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Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Ron Wynn noted: "Sphere was one of the great repertory groups to emerge in the '80s."

Track listing

# "Dual Force" (Buster Williams) – 7:40 # "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 10:10 # "Scratch" (Kenny Barron) – 7:45 # "Tayamisha" (Williams) – 5:15 # "Spiral" (Barron) – 11:00 # "

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Personnel

* Charlie Rouse – tenor saxophone *

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References

{{Kenny Barron Sphere (American band) live albums 1988 live albums Red Records live albums