Interplay (Al Haig album) explained

Interplay
Type:Album
Artist:Al Haig
Cover:Interplay (Al Haig album).jpg
Released:1976
Recorded:November 16, 1976
Studio:United/Western Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre:Jazz
Length:43:53
Label:Sea Breeze
SB-1005
Producer:Toshiya Taenaka
Chronology:Al Haig
Prev Title:Piano Time
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:Serendipity
Next Year:1977

Interplay, is an album by jazz pianist Al Haig and bassist Jamil Nasser recorded in 1976 and released on the short-lived Sea Breeze label.[1] [2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn states, "Fine duets featuring pianist Al Haig during a busy period in the mid-'70s. He'd overcome personal problems and was cranking out albums left and right ... They are mostly excellent examples of Haig's surging bop style".

Track listing

  1. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 5:45
  2. "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) – 5:26
  3. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 6:18
  4. "Warm Valley" (Duke Ellington) – 5:27
  5. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 4:12
  6. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 5:17
  7. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:00
  8. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 6:28

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/intrplay.htm Interplay Records discography
  2. https://www.jazzdisco.org/al-haig/catalog/#seabreeze-sb-1005 Al Haig catalog