twenty-four of those — including such radio staples as ""Fingertips, Pt. 2"", ""Uptight (Everything's Alright)"", ""I"
"for Best Male Pop Vocal, Best Male Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance (for ""Boogie On Reggae Woman""), and Album of the Year in 1974. All songs written by Stevie Wonder, except where noted. Fulfillingness' First Finale Fulfillingness' First Finale is a 1974 album by Stevie Wonder; widely considered one of the albums from his ""classic period"". Released on July 22, 1974 on the Tamla label, it is Wonder's nineteenth album overall, and seventeenth studio album. According to ""Billboard"" magazine, it was Wonder's first studio album to top the Pop Albums chart where it remained for two weeks, while it was"
"and ""Killing Me Softly"". Both were # 1 hits on the pop charts and she became the first artist and the only female artist to win back to back Grammy Awards for Record of the Year. Stevie Wonder who topped the charts five times during the decade with songs such as ""You Are the Sunshine of My Life"" and ""Sir Duke"" had a unique treble. He won Grammy Awards for both best male Pop and R & B vocal performance in 1974, 1975, and 1977. The Jackson 5 became one of the biggest pop-music phenomena of the 1970s, playing from"
"of Duke Ellington"" (1977), and ""Frank Sinatra"" (co-written with George Perry, 1985). He collaborated with his wife, Elizabeth Jewell, on a series of ""Sunday Times"" crossword collections and wrote two novels, ""Come In Number One, Your Time Is Up"" (1971) and ""Sellout"" (1973). Created in 1967, BBC Radio 3 was dedicated primarily to broadcasting live and recorded performances of classical music. Derek Jewell hosted what was known as the only ""rock"" show on the radio station, the weekly ""Sounds Interesting"", although in addition to rock, Jewell hosted performers playing a wide range of experimental and even improvisational music. ""Billboard"" (7"
"fitting ending to a truly remarkable career"". Eastbourne Performance Eastbourne Performance is a live album by American pianist, composer and band leader Duke Ellington featuring his final recorded concert at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne, England in December 1973 and released on the RCA label in 1975. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states ""The Ellington Orchestra was a bit weaker than it had been (many of the veterans had either died or retired) but it was still a mighty outfit... Actually the most impressive soloist on the album (which has yet to be"
"jazz"" and cited it as a template for his 1990 album ""Alone with Three Giants"". ""When you think of great artists paying homage to great artists, that one recording let me know what I had to do."" Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington is an album by jazz pianist Thelonious Monk that was released by Riverside in 1955. The album contains Monk's versions of songs by Duke Ellington. The album was reissued by Riverside on March 27, 2007, in the United States and on April 16, 2007, in the United Kingdom. Although Monk occasionally performed covers,"
"second section, I introduced a pattern of answering the right hand with the left hand, abruptly changing the register of the piano. In the third section, I tried to improvise within the limitation of two lines in the first chorus."" """"Weep No More"" was written in 1945. The only public performance has been in the ETO, arranged for big band and vocalist."" """"The Duke"" is a tribute to Duke Ellington, recorded with the quartet in a previous album. It is the only completely written, unimprovised piece in the album."" """"When I Was Young"" was originally written as a waltz in"
"1966"". Their only other studio album is ""Ella at Duke's Place"" (1965). For the 1957 Verve 4-LP set: Verve MGV 4010-4 Disc one Disc two Disc three Bonus Tracks; Issued on the Verve 1999 3CD re-issue, Verve 314 559 248-2 Recorded June 15–October 27, 1957, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book is a 1957 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, focusing on Ellington's songs. Part of Fitzgerald's ""Song Book"" series, it is the only one where"
"1962 single ""Contract on Love"" and the unissued 1964 single ""Pretty Little Angel"". Also included on the album are ""Nothing's Too Good for My Baby"", another Wonder co-write, and a cover of folk star Bob Dylan's ""Blowin' in the Wind"", which made Wonder popular with crossover audiences, and a cover of the standard,"" Teach Me Tonight"", featuring vocals by The Four Tops. The album reached No.33 on the Billboard Pop Album charts and No.2 on the R&B Albums charts. On the album, Stevie was backed by the Funk Brothers, the legendary, but uncredited, early period Motown Records studio musicians, creators"
"1959 and 1971-72, few of the themes (outside of ""The Single Petal of a Rose"" from ""The Queen's Suite"") are all that memorable. But even lesser Ellington is of great interest and veteran collectors may want to pick this up"". All compositions by Duke Ellington except where noted. The Ellington Suites The Ellington Suites is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington which collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971, and 1972 released on the Pablo label in 1976. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1976. Ellington wrote"
"of a heart attack, which was on March 28, 1978, in New York City. With Jack McDuff With Duke Ellington With Houston Person With Duke Ellington With Duke Ellington WIth Duke Ellington & His Orchestra With Buck Clayton With Duke Ellington Orchestra / Mercer Ellington With Duke Ellington With Duke Ellington and His Orchestra With Duke Ellington With Duke Ellington With Duke Ellington With Duke Ellington With Duke Ellington With King Curtis With Louis Jordan With Barbara Lewis With Jesse Stone With Houston Person With Lucky Millinder With Duke Ellington & His Orchestra With Cootie Williams and His Orchestra With"
"Gunther Schuller's edition of Mingus's ""Epitaph"" which premiered at Lincoln Center in 1989 was subsequently released on Columbia/Sony Records. One of the most elaborate tributes to Mingus came on September 29, 1969, at a festival honoring him. Duke Ellington performed ""The Clown"", with Duke reading Jean Shepherd's narration. It was long believed that no recording of this performance existed; however, one was discovered and premiered on July 11, 2013, by Dry River Jazz host Trevor Hodgkins for NPR member station KRWG-FM with re-airings on July 13, 2013, and July 26, 2014. Mingus's elegy for Duke, ""Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love"","
"styles and the life and feelings of the artist. It included recollections of childhood, of first love and lost love. It contained songs about faith and love among all peoples and songs about social justice for the poor and downtrodden. On February 19, 1977, Wonder was nominated for seven Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, an award that he had already won twice, in 1974 and 1975, for ""Innervisions"" and ""Fulfillingness’ First Finale"". Since 1973, Stevie’s presence at the Grammy ceremonies had been consistent – he attended most of the ceremonies and also used to perform on stage. But"
