| Profile | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1960 [1] | |||
| Recorded | October 25, 1959 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 36:36 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 4022 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Profile is the debut album by American jazz pianist Duke Pearson, recorded on October 25, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year. [2] Pearson's trio features rhythm section Gene Taylor and Lex Humphries.
Duke dedicated this album to his mother, Emily Pearson, "the one responsible for my coming this far". [3]
Like the following Tender Feelin's , Profile has been released singularly on CD only in Japan by Blue Note/EMI. In May 2011, Fresh Sound reissued the album backed with Tender Feelin's (1960) as Profile & Tender Feelin's – Duke Pearson Trio.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| DownBeat | [5] |
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