# Duke's Delight

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1976 studio album by Duke Jordan Quintet

Duke's Delight Studio album by Duke Jordan Quintet Released 1976 Recorded November 18, 1975 Studio C. I. Recording Studios, NYC Genre Jazz Length 60:11 CD with bonus tracks Label SteepleChase SCS 1046 Producer Nils Winther Duke Jordan chronology Misty Thursday (1975) Duke's Delight (1976) Lover Man (1975)

***Duke's Delight*** is an album led by pianist [Duke Jordan](/source/Duke_Jordan) recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish [SteepleChase](/source/SteepleChase_Records) label.[1][2]

## Reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [4]

In his review for [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic), [Scott Yanow](/source/Scott_Yanow) said "The date lives up to its potential".[3]

## Track listing

*All compositions by Duke Jordan except as indicated*

1. "Truth" – 7:55

1. "[(In My) Solitude](/source/(In_My)_Solitude)" ([Eddie DeLange](/source/Eddie_DeLange), [Duke Ellington](/source/Duke_Ellington), [Irving Mills](/source/Irving_Mills)) – 5:36

1. "Sultry Eve" – 9:46

1. "Undecided Lady" – 6:07

1. "Tall Grass" – 9:13

1. "Duke's Delight" – 7:25

1. "Undecided Lady" [Alternate Take] – 6:32 Bonus track on CD release

1. "Duke's Delight" [Alternate Take] – 7:37 Bonus track on CD release

## Personnel

- [Duke Jordan](/source/Duke_Jordan) – [piano](/source/Piano)

- [Richard Williams](/source/Richard_Williams_(musician)) – [trumpet](/source/Trumpet) (tracks 1 & 3–8)

- [Charlie Rouse](/source/Charlie_Rouse) – [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone) (tracks 1 & 3–8)

- [Sam Jones](/source/Sam_Jones_(musician)) – [bass](/source/Double_bass) (tracks 1 & 3–8)

- [Al Foster](/source/Al_Foster) – [drums](/source/Drum_kit) (tracks 1 & 3–8)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Duke Jordan discography](http://www.jazzdisco.org/duke-jordan/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1046), accessed March 12, 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [SteepleChase Records discography](http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm), accessed March 19, 2015

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Allmusic_3-1) Yanow, Scott. [*Duke's Delight* – Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000049531) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved March 12, 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_4-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Morton, Brian](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (2008). *[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz)* (9th ed.). [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Books). p. 802. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-141-03401-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-141-03401-0).

v t e 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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