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

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

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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.

  1. "Fortunato" (Dave Burrell, Marion Brown) – 7:41
  2. "Barefoot Boy from Queens Town – To Mongezi" (Archie Shepp) – 7:51
  3. "Left Alone" (Mal Waldron) – 7:55
  4. "Theme from "Proof of the Man" (Yuji Ohno) – 8:18
  5. "Ubu-Suku" – 4:35
  6. "Moniebah" – 8:22

Personnel

References