| Jon & Billy | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | March 13, 1974 | |||
| Studio | Teichiku Studio in Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:24 | |||
| Label | Trio PAP 9003 | |||
| Producer | Kazuo Harada and Kuniya Inaoka | |||
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Jon & Billy is an album by trumpeter Jon Faddis and saxophonist Billy Harper recorded in Japan in 1974 and originally released on the Japanese Trio label. [1]
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| AllMusic |    [2] |
On AllMusic Ron Wynn states " the date's value is in hearing where Harper and Faddis, as well as jazz itself, were in the mid-'70s and then comparing how far they and the music have and have not come since then". [2]
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