Length 41:50 Release date 1957 Label Hallmark Records | Producer Lester Koenig | |
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Released 1957February 2, 1993 (CD release) Recorded April 30, 1957 and May 11, 1957Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles Similar Russ Freeman albums, Jazz albums | ||
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Double Play! is a 1957 jazz album featuring pianists Russ Freeman and André Previn.
Contents
It was recorded and released in 1957 on Contemporary Records, and re-released and remastered in 1993 on Original Jazz Classics.
Together with drummer Shelly Manne, the album, as its title suggests, includes eight baseball-themed original compositions by Freeman and Previn along with the standard Take Me Out to the Ball Game. (The rather risque-by-1950s-standards album cover features a model wearing a Hollywood Stars cap.) It is notable for the unusual two-piano instrumentation, and indeed was advertised at the time as the first time that two pianists recorded "modern jazz" together.
Track listing
- "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer)
- "Who's on First?" (Previn) - 3:37
- "Called on Account of Rain" (Previn) - 5:11
- "In the Cellar Blues" (Previn/Freeman) - 5:01
- "Batter Up" (Freeman) - 3:58
- "Double Play" (Freeman) - 4:58
- "Safe at Home" (Freeman) - 6:03
- "Fungo" (Freeman) - 5:42
- "Strike Out the Band" (Previn) - 4:12
Track 1-5 recorded on April 30, 1957; tracks 6-9 on May 11, 1957
Personnel
Songs
1Take Me out to the Ball Game3:05
2Who's on First3:37
3Called on Account of Rain5:12