Duets (Jimmy Raney and Doug Raney album) explained

Duets
Type:Album
Artist:Jimmy Raney & Doug Raney
Cover:Duets (Jimmy Raney and Doug Raney album).jpg
Released:1980
Recorded:April 21, 1979
Studio:Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre:Jazz
Length:42:39
Label:SteepleChase
SCS 1134
Producer:Nils Winther
Chronology:Doug Raney
Prev Title:Stolen Moments
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Listen
Next Year:1981

Duets is an album by guitarists Jimmy Raney and Doug Raney recorded in 1979 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

Scott Yanow of AllMusic states "Although Doug (then 22) was clearly influenced by his father, he had also listened closely to Tal Farlow and Jim Hall; with practice, listeners should be able to tell the Raneys apart".

Track listing

  1. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Richard Rodgers) – 4:06
  2. "My One and Only Love" (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) – 5:26
  3. "Action" (Jimmy Raney) – 5:13
  4. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper) – 6:35
  5. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Rodgers) – 5:18
  6. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini) – 5:26
  7. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 4:22
  8. "My Funny Valentine" (Rodgers) – 6:23

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1100.htm SteepleChase Records discography
  2. http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/jimmy-raney-doug-raney-duets-sccd-31134/ SteepleChase Productions ApS
  3. http://www.jazzdisco.org/jimmy-raney/catalog/#steeplechase-scs-1134 Jimmy Raney catalog