Heavy Love (Al Cohn and Jimmy Rowles album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Heavy Love
| type = Album
| artist = Al Cohn and Jimmy Rowles
| cover = Heavy Love (Al Cohn and Jimmy Rowles album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded = March 15, 1977
| venue =
| studio = New York City
| genre = Jazz
| length = 47:46
| label = Xanadu
145
| producer = Don Schlitten
| chronology = Jimmy Rowles
| prev_title = Music's the Only Thing That's on My Mind
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Isfahan
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Al Cohn
| type = Album
| prev_title = Al Cohn's America
| prev_year = 1976
| title = Heavy Love
| year = 1977
| next_title = No Problem
| next_year = 1978
}}
}}
Heavy Love is an album by saxophonist Al Cohn and pianist Jimmy Rowles, recorded in 1977 for Xanadu Records.Ziegler, F. and Fitzgerald, M. [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/xanadu.htm Xanadu Records Listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202320/http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/xanadu.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}, accessed April 24, 2017[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Jazzlists: Xanadu Records discography] accessed April 24, 2017[http://www.jazzdisco.org/al-cohn/catalog/#xanadu-145 Al Cohn catalog] accessed April 24, 2017
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
|rev2 = The Observer
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}} }}
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "the momentum and excitement of this encounter never slows down. Cohn and Rowles' swing-oriented styles, wit and ability to come up with fresh ideas on older songs are quite complementary; they continually bring out the best in each other. This highly recommended set is a real gem, a highpoint in both of the musicians' long careers".{{AllMusic|first=Scott |last=Yanow |class=album |id=mw0000671581 |title=Heavy Love – Review |accessdate=April 24, 2017}} In The Observer Dave Gelly wrote "this is a beauty. Recorded in 1977 by a pair of battle-hardened jazz veterans, it’s full of wit, musical sleight of hand and the kind of tough lyricism that grabs you by the ear and won’t let go. ... What they do with six venerable standards and a blues speaks for the dedication and resilience of their whole generation"Gelly, D. [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/06/al-cohn-jimmy-rowles-heavy-love-review-wit-beauty-lyricism-xanadu-1977 Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles: Heavy Love review – wit, beauty and lyricism], The Observer, September 6, 2015
Track listing
- "Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) – 6:31
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 6:54
- "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 6:54
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, John La Touche, Ted Fetter) – 7:07
- "These Foolish Things" (Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey) – 8:08
- "Bar Talk" (Al Cohn, Jimmy Rowles) – 5:52
- "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 6:20 Bonus track on CD reissue