"Duet" is a 1957 (©1958) big band swing composition and arrangement by Neal Hefti that was part of his larger body of work for the Count Basie Orchestra. His arrangement features two muted trumpets, which – when first recorded in 1957 on The Atomic Mr. Basie – featured Thad Jones and Joe Newman.
| Session / performance date | Artist (leader) | Album or Single | Label (Catalog No.) | Studio (Venue) | Matrix No. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count Basie and His Orchestra (audio) | The Atomic Mr. Basie Joe Newman Thad Jones (soloists) | Capitol New York ("Duet" Session No. 12472-14) | R52003A (Side A) | |||
| Count Basie and His Orchestra Featuring Joe Williams | Autumn in Paris Joe Newman Thad Jones (soloists) | Magic Records (E)AWE13 | Live The Olympia Paris | |||
| Count Basie and His Atomic Band Featuring Joe Williams | Count on the Coast Featuring Joe Williams (Vol. 2) | Phontastic (Swd)7555 (Stockholm) Jazz Hour (Eu)JHR73543 | Live The Crescendo West Hollywood | (Side B) | ||
| Karel Krautgartner Jazzový Orchester | Taneční Orchestr Československý Rozhlasu (Czech Radio Dance Orchestra) | Prague | (Side A) | |||
| 1964 | Neal Hefti and His Orchestra (audio at 6:45) | The Leisurely Loveliness of Neal Hefti and His Orchestra | Movietone MTM1006 | (Side A) | ||
| 1965 | Jean Leccia (fr) French lyrics by Jeannine "Mimi" Perrin and Pierre Saka (fr) | "Duet" (45 rpm) | Disc AZ (fr) Disques Vogue (distributor) | |||
| Wild Bill Davison (audio) | Memories | Live Deansgate Manchester, England | ||||
| Wild Bill Davison | Wild Bill Davison | Fontana (E)TL5413 | London | |||
| Wild Bill Davison | I'll Be a Friend With Pleasure | Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ106 | Live Manassas Jazz Festival Manassas, Virginia | |||
| Wild Bill Davison With Alex Welsh and His Band (audio) | Fidgety Feet | Live Manchester Sports Guild Manchester, England | ||||
| 11 December 1978 | Fessor's (Ole "Fessor" Lindgreen (sv)) Big City Jazz Band Featuring Bill Davison (audio) | Wild Bill Davison with Fessor's Big City Jazz Band | Storyville (1997 re-release:) | Copenhagen | ||
| Joe Newman and Joe Wilder | Hangin' Out "Duet" arranged by Frank Foster | JAC Studios New York | ||||
| 3 November 1994 | The Frank Capp Juggernaut (audio) | In a Hefti Bag Conte Candoli Snooky Young (soloists) | Concord Jazz (CD) | Sage & Sound Hollywood |
For E instruments:
For B instruments:
For concert pitch instruments:
See: Real Book
Note: By inclusion of the "Duet" lead sheet in jazz oriented fake books, one might infer that it is a jazz standard, or one might infer that the editor or publisher is offering it as such.
Solo instruments
Big band
Encino Music, USA, Warner / Chappel Music Ltd., London, reproduced by permission of International Music Publications Ltd.
2 E altos, 2 B tenors, 1 E bari; 4 B trumpets; 2 B tenor trombones, 1 B bass trombone, 1 optional B tenor trombone; guitar, piano, bass, drums with brushes
Moderate blues in E = 96 Swing