''Duet'' is an album by

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer. He was a member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians and co-founded the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Biography Born in t ...

and

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one mem ...

Phillip Wilson Phillip Sanford Wilson (September 8, 1941 – March 25, 1992) was an American blues and jazz drummer, a founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, and a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Uni ...

recorded in 1978 and released on the

Improvising Artists Improvising Artists Inc. known as IAI is a production company created by jazz pianist, Paul Bley, and video artist, Carol Goss Carol may refer to: People with the name * Carol (given name) * Henri Carol (1910–1984), French composer and organist ...

label. It features three duet performances by Bowie and Wilson.

Reception

The

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review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "There is a certain static electricity generated in this series of three duets from trumpeter Bowie and drummer/percussionist Wilson. Certainly they feed off each other's energy in counterpointed reverie, but the music goes beyond being merely spontaneous or made up on the spot. The cohesion and musicality they employ is purely delightful and eminently listenable over this 40-minute span".Nastos, M. G
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Track listing

''All compositions by Lester Bowie & Phillip Wilson'' # "Duet" - 2:40 # "TBM" - 14:40 # "Finale" - 15:36 *Recorded at

Blue Rock Studio Blue Rock Studio was an independent 16- and 24-track recording facility located in Manhattan's SoHo district. Founded by owner Eddie Korvin, it opened in 1970 and was sold in 1986. Early years After meeting John Storyk, a recent architecture g ...

in New York City on January 19, 1978

Personnel

– trumpet *

– drums * David Baker – engineer *

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 ...

– producer

References

{{Authority control 1978 albums Lester Bowie albums Improvising Artists Records albums