Duke’s Place — Part 2 ‑hon­our­ing the mas­ter com­pos­er , who would have cel­e­brat­ed a bir­rth­day on April 29, had he been allowed a hint at immor­tal­i­ty; yet his music is still very rel­e­vant as ween by recent releas­es by the likes of Jean Toots Thielemans/​Oscar Peterson/​Joe Pass, McCoy Tyn­er Trio, May­nard Fer­gu­son, Mer­cer Elling­ton, Dizzy Gille­spie Orch. Chico Haml­ton Quin­tet, Tom Bruner, Mark Mur­phy, Peter App­le­yard, Tont Ben­nett, Ella Fitzger­ald with the Duke, Count Basie ALum­ni Orch., The Scot­tish Nation­al Jazz Orch., Charles Mingus/​Max Roach/​Duke, Kath­leen Saadat/​Thomas Lauderdale/​Pink Mar­ti­ni, Ivie Ander­son, and Sadik Hakim Sex­tet to name but afew.