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    Profile (Duke Pearson album)

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    Profile
    Studio album by
    Duke Pearson
    Released1960[1]
    RecordedOctober 25, 1959
    StudioVan Gelder Studio
    Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
    GenreJazz
    Length36:36
    LabelBlue Note
    BLP 4022
    ProducerAlfred Lion
    Duke Pearson chronology
    Profile
    (1960)     		Tender Feelin's
    (1960)

    Profile is the debut album by American jazz pianist Duke Pearson, recorded on October 25, 1959 and released on Blue Note the following year.[2] Pearson's trio features rhythm section Gene Taylor and Lex Humphries.

    Background

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    Duke dedicated this album to his mother, Emily Pearson, "the one responsible for my coming this far".[3]

    Release history

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    Like the following Tender Feelin's, Profile has been released singularly on CD only in Japan by Blue Note/EMI. In May 2011, Fresh Sound reissued the album backed with Tender Feelin's (1960) as Profile & Tender Feelin's – Duke Pearson Trio.

    Reception

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    Professional ratings
    Review scores
    SourceRating
    AllMusic[4]
    DownBeat[5]

    The AllMusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[4]

    Track listing

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    Side 1

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    1. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:30
    2. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:32
    3. "Taboo" (Margarita Lecuona, Bob Russell) – 4:57
    4. "I'm Glad There Is You" (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira) – 4:52

    Side 2

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    1. "Gate City Blues" (Duke Pearson) – 5:09
    2. "Two Mile Run" (Pearson) – 5:54
    3. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 5:42

    Personnel

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    Musicians

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    • Duke Pearson – piano
    • Gene Taylor – bass
    • Lex Humphries – drums

    Technical personnel

    [edit]
    • Alfred Lion – production
    • Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
    • Reid Miles – design
    • Francis Wolff – photography
    • Ira Gitler – liner notes

    References

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    1. ^ [1]
    2. ^ Duke Pearson discography accessed September 6, 2010
    3. ^ Original 1959 liner notes by Ira Gitler
    4. ^ a b AllMusic Review accessed September 6, 2010
    5. ^ Gordner, Barbara J. (12 May 1960). "Duke Pearson: Profile". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 10. p. 32.
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