Jon & Billy is an album by trumpeter Jon Faddis and saxophonist Billy Harper recorded in Japan in 1974 and originally released on the Japanese Trio label.[1]
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | March 13, 1974 | |||
| Studio | Teichiku Studio in Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 38:24 | |||
| Label | Trio PAP 9003 | |||
| Producer | Kazuo Harada and Kuniya Inaoka | |||
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Reception
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On AllMusic Ron Wynn states " the date's value is in hearing where Harper and Faddis, as well as jazz itself, were in the mid-'70s and then comparing how far they and the music have and have not come since then".[2]
Track listing
edit- "Jon and Billy" (Roland Hanna) – 6:02
- "Water Bridge-Mizu Hashi San" (Ron Bridgewater) – 8:06
- "Ballad for Jon Faddis" (Hanna) – 4:03
- "Two 'D's from Shinjyuku, Dig and Dug" (Billy Harper) – 7:07
- "17-Bar Blues" (Hanna) – 5:29
- "This All-Koredake" (Hanna) – 7:56
Personnel
edit- Jon Faddis – trumpet
- Billy Harper – tenor saxophone
- Roland Hanna – piano, electric piano
- George Mraz – bass
- Motohiko Hino – drums
- Cecil Bridgewater – kalimba (track 4)
References
edit- ^ Billy Harper discography Archived 2015-02-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 5, 2015
- ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Jon & Billy – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 5, 2015.