Tête-à-Tête (Art Pepper and George Cables album)

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Tête-à-Tête
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Studio album by
Released1983
RecordedApril 13 & 14 and May 11, 1982
Fantasy, Berkeley, CA
Genre Jazz
Length39:17
Label Galaxy
GXY 5147
Producer Ed Michel, Laurie Pepper
Art Pepper chronology
Darn That Dream
(1982)
Tête-à-Tête
(1983)
Goin' Home
(1982)
George Cables chronology
Old Wine, New Bottle
(1982)
Tête-à-Tête
(1982)
Goin' Home
(1982)

Tête-à-Tête is a duet album by saxophonist Art Pepper and pianist George Cables, recorded in 1982 and released on the Galaxy label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow noted: "Pepper never did decline on record, and although he died in June 1982 (just a month after the last of these duets), he is prime form throughout the emotional performances". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 6:43
  2. "Tête-à-Tête" (George Cables) - 4:29
  3. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) - 4:17
  4. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 5:17
  5. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) - 6:47
  6. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) - 5:40
  7. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 6:04

Personnel

References

  1. Art Pepper catalog accessed October 31, 2016
  2. Art Pepper: An Illustrated Discography accessed October 31, 2016
  3. David Edwards, Mike Callahan, Patrice Eyries, Randy Watts and Tim Neely Galaxy Album Discography accessed October 31, 2016
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Tête-à-Tête – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1143. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 160. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.