1959 Duke Pearson Profile

Duke Pearson (piano), Gene Taylor (bass), Lex Humphries (drums)

Recorded: October 25, 1959

01 Like Someone in Love (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen)
02 Black Coffee (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster)
03 Taboo (Tabu)(Margarita Lecuona, Al Stillman, Sidney Keith Russell)
04 I'm Glad There Is You (Jimmy Dorsey, Paul Madeira sometimes credited as Paul Mertz)
05 Gate City Blues (Duke Pearson)
06 Two Mile Run (Duke Pearson)
07 Witchcraft (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)  
 

1959 Duke Pearson Tender Feelin's

Duke Pearson, piano, Gene Taylor, bass, Lex Humphries, drums
 
Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on 16,19 December 1959

01 Bluebird Of Happiness (Sandor Harmati, Edward Heyman)
02 I'm A Fool To Want You (Jack Wolf, Joel Herron)
03 I Love You (Cole Porter)
04 When Sunny Gets Blue (Marvin Fisher, Jack Segal)
05 The Golden Striker (John Lewis)
06 On Green Dolphin Street (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington)
07 3 A.M. (Duke Pearson)

1961 Duke Pearson Dedication!

Duke Pearson (piano), Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone), Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Willie Wilson (trombone), Thomas Howard (bass), Lex Humphries (drums).

Recorded in New York City, august 2, 1961

01 Minor Mishap (Tommy Flanagan)
02 Number Five (Aka Miss Bertha D. Blues)(Duke Pearson)
03 The Nearness Of You (Ned Washington, Hoagy Carmichael)
04 Apothegm (Pepper Adams)
05 Lex (Donald Byrd)
06 Blues For Alvina (Willie & Alvina Wilson)
07 Time After Time (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)

1962 The Duke Pearson Quintet Hush!

Johnny Coles  trumpet (except on 03), Donald Byrd  trumpet (except on 03,06), Duke Pearson piano, Bob Cranshaw bass, Walter Perkins drums

Recorded in New York on January 12, 1962.

01 Hush! (Donald Byrd)
02 Child's Play (Donald Byrd, Duke Pearson)
03 Angel Eyes (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis)
04 Smoothie (Rudy Stevenson)
05 Sudel (Duke Pearson)
06 Friday's Child (Mitchell)
07 Out Of This World (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
08 Groovin' For Nat (Ernie Wilkins)
09 Hush! (alt.)(Donald Byrd)
10 Child's Play (alt.)
11 Sudel (Duke Pearson)(alt.)
12 Little Johnny C (Duke Pearson)
13 Jano (Duke Pearson)

1966 Duke Pearson Sweet Honey Bee

Duke Pearson (piano, Joe Henderson (tenor saxophone, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet, James Spaulding (flute, alto saxophone, Ron Carter (bass, Mickey Roker (drums)

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 7, 1966

01 Sweet Honey Bee (Duke Pearson)
02 Sudel (Duke Pearson)
03 After the Rain (Duke Pearson)
04 Gaslight (Duke Pearson)
05 Big Bertha (Peter Chatman, Duke Pearson)
06 Empathy (Duke Pearson)
07 Ready Rudy? (Duke Pearson)

1967 Duke Pearson  Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band

Duke Pearson (piano), Al Gibbons (flute, bass clarinet, alto saxophone), Pepper Adams (clarinet, saxophone, baritone saxophone, brass), Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin (saxophone, tenor saxophone), Joseph J. Shepley, Marvin Stamm, Randy Brecker, Joe Shepley, Burt Collins (trumpet), Garnett Brown, Benny Powell (trombone, bass trombone), Kenny Rupp, Jimmy Cleveland, Julian Priester (trombone), Bob Cranshaw (bass), Mickey Roker (drums).

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on December 1967

01 Ground Hog (Duke Pearson)
02 New Girl (Duke Pearson)
03 Bedouin (Duke Pearson)
04 Straight Up and Down (Chick Corea)    
05 Ready When You Are C.B. (Duke Pearson)    
06 New Time Shuffle (Joe Sample)
07 Mississippi Dip (Andy Irwin, George Andrews)
08 A Taste Of Honey (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow)
09 Time After Time (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)

1967 Duke Pearson The Right Touch

Duke Pearson - piano, Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, Garnett Brown - trombone, Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone, flute, James Spaulding - alto saxophone, Stanley Turrentine - tenor saxophone, Gene Taylor - bass, Grady Tate - drums

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on September 13, 1967

01 Chili Pepper (Duke Pearson)
02 Make It Good (Duke Pearson)
03 My Love Waits (O Meu Amor Espera)(Duke Pearson)
04 Los Malos Hombres (Duke Pearson)
05 Scrap Iron (Duke Pearson)
06 Rotary (Duke Pearson)
07 Los Malos Hombres (Duke Pearson)

1969-1970 Duke Pearson I Don't Care Who Knows  It

Duke Pearson - piano, electric piano, arranger, Burt Collins - trumpet (tracks 1-6 & 8), Kenny Rupp - trombone (tracks 1-5), Jerry Dodgion - flute, alto flute, alto saxophone (tracks 1-8, 10 & 11), Al Gibbons - flute (tracks 6 & 8), Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-5, 7 & 10), Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, alto clarinet (tracks 1-5), Bobby Hutcherson - vibes (tracks 6-8, 10 & 11), Sam Brown (track 11), Ralph Towner (tracks 7 & 10) - acoustic guitar, Dorio Ferreira - guitar, percussion (track 9), Al Gafa (tracks 6-8 & 10), Wally Richardson (tracks 7 & 10) - guitar, Bob Cranshaw - bass (tracks 6-8, 10 & 11), Ron Carter - bass (tracks 1-5), Bebeto Jose Souza - bass (track 9), Mickey Roker - drums (tracks 6-11), Airto Moreira - percussion, vocals (track 6-10), Stella Mars - vocals (track 8), Andy Bey - vocals (track 1),

Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on June 24, 1968 (track 11), May 5, 1969 (track 9) and February 13, 1970 (tracks 1-5) and at A & R Studios, New York City on October 3, 1969 (tracks 6 & 8) and November 21, 1969 (tracks 7 & 10).

01 I Don't Care Who Knows It (Buddy Johnson)
02 Bloos (Duke Pearson)
03 A Beautiful Friendship (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne)
04 Horn In (Frank Foster)
05 Canto Ossanha (Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes)
06 Xibaba (Airto Moreira)
07 I Don't Know (Airto Moreira)
08 Once I Loved (O Amor en Paz) (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
09 Upa Neguinho (Edu Lobo, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri)
10 Captain Bacardi (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
11 Theme from Rosemary's Baby (Christopher Komeda)