Duo 2
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{{Infobox album
| name = Duo 2
| type = Album
| artist = Kenny Drew and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
| cover = Duo 2 (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1974
| recorded = February 11–12, 1974
| venue =
| studio = Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark
| genre = Jazz
| length = 50:53
| label = SteepleChase
SCS-1010
| producer = Nils Winther
| chronology = Kenny Drew
| prev_title = Everything I Love
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = Dark Beauty
| next_year = 1974
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
| type = studio
| prev_title = Paul Bley/NHØP
| prev_year = 1973
| title = Duo 2
| year = 1974
| next_title = Two's Company
| next_year = 1974
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/65 65]
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=404}}
}}
Duo 2 is an album by pianist Kenny Drew and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen recorded in 1974 and released on the SteepleChase label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-drew/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1010 Kenny Drew discography] accessed June 8, 2012[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1000.htm SteepleChase Records discography], accessed March 17, 2015
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 4 stars stating "The pianist's style was largely unchanged from the 1950s except that he had grown a bit as a player and was open to some more modern chord voicings. The music on this encounter with the virtuosic bassist Niels Pederson should easily appeal to Kenny Drew's fans".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/duo-2-mw0000664917 Allmusic Review] accessed June 8, 2012
Track listing
- "Jeg Gik Mig Over Sø Og Land" (Traditional) - 3:52
- "Largo" (Kenny Drew) - 4:03
- "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) - 4:30
- "Trubbel" (Olle Adolphson) - 2:50
- "Bluesology" (Milt Jackson ) - 6:18
- "That's All" (Bob Haymes) - 2:29 Bonus track on CD
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) - 5:14 Bonus track on CD
- "Viking's Blues" (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) - 6:37
- "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) - 4:18
- "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 5:45
- "My Shining Hour" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:37
Personnel
References
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