The Great Session
1981 studio album by Duke Jordan
The Great Session | ||||
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Studio album by Duke Jordan | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | June 30, 1978 in New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 50:30 CD with bonus tracks | |||
Label | SteepleChase SCS 1150 | |||
Producer | Nils Winther | |||
Duke Jordan chronology | ||||
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The Great Session is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1981.[1][2]
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "There's a bit of hyperbole in the album's title, as the play list is hardly adventurous and the arrangements are average, in spite of the strong personnel".[3]
Track listing
- "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 6:36
- "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) - 7:28
- "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 6:38
- "Thinking of You" (Duke Jordan) - 8:55 Bonus track on CD release
- "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 9:53
- "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 6:57
- "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:11
Personnel
References
- ^ Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 24, 2015
- ^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. The Great Session – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 802. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- t
- e
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
as leader
or co-leader
- Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (1955)
- Flight to Jordan (1960)
- Brooklyn Brothers (with Cecil Payne, 1973)
- Flight to Denmark (1973)
- Two Loves (1973)
- Duke's Delight (1975)
- Lover Man (1975)
- Misty Thursday (1975)
- Truth (1975)
- Flight to Japan (1976)
- Live in Japan (1976)
- Duke's Artistry (1978)
- The Great Session (1978)
- Tivoli One (1978)
- Tivoli Two (1978)
- Wait and See (1978)
- Change a Pace (1979)
- Midnight Moonlight (1979)
- Thinking of You (1979)
- Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981)
- As Time Goes By (1985)
- Time on My Hands (1985)
- All Star Sessions (Gene Ammons, 1950)
- The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956)
- No Problem (Chet Baker, 1979)
- Les Liaisons dangereuses (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959)
- True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960)
- Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958)
- The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976)
- Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955)
- The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1952)
- Stan Getz Plays (1952)
- Doin' the Gigi (Gigi Gryce, 1957)
- The Return of Howard McGhee (1955)
- Beautiful! (Charles McPherson, 1965)
- Complete Charlie Parker on Dial/Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
- Patterns of Jazz (Cecil Payne, 1956)
- Bird Gets the Worm (Cecil Payne, 1976)
- Oscar Pettiford (1954)
- Introducing Doug Raney (1977)
- Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960)
- Here Comes Louis Smith (1958)
- Stitt's Bits (Sonny Stitt, 1950)
- Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962)
- The Champ (Sonny Stitt, 1973)
- Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)