"With Stevie Wonder Cited sources Other sources Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur ""Greg"" Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California, U.S. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed keyboard tracks to numerous albums representing a broad array of artists and genres. He has toured with notable artists, such as Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and Toto, served as musical director for Michael Jackson, and has released two solo studio albums. Gregory Arthur Phillinganes was born on May 12, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan. He began playing a neighbor's piano by"
"""You are very beautiful, very sweet and we do love you madly."" With that, the historic show concluded. Columbia Records recorded the concert and an album soon followed. Duke appeared soon after on the cover of ""Time"", and his resurgent popularity lasted throughout the rest of his life. Some of his most critically acclaimed albums occurred during the next decade and a half, until age and illness began to claim some of Duke's band members and, in 1974, Ellington himself. In 1996, a tape discovered in the Voice of America's archive of its radio broadcasts revealed that the 1956 album"
"The Ellington Suites The Ellington Suites is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington which collects three suites recorded in 1959, 1971, and 1972 released on the Pablo label in 1976. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band in 1976. Ellington wrote ""The Queen's Suite"" for Queen Elizabeth II who was presented with a single pressing of the recording, which was not commercially issued during Ellington's lifetime. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states ""Although there are some good moments from Ellington's orchestras of"
"An All-Star Grammy Salute"" Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran performed a version of the song. The show aired on 16 February 2015 on CBS. Master Blaster (Jammin') ""Master Blaster (Jammin)"" is a 1980 single by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder from his 1980 album ""Hotter than July"". The song, built on a heavy reggae feel, is an ode to reggae legend Bob Marley; Wonder had been performing live with Marley (billing him as an opening act) on his US tour in the fall of that year. Lyrics mention ""children of Jah"", ""Marley's Hot on the box"" and the end of the civil"
"Eastbourne Performance Eastbourne Performance is a live album by American pianist, composer and band leader Duke Ellington featuring his final recorded concert at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne, England in December 1973 and released on the RCA label in 1975. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states ""The Ellington Orchestra was a bit weaker than it had been (many of the veterans had either died or retired) but it was still a mighty outfit... Actually the most impressive soloist on the album (which has yet to be reissued on CD) is Ellington himself... A"
"in 1999 to honor Stevie Wonder at The Kennedy Center Honors. She sang ""I Just Called to Say I Love You"" arranged and accompanied by Herbie Hancock. Entertainment writer Jake Elyachar rated this as one of the top 20 best performances ever given on the Kennedy Honors series. Wonder was visibly emotionally moved by the performance. She was awarded the Helen Keller Achievement Award by the American Foundation for the Blind in 2000. Late in 2003, Schuur released ""Midnight"", featuring original songs written by Barry Manilow for the album. Manilow's long-time songwriting team, which included co-producer Eddie Arkin, and lyricists"
"only one performance. In 2004 the terms were modified to read, ""For a distinguished musical composition by an American that has had its first performance or recording in the United States during the year."" In 1965, the jury unanimously decided that no major work was worthy of the Pulitzer Prize. In lieu they recommended a special citation be given to Duke Ellington in recognition of the body of his work, but the Pulitzer Board refused and therefore no award was given that year. Ellington responded: ""Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too"
"idiosyncratically conceived and brilliantly realized orchestral jazz"". The Guardian's John Fordham rated the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, ""Westbrook's catholic taste has made him more popular on the European continent than in his homeland, but this 1984 tribute to Duke Ellington not only confirms the depths of his jazz roots, but also how effectively he can evoke the spirits of his biggest heroes without mimicking them"". ""All compositions by Mike Westbrook"" On Duke's Birthday On Duke's Birthday is a live album by the Mike Westbrook Orchestra performing a five song suite dedicated to the memory of Duke Ellington"
"Duke Ellington were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have qualitative or historical significance. Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy ""Duke"" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than fifty years. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances"
"Duke Ellington"". Don George Don R. George (August 27, 1909 – 1987) was an American popular music lyricist. His songs include ""The Yellow Rose of Texas"" ""I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues"" (1937), ""I'm Beginning to See the Light"" (1944) and ""Everything but You"" (1945). George has also written lyrics for film songs. He was a personal friend and occasional lyricist of jazz composer Duke Ellington, whom he followed closely from 1943 until Ellington's death in 1974. It was with Ellington that he wrote many of hist best-known songs. George wrote a 1981 biography of Ellington titled ""Sweet Man:"
"Stevie Wonder) and 1975's ""California Sunset"" was an album of modern soul written and produced entirely by Lamont Dozier. ""Communique"" from 1976 marked the group's first foray into disco, expanded on with 1977's ""Down To Love Town"". In total the group released some eight albums during their tenure at Motown. Although the group went on to have more modest success in both the soul and disco fields near the end of the decade, including ""Down To Love Town,"" a #1 dance chart hit, the songs they made with Marvin Gaye are arguably their most memorable and notable. Spencer returned briefly"
"Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy ""Duke"" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than fifty years. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. In the 1930s, his orchestra toured in Europe. Although widely considered to have been a pivotal figure in the history of jazz, Ellington embraced the phrase ""beyond category"" as a"