''Two Is One'' is an album by American saxophonist Charles Rouse recorded in 1974 and released on the Strata-East label.

Reception

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review by Brandon Burke awarded the album 4 stars and stated "Given his discography, this record is atypical and probably not for everyone, but enjoyable nonetheless".Burke, B.

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Track listing

# "Bitchin'" (George Davis) - 7:19 # "Hopscotch" (

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) - 7:18 # "In a Funky Way" (Davis) - 4:52 # "Two Is One" (Charles Rouse,

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) - 11:16 # "In His Presence Searching" ( David Lee) - 9:29

Personnel

* Charles Rouse -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, bass clarinet *George Davis (tracks 1, 3 & 5), Paul Metzke -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

Calo Scott Calo Scott (March 11, 1920 - August 9, 1998) was a Cuban-American jazz cellist. Scott is noted for being one of earliest known jazz cellists. He established himself in the 1950s through working with the saxophonist Gerry Mulligan when “having a ...

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

*Martin Rivera (tracks 1 & 3),

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first ja ...

(tracks 2, 4 & 5) - bass * David Lee - drums *Azzedin Weston - congas (tracks 1 & 3) * Airto Moreira -

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Ex ...

(tracks 2, 4 & 5)credits on LP sleeve

References

{{Authority control Strata-East Records albums Charlie Rouse albums 1974 albums