Flight to Japan

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1978 studio album by Duke Jordan Trio

Flight to Japan

Studio album by

Duke Jordan Trio

Released| 1978
Recorded| September 25, 1976 at Victor Studios in Tokyo, Japan
Genre| Jazz
Length| 42:36 (CD with bonus track)
Label| SteepleChase SCS 1088
Producer| Nils Winther
Duke Jordan chronology
| Osaka Concert Vol. 2
(1976)  | Flight to Japan
(1978)  | Flight to Norway
(1976)

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Flight to Japan is an album led by the pianist Duke Jordan, recorded in 1976 in Tokyo , and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1978.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Duke Jordan except as indicated

1. "Lullaby of the Orient" - 6:12
2. "Bridgetown" - 3:50
3. "The Bullet" - 3:41
4. "Love Hotel" - 5:27
5. "Stone Wall Blues" - 5:14
6. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 9:29
7. "Flight to Japan" - 4:47
8. "Table Chess" - 3:56 Bonus track on CD release

## Personnel

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* Duke Jordan \- piano
* Wilbur Little \- double bass
* Roy Haynes \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 24, 2015
\- SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
2. ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed March 24, 2015
3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 703.
4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 802\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Duke Jordan

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

Albums
as leader
or co-leader|

* Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (1955)
* Flight to Jordan (1960)
* Brooklyn Brothers (with Cecil Payne, 1973)
* Flight to Denmark (1973)
* Two Loves (1973)
* Duke's Delight (1975)
* Lover Man (1975)
* Misty Thursday (1975)
* Truth (1975)
* Flight to Japan (1976)
* Live in Japan (1976)
* Duke's Artistry (1978)
* The Great Session (1978)
* Tivoli One (1978)
* Tivoli Two (1978)
* Wait and See (1978)
* Change a Pace (1979)
* Midnight Moonlight (1979)
* Thinking of You (1979)
* Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981)
* As Time Goes By (1985)
* Time on My Hands (1985)

With others|

* All Star Sessions (Gene Ammons, 1950)
* The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
* No Problem (Chet Baker, 1979)
* Les Liaisons dangereuses (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959)
* True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
* Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
* Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958)
* The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976)
* Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955)
* The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1952)
* Stan Getz Plays (1952)
* Doin' the Gigi (Gigi Gryce, 1957)
* The Return of Howard McGhee (1955)
* Beautiful! (Charles McPherson, 1965)
* Complete Charlie Parker on Dial/Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
* Patterns of Jazz (Cecil Payne, 1956)
* Bird Gets the Worm (Cecil Payne, 1976)
* Oscar Pettiford (1954)
* Introducing Doug Raney (1977)
* Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
* Here Comes Louis Smith (1958)
* Stitt's Bits (Sonny Stitt, 1950)
* Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962)
* The Champ (Sonny Stitt, 1973)
* Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)

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