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Track: Isfahan
Artist: Duke Ellington
Album: Far East Suite

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Name: Duke Ellington
Spotify Genres: jazz, big band, swing music, cool jazz
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American jazz pianist, composer and leader of his eponymous orchestra (29 April 1899, Washington, D.C. - 24 May 1974 in New York City, N.Y.). Known for his residency at the [l=Cotton Club] (1927-1931) and for composing over a thousand pieces, many of them now standards. [a=Billy Strayhorn] was a frequent collaborator (1939-1967). Father of [a=Mercer Ellington], who took over the leadership of the orchestra until his own death in 1996. Grandfather of [a=Edward Ellington (2)].

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Release: Duke Ellington - Isfahan
Year: 1983
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Big Band

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LYRICS

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by.

Sometimes I wonder, how I spend
The lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody
Haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
And now my consolation is in the stardust of a song

Besides the garden wall, when stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale
Tells his fairytale
Of paradise, where roses grew
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain.