Boston Duets

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Boston Duets
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Live album by
Released1992
RecordedAugust 14, 1989
VenueRegattabar, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genre Jazz
Length67:38
Label Music & Arts
Producer Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake chronology
Again and Again
(1991)
Boston Duets
(1992)
Virtual Reality (Total Escapism)
(1992)

Boston Duets is an album by American jazz saxophonist Oliver Lake and pianist Donal Fox, which was recorded live in 1989 and released on the Music & Arts label.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "What is happening on the bandstand between these two is extemporaneous composition and deep listening." [1]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes "The pianist is a restless and highly intelligent improviser who also works in more formal structures, and it's easy to hear why the two men found the partnership congenial." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Comous" (Lake) – 8:04
  2. "Seque Blues" (Fox, Lake) – 10:13
  3. "Sarah" (Lake) – 2:41
  4. "Suite in Three Movements" (Fox) – 14:53
  5. "Intermezzo" (Fox) – 2:30
  6. "Variants on a Theme by Monk" (Fox) – 7:13
  7. "Ballad" (Lake) – 3:19
  8. "No V.T." (Lake) – 11:43
  9. "Rhythm-a-Ning" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:54

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. Oliver Lake – Boston Duets: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 875. ISBN   0140515216.