The Great Session

The Great Session
Studio album by Duke Jordan
Released 1981
Recorded June 30, 1978 in New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 50:30 CD with bonus tracks
Label SteepleChase SCS 1150
Producer Nils Winther
Duke Jordan chronology

Duke's Artistry
(1978)		 The Great Session
(1978)		 Tivoli One
(1978)

The Great Session is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1981.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [3]

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "There's a bit of hyperbole in the album's title, as the play list is hardly adventurous and the arrangements are average, in spite of the strong personnel".[3]

Track listing

  1. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 6:36
  2. "Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) - 7:28
  3. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 6:38
  4. "Thinking of You" (Duke Jordan) - 8:55 Bonus track on CD release
  5. "A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 9:53
  6. "Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 6:57
  7. "Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:11

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 24, 2015
  2. ↑ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dryden, Ken. The Great Session – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2015.