Profile (Duke Pearson album) explained

Profile
Type:	Album
Artist:	Duke Pearson
Cover:	Profile (Duke Pearson album).jpg
Released:	1960^[1]
Recorded:	October 25, 1959
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:36
Label:	Blue Note BLP 4022
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Next Title:	Tender Feelin's
Next Year:	1960

Profile is the debut album by American jazz pianist Duke Pearson, recorded on October 25, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year.^[2] Pearson's trio features rhythm section Gene Taylor and Lex Humphries.

Background

Duke dedicated this album to his mother, Emily Pearson, "the one responsible for my coming this far".^[3]

Release history

Like the following Tender Feelin's, Profile has been released singularly on CD only in Japan by Blue Note/EMI. In May 2011, Fresh Sound reissued the album backed with Tender Feelin's (1960) as Profile & Tender Feelin's – Duke Pearson Trio.

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:30
2. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32
3. "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) – 4:57
4. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 4:52

Side 2

1. "Gate City Blues" (Duke Pearson) – 5:09
2. "Two Mile Run" (Pearson) – 5:54
3. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 5:42

Personnel

Musicians

• Duke Pearson – piano
• Gene Taylor – bass
• Lex Humphries – drums

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – production
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
• Reid Miles – design
• Francis Wolff – photography
• Ira Gitler – liner notes

Notes and References

1. https://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-4000-series/album-index/
2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/duke-pearson/catalog/#blue-note-blp-4022 Duke Pearson discography
3. Original 1959 liner notes by Ira Gitler
4. AllMusic Review