Duo Reunion

1987 studio album by Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan

Duo Reunion

Studio album by

Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan

Released| 1987
Recorded| May 5, 1987
Studio| Studio 44, Monster Holland
Genre| Jazz
Length| 49:11
Label| L+R
LR 45 003
Producer| Wim Wigt
Archie Shepp chronology
| Splashes
(1987)  | Duo Reunion
(1987)  | Lover Man
(1991)

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Horace Parlan chronology
| Little Ester
(1987)  | Duo Reunion
(1987)  | Keep Your Hands Wide Open
(1988)

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Duo Reunion is an album by saxophonist Archie Shepp and pianist Horace Parlan which was recorded in Holland in 1987 and released on the L+R label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]

The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn said "One of the better, more moving sax/piano duos of the 70s reunite effectively".[2]

## Track listing

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1. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington) – 7:47
2. "Cousin Flo" (Archie Shepp) – 5:10
3. "A Flower Is a Lonesome Thing" (Billy Strayhorn) – 8:42
4. "Call Me" (Copyright Control) – 6:44
5. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 9:41
6. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter) – 6:42
7. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael) – 8:21

## Personnel

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* Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
* Horace Parlan – piano

## References

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1. ^ Jazzdisco: Archie Shepp catalog accessed June 12, 2018
2. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Archie Shepp: Duo Reunion – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

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Archie Shepp

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release,
unless stated otherwise.

Leader|

* Archie Shepp – Bill Dixon Quartet (1962)
* The House I Live In (and Lars Gullin, 1963)
* Four for Trane (1964)
* Fire Music (1965)
* On This Night (1965)
* New Thing at Newport (split album with John Coltrane, 1965)
* Archie Shepp Live in San Francisco (1966)
* Mama Too Tight (1966)
* The Magic of Ju-Ju (1967)
* For Losers (1968–69)
* Kwanza (1968–69)
* The Way Ahead (1968)
* Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (1969)
* Black Gipsy (1969)
* Blasé (1969)
* Live at the Pan-African Festival (1969)
* Pitchin Can (1969–70)
* Poem for Malcolm (1969)
* Yasmina, a Black Woman (1969)
* Archie Shepp and the Full Moon Ensemble (1970)
* Coral Rock (1970)
* Doodlin' (1970)
* Things Have Got to Change (1971)
* Attica Blues (1972)
* The Cry of My People (1972)
* A Sea of Faces (1975)
* Bijou (1975)
* Body and Soul (Horo, 1975)
* Jazz a Confronto 27 (1975)
* Mariamar (1975)
* Montreux One (1975)
* Montreux Two (1975)
* There's a Trumpet in My Soul (1975)
* Hi-Fly (and Karin Krog, 1976)
* Steam (1976)
* Goin' Home (and Horace Parlan, 1977)
* On Green Dolphin Street (1977)
* Duet (and Dollar Brand, 1978)
* Lady Bird (1978)
* Looking at Bird (and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1980)
* Trouble in Mind (and Horace Parlan, 1980)
* Mama Rose (and Jasper van 't Hof, 1982)
* Soul Song (1982)
* Down Home New York (1984)
* California Meeting: Live on Broadway (1985)
* Little Red Moon (1985)
* Duo Reunion (and Horace Parlan, 1987)
* Splashes (1987)
* Lover Man (and Annette Lowman, 1988)
* Body and Soul (and Richard Davis, Enja, 1989)
* Blue Ballads (1995)

New York
Contemporary
Five|

* Archie Shepp & the New York Contemporary Five (1963)
* Consequences (1963)
* Rufus (1963)
* Bill Dixon 7-tette / Archie Shepp and the New York Contemporary 5 (1964)

With
Cecil
Taylor|

* Air (1960)
* The World of Cecil Taylor (1960)
* Cell Walk for Celeste (1961)
* New York City R&B (originally Buell Neidlinger, 1961)
* Jumpin' Punkins (1961)

With
others|

* A Love Supreme (John Coltrane, 1964)
* Ascension/The Major Works of John Coltrane (John Coltrane, 1965)
* Echo (Dave Burrell, 1969)
* One Down (Material, 1982)
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (Frank Zappa, 1982–84)

Discography

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Horace Parlan

Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.

Albums as leader|

* Movin' & Groovin' (1960)
* Us Three (1960)
* Speakin' My Piece (1960)
* Headin' South (1960)
* On the Spur of the Moment (1961)
* Up & Down (1961)
* Happy Frame of Mind (1963)
* Arrival (1973)
* No Blues (1975)
* Frank-ly Speaking (1977)
* Goin' Home (with Archie Shepp, 1977)
* Blue Parlan (1978)
* Hi-Fly (1978)
* Musically Yours (1979)
* The Maestro (1979)
* Trouble in Mind (with Archie Shepp, 1980)
* Pannonica (1980)
* Like Someone in Love (1983)
* Glad I Found You (1984)
* Little Esther (1987)
* Duo Reunion (with Archie Shepp, 1987)
* Voyage of Rediscovery (1999)

With
Stanley Turrentine|

* Look Out! (Stanley Turrentine, 1960)
* Comin' Your Way (1961)
* Up at "Minton's" (1961)
* Salt Song (1971)

With others|

* Gene Ammons in Sweden (1973)
* One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey, 1960)
* Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
* Motoring Along (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims, 1974)
* Tough Tenor Favorites (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin, 1962)
* Goin' to the Meeting (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962)
* Jaw's Blues (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1981)
* The Time Is Right (Lou Donaldson, 1959)
* Sunny Side Up (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
* Midnight Sun (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
* The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge, 1991)
* That's It! (Booker Ervin, 1961)
* Exultation! (Booker Ervin, 1963)
* The House That Love Built (Frank Foster, 1982)
* Doin' Allright (Dexter Gordon, 1961)
* Stable Mable (Dexter Gordon, 1975)
* Jazz with a Twist (Slide Hampton, 1961)
* Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (1962)
* Weary Blues (Langston Hughes, Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather, 1958)
* Gifts & Messages (Roland Kirk, 1964)
* I Talk with the Spirits (Roland Kirk, 1964)
* Slightly Latin (Roland Kirk, 1965)
* A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Charles Mingus, 1957)
* Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959)
* Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus, 1959)
* I'll Close My Eyes (Doug Raney, 1982)
* Meeting the Tenors (Doug Raney, 1983)
* Splashes (Archie Shepp, 1987)
* Bird's Grass (Idrees Sulieman, 1976)
* Groovin' (Idrees Sulieman, 1985)

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