Duet (Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand album)
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | June 5, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Nippon Columbia's 1st Studio, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:13 | |||
| Label | Denon YX-7532-ND | |||
| Producer | Yoshio Ozawa | |||
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Duet is an album by saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Dollar Brand recorded in Tokyo in 1978 for the Japanese Denon label.[1][2]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "A somewhat surprising pairing at the time, the former firebrand of the tenor sax and the wonderful South African pianist found a pleasant and relaxed meeting point. By 1978, Shepp had largely abandoned the ferocious attack that gained him renown in the '60s, settling on a rich, Ben Webster-ish tone and playing a repertoire consisting of modern standards and bluesy originals ... But the prevailing sense of relaxation begins to pall after a while and one wishes for a bit more of the old rough and tumble that these two were surely capable of. Still, for those who enjoyed Shepp's mid-'70s dates for Arista/Freedom and Ibrahim's more subdued group efforts of the late '70s and early '80s, there's much good listening here".[3]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Dollar Brand except where noted.
- "Fortunato" (Dave Burrell, Marion Brown) – 7:41
- "Barefoot Boy from Queens Town – To Mongezi" (Archie Shepp) – 7:51
- "Left Alone" (Mal Waldron) – 7:55
- "Theme from "Proof of the Man" (Yuji Ohno) – 8:18
- "Ubu-Suku" – 4:35
- "Moniebah" – 8:22
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Archie Shepp Catalog accessed February 10, 2017
- ^ Discogs album entry, February 10, 2017
- ^ a b Olewnick, Brain. Dollar Brand / Archie Shepp: Duet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
