Duet (Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Duet
| type = Album
| artist = Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand
| cover = Duet (Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1978
| recorded = June 5, 1978
| venue =
| studio = Nippon Columbia's 1st Studio, Tokyo
| genre = Jazz
| length = 44:13
| label = Denon
YX-7532-ND
| producer = Yoshio Ozawa
| chronology = Archie Shepp
| prev_title = On Green Dolphin Street
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Archie Shepp Quartet Live in Tokyo
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Dollar Brand
| type = studio
| prev_title = Anthem for the New Nations
| prev_year = 1978
| title = Duet
| year = 1978
| next_title = Autobiography
| next_year = 1978
}}
}}
Duet is an album by saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Dollar Brand recorded in Tokyo in 1978 for the Japanese Denon label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/archie-shepp/catalog/#denon-yx-7532 Archie Shepp Catalog] accessed February 10, 2017[https://www.discogs.com/Archie-Shepp-Dollar-Brand-Duet/release/2738403 Discogs album entry], February 10, 2017
Reception
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| rev1 = AllMusic
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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".{{AllMusic|first=Brain |last=Olewnick |class=album |id=mw0000188765 |title=Dollar Brand / Archie Shepp: Duet – Review |accessdate=February 10, 2017}}
Track listing
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
References
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Category:1978 collaborative albums