Trio & Quintet

by Duke Jordan

Trio & Quintet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Signal
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:36
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Revered for his essential contributions to early bebop, the pianist steps out as a leader to deliver fiercely lyrical, impeccably structured solos on 'Trio & Quintet'. The varied formats highlight his compositional elegance and his deeply swinging, unhurried phrasing.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, rhythmic, acoustic

Tracklist

  1. Forecast (4:50)
  2. Sultry Eve (3:56)
  3. They Can't Take That Away From Me (4:34)
  4. Night In Tunisia (5:09)
  5. Summertime (4:24)
  6. Flight To Jordan (4:42)
  7. Two Lovers (3:07)
  8. Cu-ba (3:31)
  9. Yesterdays (5:45)
  10. Scotch Blues (4:33)

Credits

  • Duke Jordan - primary artist, piano, written-by
  • Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone, written-by
  • Percy Heath - bass
  • Art Blakey - drums
  • Eddie Bert - trombone
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Dizzy Gillespie - written-by
  • Jerome Kern - written-by

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