Duo
Studio album by
Hank Jones and Red Mitchell
Released1988
RecordedDecember 1987
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length50:01
LabelTimeless
SJP 283
Hank Jones chronology
Hot Flutes
(1985) 		Duo
(1988) 		Standard Collection Vol. 1: Summertime
(1988)
Red Mitchell chronology
The Red Barron Duo
(1985) 		Duo
(1987) 		Jive at Five
(1988)

Duo (also referred to as Hank Jones-Red Mitchel Duo) is an album by pianist Hank Jones and bassist Red Mitchell recorded in 1987 for the Dutch Timeless label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by Ken Dryden states: "These two musicians usually make any date that they're a part of a success and this rare duo date together is no exception. Jones' effortlessly swinging style is matched beautifully by the bassist's imaginative lines".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz summarized the album as "gorgeous", and wrote that "Jones works around and under the bassist's lines like the great accompanist he is".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Gone With the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 6:17
  2. "What Am I Here For?" (Duke Ellington, Frankie Laine) – 6:55
  3. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) – 6:09
  4. "Wee" (Denzil Best) – 5:29
  5. "Someone I love (a.k.a. Jam for your bread)" (Red Mitchell) – 4:16
  6. "Mean to Me" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 4:27
  7. "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 8:17
  8. "But Beautiful" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 8:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Hank Jones Catalog accessed August 7, 2015
  2. ^ Timeless Records SJP series discography, accessed August 7, 2015
  3. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Hank Jones-Red Mitchell Duo – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 593. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
Categories