Profile (Duke Pearson album)

1960 studio album by Duke Pearson

Profile

Studio album by

Duke Pearson

Released| 1960[1]
Recorded| October 25, 1959
Studio| Van Gelder Studio
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre| Jazz
Length| 36:36
Label| Blue Note
BLP 4022
Producer| Alfred Lion
Duke Pearson chronology
|  | Profile
(1960)  | Tender Feelin's
(1960)

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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 ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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

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* 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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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader

co-leader|

* Profile (1959)
* Tender Feelin's (1959)
* Angel Eyes (1961–62)
* Dedication! (1961)
* Hush! (1962)
* Wahoo! (1964)
* Honeybuns (1965)
* Prairie Dog (1966)
* Sweet Honey Bee (1966)
* The Right Touch (1967)
* Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967–68)
* I Don't Care Who Knows It (1968–70)
* Now Hear This (1968)
* The Phantom (1968)
* How Insensitive (1969)
* Merry Ole Soul (1969)
* It Could Only Happen with You (1970)

With
Donald
Byrd|

* Fuego (1959)
* At the Half Note Cafe (1960)
* Byrd in Flight (1960)
* The Cat Walk (1961)
* A New Perspective (1963)
* Fancy Free (1969)
* Kofi (1969–70)
* Electric Byrd (1970)

With
others|

* Little Johnny C (Johnny Coles, 1963)
* Idle Moments (Grant Green, 1963)
* The Kicker (Bobby Hutcherson, 1963)
* Mean What You Say (Thad Jones and Pepper Adams, 1966)

Arranger
only|

* I'm Tryin' to Get Home (for Donald Byrd]], 1964)
* Lush Life (for Lou Donaldson, 1967)
* Am I Blue (for Grant Green, 1963)
* Boss Horn (for Blue Mitchell, 1966)
* Heads Up! (for Blue Mitchell, 1968)
* A Slice of the Top (for Hank Mobley, 1966)
* Standards (for Lee Morgan, 1967)
* Rough 'n' Tumble (for Stanley Turrentine, 1966)
* A Bluish Bag (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
* The Return of the Prodigal Son (for Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
* The Look of Love (for Stanley Turrentine, 1968)

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