Art of the Duo (Mal Waldron and Jim Pepper album)

Art of the Duo
Studio album by
Mal Waldron & Jim Pepper
Released1989
RecordedApril 5 & December, 1988
GenreJazz
Length70:12
LabelTutu
ProducerHorst Weber
Mal Waldron chronology
Evidence
(1988) 		Art of the Duo
(1989) 		No More Tears (For Lady Day)
(1988)

Art of the Duo is an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron and saxophonist Jim Pepper recorded in 1988 and released on the German Tutu label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[3]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings called the album "a vintage selection" that is "not for hardened cynics," and noted that, while Pepper gives "Over the Rainbow" "the kind of gruff bear-hug that he often brought to ballads," "the originals favour the saxophonist's relaxed blues phrasing."[2]

Steve Vickery of Coda wrote: "this release is an intensely personal statement for the two musicians. With no rhythm section to provide propulsive energy, the impetus is on the duo to generate momentum for itself, something that presents no problem."[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except where noted.

  1. "Ticket to Tokyo" — 4:49
  2. "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) — 6:45
  3. "Bathing Beauties" (Jim Pepper) — 6:18
  4. "Over the Rainbow" [Take One] (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) — 2:27
  5. "Over the Rainbow" [Take Two] (Arlen, Harburg) — 3:23
  6. "Spinning at Trixi" — 6:34
  7. "Good Bait" (Tadd Dameron) 6:54
  8. "You're No Bunny Unless Some Bunny Loves You" (Pepper, Waldron) — 4:12
  9. "A Pepper Poem, Pt. 1" (Jim Pepper) — 2:05
  10. "A Pepper Poem, Pt. 2" (Jim Pepper) — 2:10
  11. "Willy's Blues" (Jim Pepper) — 4:45
  12. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) — 5:56
  13. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) — 6:33
  14. "Indian Water" (Jim Pepper) — 7:21
Recorded at Trixi Studios in Munich, West Germany on April 5 & December, 1988

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Mal Waldron discography accessed March 10, 2011
  2. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 1519.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 877.
  4. ^ Vickery, Steve (November 1991). "Contemporary Music in Review". Coda. No. 240. p. 30.