Duet! Explained

Duet!
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Earl Hines and Jaki Byard
Cover:	Duet! (Earl Hines and Jaki Byard album).jpg
Released:	1975
Recorded:	February 14, 1972 Paris, France
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	MPS
Producer:	Don Schlitten
Chronology:	Jaki Byard
Prev Title:	Parisian Solos
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	There'll Be Some Changes Made
Next Year:	1972

Duet! is a duo album by pianists Earl Hines and Jaki Byard recorded in 1972 and released on the German MPS label.^[1] Hines and Byard perform solo on one track each.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated the album was "most successful... because of the common ground they shared".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Jaki Byard, except as indicated

1. "A Toodle Oo, Toodle Oo" - 5:52
2. "This Is Always" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) - 3:26
3. "Rosetta" (Earl Hines, Henri Woode) - 4:48
4. "I Can't Trust Myself Alone" (Hines) - 5:12
5. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) - 2:51
6. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 5:48
7. "Genoa to Pescara" - 6:15
8. "La Rosita" (Allan Stuart, Paul Dupont) - 4:18

Personnel

• Jaki Byard (tracks 1-3 & 5-8), Earl Hines (tracks 1-6 & 8)piano

Notes and References

1. http://discog.piezoelektric.org/saba/saba-mps.html MPS Records discography
2. Dryden, K. AllMusic Review, accessed July 30, 2012