''Honeybuns'' is the seventh album by American pianist and arranger

Duke Pearson Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ''Allmusic'' describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record produ ...

featuring performances by Pearson's nonet recorded in 1965 and released on the Atlantic label in 1966.Duke Pearson discography
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Reception

The Allmusic review by

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awarded the album 3 stars stating "Pearson performs music in a style that would have fit in quite well on Blue Note... This is not an essential date, but it is nice to have this rarity back in print again.Yanow, S. Allmusic Reviewaccessed September 8, 2010

Track listing

:''All compositions by Duke Pearson except as indicated'' # "Honeybuns" - 7:07 # "New Girl" - 5:15 # "You Know I Care" - 4:08 # "Is That So?" - 4:15 # "Our Love" ( Buddy Bernier, Larry Clinton, Bob Emmerich) - 4:07 # "Heavy Legs" - 5:58 :*Recorded in New York City on May 25 & 26, 1965

Personnel

- piano,

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* Johnny Coles - trumpet * Garnett Brown - trombone * Les Spann -

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* James Spaulding -

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* George Coleman - tenor saxophone * Pepper Adams -

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Bob Cranshaw Melbourne Robert Cranshaw (December 3, 1932 – November 2, 2016) was an American jazz bassist. His career spanned the heyday of Blue Note Records to his recent involvement with the Musicians Union. He is perhaps best known for his long associa ...

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* Mickey Roker -

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References

{{Authority control Atlantic Records albums Duke Pearson albums 1966 albums Albums arranged by Duke Pearson Albums produced by Joel Dorn