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On Duke's Birthday

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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 which was recorded in France in 1984 and released on the Hat Hut label in 1985. [1]

34 relations: All About Jazz, AllMusic, Alto clarinet, Alto saxophone, Amiens, Baritone saxophone, Bass guitar, Brian Godding, Cello, Chris Biscoe, Danilo Terenzi, Dominique Pifarély, Drum kit, Duke Ellington, Electric guitar, Fiachra Trench, Flute, Georgina Born, Hathut Records, Human voice, Jazz, JazzTimes, Kate Westbrook (musician), Mike Westbrook, Phil Minton, Piano, Piccolo, Soprano saxophone, Tenor horn, The Guardian, The Penguin Guide to Jazz, Trombone, Trumpet, Violin.

All About Jazz

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.

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Alto clarinet

The alto clarinet is a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family.

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Alto saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.

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Amiens

Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille.

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Baritone saxophone

The baritone saxophone or "bari sax" is one of the largest members of the saxophone family, only being smaller than the bass, contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Brian Godding

Brian Godding (born 19 August 1945, Monmouth, South Wales) is a pop, rock and jazz guitarist.

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Cello

The cello (plural cellos or celli) or violoncello is a string instrument.

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Chris Biscoe

Chris Biscoe (born 5 February 1947, Pensford, Somerset, England) is an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, a player of the alto, soprano, tenor and baritone saxophone, the alto clarinet, piccolo and flute.

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Danilo Terenzi

Danilo Terenzi (2 March 1956–4 May 1995) was an Italian jazz trombonist and composer born in Rome, Italy, perhaps best known for his big band work with Giorgio Gaslini.

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Dominique Pifarély

Dominique Pifarély (born 1957) is a French jazz violinist.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.

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Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses one or more pickups to convert the vibration of its strings into electrical signals.

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Fiachra Trench

Fiachra Terence Wilbrah Trench (born 1941, in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland) is a musician and composer from Drogheda, County Louth in Ireland.

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Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Georgina Born

Georgina Emma Mary Born, is a British academic, anthropologist and musician.

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Hathut Records

Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music.

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Human voice

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, such as talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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JazzTimes

JazzTimes is an American magazine devoted to jazz.

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Kate Westbrook (musician)

Kate Westbrook (born September 18, 1939) is an artist following the professions of painter and musician.

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Mike Westbrook

Michael John David Westbrook (born 21 March 1936) is an English jazz pianist, composer, and writer of orchestrated jazz pieces.

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Phil Minton

Phil Minton (b. 2 November 1940, Torquay, United Kingdom) is a jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter.

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Piano

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700 (the exact year is uncertain), in which the strings are struck by hammers.

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Piccolo

The piccolo (Italian for "small", but named ottavino in Italy) is a half-size flute, and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments.

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Soprano saxophone

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s.

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Tenor horn

The tenor horn (British English; alto horn in American English, Althorn in Germany; occasionally referred to as E horn) is a brass instrument in the saxhorn family, and is usually pitched in E. It has a bore that is mostly conical, like the flugelhorn and baritone horn, and normally uses a deep, cornet-like mouthpiece.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Penguin Guide to Jazz

The Penguin Guide to Jazz is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which are currently available in Europe or the United States.

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Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family.

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Trumpet

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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Violin

The violin, also known informally as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Duke's_Birthday

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