Two of a Kind
Studio album by
John Hicks and Ray Drummond
Released1989
RecordedJune 14, 1986 & August 4, 1987 at Bear West Studios, San Francisco, CA
GenreJazz
Length60:25 CD reissue with bonus tracks
LabelTheresa TR 128
ProducerAl Pittman
John Hicks chronology
Sketches of Tokyo
(1985) 		Two of a Kind
(1989) 		I'll Give You Something to Remember Me By
(1987)

Two of a Kind is an album by American jazz pianist John Hicks and bassist Ray Drummond recorded in 1986 and 1987 and released on the Theresa label.[1] The 1992 Evidence CD reissue added three bonus tracks.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "They were a true duo, each player conscious of the other but able to make his own way".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) - 4:41
  2. "Take the Coltrane" (Duke Ellington) - 4:42
  3. "Very Early" (Bill Evans) - 7:31
  4. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Ned Washington, George Bassman) - 7:03
  5. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 6:07
  6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:14
  7. "A Rose Without a Thorn" (Abdul Salim) - 7:33
  8. "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 6:08
  9. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 4:29
  10. "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) - 3:00
  11. "Springtime Fantasy" (John Hicks) - 3:57

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b John Hicks discography accessed January 29, 2015
  2. ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed January 29, 2015
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 699. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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