Two of a Kind (Ray Drummond and John Hicks album) explained

Two of a Kind
Type:Album
Artist:John Hicks and Ray Drummond
Cover:Two of a Kind (John Hicks & Ray Drummond album).jpg
Released:1989
Recorded:June 14, 1986 & August 4, 1987 at Bear West Studios, San Francisco, CA
Genre:Jazz
Length:60:25 CD reissue with bonus tracks
Label:Theresa TR 128
Producer:Al Pittman
Chronology:John Hicks
Prev Title:Sketches of Tokyo
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:I'll Give You Something to Remember Me By
Next Year:1987

Two of a Kind is an album by American jazz pianist John Hicks and bassist Ray Drummond recorded in 1986 and 1987 and released on the Theresa label.[1] The 1992 Evidence CD reissue added three bonus tracks.[1]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "They were a true duo, each player conscious of the other but able to make his own way".[2]

Track listing

  1. "I'll Be Around" (Alec Wilder) - 4:41
  2. "Take the Coltrane" (Duke Ellington) - 4:42
  3. "Very Early" (Bill Evans) - 7:31
  4. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Ned Washington, George Bassman) - 7:03
  5. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 6:07
  6. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 5:14
  7. "A Rose Without a Thorn" (Abdul Salim) - 7:33
  8. "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) - 6:08
  9. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) - 4:29
  10. "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell) - 3:00
  11. "Springtime Fantasy" (John Hicks) - 3:57

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/john-hicks/catalog/#theresa-tr-128 John Hicks discography
  2. Allmusic Review

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