Duet!

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Duet!
Duet! (Earl Hines and Jaki Byard album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedFebruary 14, 1972
Paris, France
Genre Jazz
Label MPS
Producer Don Schlitten
Jaki Byard chronology
Parisian Solos
(1971)
Duet!
(1975)
There'll Be Some Changes Made
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Duet! is a duo album by pianists Earl Hines and Jaki Byard recorded in 1972 and released on the German MPS label. [2] Hines and Byard perform solo on one track each.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated the album was "most successful... because of the common ground they shared". [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Jaki Byard, except as indicated

  1. "A Toodle Oo, Toodle Oo" - 5:52
  2. "This Is Always" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:26
  3. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) - 4:48
  4. "I Can't Trust Myself Alone" (Hines) - 5:12
  5. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) - 2:51
  6. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:48
  7. "Genoa to Pescara" - 6:15
  8. "La Rosita" (Allan Stuart, Paul Dupont) - 4:18

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Dryden, K. AllMusic Review, accessed July 30, 2012
  2. MPS Records discography accessed July 30, 2012