Flight to Japan

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]

Flight to Japan
Studio album by
Duke Jordan Trio
Released1978
RecordedSeptember 25, 1976 at Victor Studios in Tokyo, Japan
GenreJazz
Length42:36 (CD with bonus track)
LabelSteepleChase SCS 1088
ProducerNils Winther
Duke Jordan chronology
Osaka Concert Vol. 2
(1976)		 Flight to Japan
(1978)		 Flight to Norway
(1976)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[2]

Track listing

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

References
  1. Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 24, 2015
    - SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
  2. 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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