In 2012, Jackson released the studio album "The Duke," in which he covers songs made famous by Duke Ellington. Personally, I think this is one of Jackson's most disappointing albums. I love his 1981 album "Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive," which similarly looked back to swing and jump blues at the like. But on "The Duke" I felt he tried too hard to make things different with rearrangements and bringing in guest singers.
With this album, I feel I can partially fix that. The first four songs are also songs on "The Duke" studio album. But here they're done in concert with Jackson singing. In my opinion, they're done in a more appealing manner. The fifth song, "In a Sentimental Mood," is another song associated with Ellington, but it was only done by Jackson in concert. (I would have included more songs from the album, except even in concert he had guest singers sing the other songs.)
The rest of this album consists of Jackson's usual wide variety of covers. "Peter Gunn Theme" is particularly interesting, because he does a version of this famous instrumental with lyrics, based on an obscure version once done by Sarah Vaughan. The remaining covers are of songs by David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, and Bob Marley.
01 I'm Beginning to See the Light - Take the 'A' Train (Joe Jackson)
02 Mood Indigo (Joe Jackson)
03 The Mooche - Black and Tan Fantasy [Instrumental] (Joe Jackson)
04 It Don't Mean a Thing [If It Ain't Got that Swing] (Joe Jackson)
05 In a Sentimental Mood [Instrumental] (Joe Jackson)
06 Peter Gunn Theme (Joe Jackson)
07 Life On Mars (Joe Jackson)
08 Big Yellow Taxi (Joe Jackson)
09 Night by Night (Joe Jackson)
10 Johnny Was (Joe Jackson)
https://www.upload.ee/files/15908763/JoeJacks_2012-2017_NghtbyNight_atse.zip.html
The cover art uses a photo of Jackson from 2015.
Great post - thanks
ReplyDeleteLove the Joe Jackson stuff! Just checking... you doing Okay Paul? It's been a while since you posted anything.
ReplyDeleteI'm back. Thanks for asking. ;)
DeleteThank you for re-up. Great job
ReplyDeleteDon't forget his amazing cover of Girl by Lennon/Beatles. It is hauntingly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteRe-up seems to be gone? Or am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteHi master, possible re-up ? Thank you
ReplyDeleteNo, it's gone, not missing anything but patience, so will try again later and thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteTry to put this together myself, can;t find "Joe Jackson, in a sentimental mood Joe pass or Milt Jackson, so no idea now where is is coming from, just Joe Jackson - Sentimental Thing, so gave up!
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