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

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Released
  
1989

Artists
  
John Hicks, Ray Drummond

Label
  
Evidence

Producer
  
Al Pittman

Release date
  
1989

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
June 14, 1986 & August 4, 1987 at Bear West Studios, San Francisco, CA

Length
  
60:25 CD reissue with bonus tracks

Two of a Kind (1989)
  
I'll Give You Something To Remember Me By... (1987)

John Hicks albums
  
Music in the Key of Clark, Naima's Love Song, Something to Live For: A Billy Str, Power Trio, Hells Bells

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. The 1992 Evidence CD reissue added three bonus tracks.

Contents

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".

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

  • John Hicks - piano
  • Ray Drummond - bass
  • Songs

    1I'll Be Around4:42
    2Take the Coltrane4:42
    3Very Early7:32

    References

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