Profile (Duke Pearson album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Profile
| type = Album
| artist = Duke Pearson
| cover = Profile (Duke Pearson album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 1960[https://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/album-index/]
| recorded = October 25, 1959
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 36:36
| label = Blue Note
BLP 4022
| producer = Alfred Lion
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Tender Feelin's
| next_year = 1960
}}
Profile is the debut album by American jazz pianist Duke Pearson, recorded on October 25, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/duke-pearson/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4022 Duke Pearson discography] accessed September 6, 2010 Pearson's trio features rhythm section Gene Taylor and Lex Humphries.
Background
Duke dedicated this album to his mother, Emily Pearson, "the one responsible for my coming this far".Original 1959 liner notes by Ira Gitler
= Release history =
Like the following Tender Feelin's, Profile has been released singularly on CD only in Japan by Blue Note/EMI. In May 2011, Fresh Sound reissued the album backed with Tender Feelin's (1960) as Profile & Tender Feelin's – Duke Pearson Trio.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Gordner |first=Barbara J. |date=12 May 1960 |title=Duke Pearson: Profile |magazine=DownBeat |volume=27 |issue=10 |page=32}}
}}The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r155816|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review] accessed September 6, 2010
Track listing
= Side 1 =
- "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:30
- "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32
- "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) – 4:57
- "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 4:52
= Side 2 =
- "Gate City Blues" (Duke Pearson) – 5:09
- "Two Mile Run" (Pearson) – 5:54
- "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 5:42
Personnel
= Musicians =
- Duke Pearson – piano
- Gene Taylor – bass
- Lex Humphries – drums
= Technical personnel =
- Alfred Lion – production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums