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The Swedish Radio Jazz Group

A Swedish Tribute to Duke

By The Swedish Radio Jazz Group

Label: Phono Suecia
Released: 1999

The Swedish Radio Jazz Group: A Swedish Tribute to Duke

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 1999

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of the Swedish Radio Jazz Group’s two–disc salute to Duke Ellington in his centenary year is that it includes no songs composed by Ellington himself. Son Mercer Ellington is represented by “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be,” strong right arm Billy Strayhorn by the elegant “Portrait of a Silk Thread.” ...