Duet (Lester Bowie and Phillip Wilson album)

Duet
Studio album by
Lester Bowie and Phillip Wilson
Released1978
RecordedJanuary 19, 1978
GenreJazz
Length33:57
LabelImprovising Artists
ProducerPaul Bley
Lester Bowie chronology
Bugle Boy Bop
(1983) 		Duet
(1978) 		The 5th Power
(1978)

Duet is an album by trumpeter Lester Bowie and drummer Phillip Wilson, recorded in 1978 and released on the Improvising Artists label. It features three duet performances by Bowie and Wilson.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated: "There is a certain static electricity generated in this series of three duets from trumpeter Bowie and drummer/percussionist Wilson. Certainly they feed off each other's energy in counterpointed reverie, but the music goes beyond being merely spontaneous or made up on the spot. The cohesion and musicality they employ is purely delightful and eminently listenable over this 40-minute span".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
DownBeat[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Lester Bowie & Phillip Wilson

  1. "Duet" - 2:40
  2. "TBM" - 14:40
  3. "Finale" - 15:36

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Nastos, M. G. AllMusic Review accessed August 12, 2011
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 28. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ Bouchard, Fred (March 1980). "Lester Bowie/Phillip Wilson: Duet". DownBeat. Vol. 47, no. 3. pp. 39, 42.