Double Play!

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Double Play!
Album cover
Album by Russ Freeman and André Previn
Released 1957
Recorded April 30, 1957 and May 11, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length
Label Original Jazz Classics
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Double Play! is a 1957 jazz album featuring pianists Russ Freeman and André Previn.

Together with drummer Shelly Manne, the album includes eight baseball-themed original compositions by Freeman and Previn along with the standard Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

It is notable for the unusual two-piano instrumentation, and indeed was advertised at the time as the first time that two pianists recorded "modern jazz" together.

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  1. Take Me Out To The Ball Game
  2. Who's On First?
  3. Called On Account Of Rain
  4. In The Cellar Blues
  5. Batter Up
  6. Double Play
  7. Safe At Home
  8. Fungo
  9. Strike Out The Band

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