Duke Pearson - It Could Only Happen With You
Released - 1974
Recording and Session Information
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 13, 1970
Burt Collins, trumpet; Kenny Rupp, trombone; Jerry Dodgion, alto sax, alto flute; Lew Tabackin, tenor sax, flute; Duke Pearson, piano, electric piano; Ron Carter, bass; Mickey Roker, drums.
5924 tk.29 Emily
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 10, 1970
Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, trumpet; Kenny Rupp, trombone; Hermeto Pascoal, flute, guitar, bass; Al Gibbons, alto sax, alto flute; possibly Frank Foster, tenor sax; Duke Pearson, piano, electric piano; Theo, guitar, bass #1-3,5,6; Bob Cranshaw, bass, electric bass; Mickey Roker, drums; Flora Pulim, vocals #1,2,5.
6128 tk.5 It Could Only Happen With You
6129 tk.10 Gira, Girou (Round And Round)
6130 tk.19 Book's Bossa
6131 tk.20 Lost In The Stars
6132 tk.22 Stormy
6133 tk.27 Hermeto
Track Listing
| Side One | ||
| Title | Author | Recording Date |
| Gira, Girou (Round and Round) | Milton Nascimento | April 10 1970 |
| Hermeto | Hermeto Pascoal | April 10 1970 |
| Lost in the Stars | Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson | April 10 1970 |
| Side Two | ||
| It Could Only Happen with You | Antônio Carlos Jobim, Louis Oliveira, Ray Gilbert | April 10 1970 |
| Stormy | Buddy Buie, J. R. Cobb | April 10 1970 |
| Emily | Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer | February 13 1970 |
| Book's Bossa | Walter Booker, Cedar Walton | April 10 1970 |
Liner Notes
Romance is the word.
Combine the earthy voice of Flora Purim with the smooth and swaying latin jazz of pianist Duke Pearson and what you come up with is music as lilting and sunshine-splashed as a breezy hill overlooking the blue bay of Rio.
It is also as chic and seductive as an expensive bachelor's apartment on the Upper East Side overlooking the white night-lights of the sleeping city below.
Many have tried, but Duke Pearson has succeeded masterfully in blending the wistful and haunting melodies of South America with the urban sophistications of relaxed American jazz.
Continental is the word.
You find yourself dreaming of the lithe, honey-brown girls dancing the Latin carnivals, and then touching champagne glasses across the table with the black-eyed New York lady who wears a red gown, the ivory tip of her cigarette holder teasing her teeth just once as she smiles.
Style is the word.
Long known for his big band arrangements, his jazz and Latin compositions, and his spacially melodic piano playing, Duke Pearson now brings us a welcome and needed escape into a world where we're casual, confident, cool — in control and in demand.
International is the word.
"Round and Round," a bossa-blues, features Flora singing in her earthy Brazilian tongue. Her voice is as light and dancing as a child flinging holidays in Buenos Aires. The tenor sax solo soars like a bird, sharing with us that muscular American jazz dimension. And Duke's electric piano solo cooks with all of the economy and good humor of a modern Count Basie at Monterey.
Flora whispers and caresses "It Could Only Happen" like a Latin lover. Listen to her. She's more of a fox than Gilberto ever dreamed of being. And in the throbbing "Stormy," a classic song, she cries for her lost love. We cry right along with her, for we've all been there too.
"Hermeto" features Duke at the electric piano again, while "Book's Bossa" and "Emily" shows us his acoustic piano artistry at its best.
Of the four instrumentals, "Lost In The Stars" is a highlight. Behind the breathy long notes of the tenor sax and the golden trumpet, Duke unfolds a painted tapestry of sound. Dreamy and slow, "Lost In The Stars" is a masterpiece of longing, and aching tenderness.
Working primarily with one sax, one flute and one trumpet, Duke creates horn lines in the seven songs that weave and mesh and flow with all the strength and color of a big band.
Music — sheer music — that's the word.
With the husky and gentle vocal stylings of Flora Purim, the flame-blue instrumental solos, the deceptively simple brass arrangements, and the consistently strong and seductive South American rhythm section, you have a rich and forceful musical liqueur of Latin light-heartedness and sensual American jazz that just might make this very evening the perfect evening for falling in love all over again, just one more time.
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