''Dual Unity'' is a live album by Annette Peacock and

Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...

(credited as Annette & Paul Bley) which was released by

Freedom Records Freedom Records was a jazz record label headed by Shel Safran and founded by Alan Bates as a division of Black Lion Records. Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the ...

in 1972.Paul Bley catalog
accessed June 20, 2014

Reception

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gave the album two stars, noting, "The madly in love combination of Paul Bley and Annette Peacock, toting all kinds of unstable synthesizer equipment around Europe, and backed by the madcap Han Bennink on drums, adds up to the stuff of musical legend. Sadly enough, this is one of the better musical documents from these encounters".Chadbourne, E.
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

All compositions by Annette Peacock and Paul Bley except as indicated # "M.J." (Annette Peacock) - 17:22 # "Gargantuan Encounter" - 4:36 # "Richter Scale" - 8:12 # "Dual Unity" - 3:22 *Recorded at Club B14 in Rotterdam, Netherlands on March 26, 1971 (tracks 1 & 2) and at Espace Cardin in Paris, France, on November 16, 1971 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel

* Annette Peacock – bass guitar, electric piano, piano, vocals *

– electric piano, synthesizer * Mario Pavone – double bass *

Han Bennink Han Bennink (born 17 April 1942) is a Dutch drummer and percussionist. On occasion his recordings have featured him playing soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, trombone, violin, banjo and piano. Though perhaps best known as one of the pivotal fig ...

– drums (tracks 1 and 2) * Laurence Cook – drums (tracks 3 and 4)

References

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