| Wahoo! | ||||
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| Released | 1965 | |||
| Recorded | November 21, 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:04 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BST 84191 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
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Wahoo! is an album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson, featuring performances recorded in 1964 and released on the Blue Note label in 1964. [1]
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| AllMusic |  [2] |
The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls the album "A truly wonderful advanced hard bop date, Wahoo captures pianist Duke Pearson at his most adventurous and creative... one of the finest sophisticated hard bop dates Blue Note released in the mid-'60s". [2]
All compositions by Duke Pearson, except where noted.
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