The Great Session
{{Infobox album
| name = The Great Session
| type = Album
| artist = Duke Jordan
| cover = The Great Session.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1981
| recorded = June 30, 1978 in New York City
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 50:30 CD with bonus tracks
| label = SteepleChase SCS 1150
| producer = Nils Winther
| chronology = Duke Jordan
| prev_title = Duke's Artistry
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Tivoli One
| next_year = 1978
}}
The Great Session is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1981.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/duke-jordan/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1150 Duke Jordan discography], accessed March 24, 2015[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1100.htm SteepleChase Records discography], accessed March 24, 2015
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{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=802}}
}}
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "There's a bit of hyperbole in the album's title, as the play list is hardly adventurous and the arrangements are average, in spite of the strong personnel".{{allMusic|first=Ken|last=Dryden|class=album|id=mw0000181553|title=The Great Session – Review|accessdate= March 24, 2015}}
Track listing
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 6:36
- "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) - 7:28
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 6:38
- "Thinking of You" (Duke Jordan) - 8:55 Bonus track on CD release
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 9:53
- "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 6:57
- "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:11
Personnel
References
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