Profile | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
Duke Pearson chronology | ||||
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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
[edit]Duke dedicated this album to his mother, Emily Pearson, "the one responsible for my coming this far".[3]
Release history
[edit]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
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Source | Rating |
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The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[4]
Track listing
[edit]Side 1
[edit]- "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:30
- "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32
- "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) – 4:57
- "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 4:52
Side 2
[edit]- "Gate City Blues" (Duke Pearson) – 5:09
- "Two Mile Run" (Pearson) – 5:54
- "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 5:42
Personnel
[edit]Musicians
[edit]- Duke Pearson – piano
- Gene Taylor – bass
- Lex Humphries – drums
Technical personnel
[edit]- Alfred Lion – production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Ira Gitler – liner notes
References
[edit]- ^ [1]
- ^ Duke Pearson discography accessed September 6, 2010
- ^ Original 1959 liner notes by Ira Gitler
- ^ a b AllMusic Review accessed September 6, 2010
- ^ Gordner, Barbara J. (12 May 1960). "Duke Pearson: Profile". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 10. p. 32.