Jon & Billy

Jon & Billy is an album by trumpeter Jon Faddis and saxophonist Billy Harper recorded in Japan in 1974 and originally released on the Japanese Trio label.[1]

Jon & Billy
Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedMarch 13, 1974
StudioTeichiku Studio in Tokyo, Japan
GenreJazz
Length38:24
LabelTrio PAP 9003
ProducerKazuo Harada and Kuniya Inaoka
Billy Harper chronology
Capra Black
(1973)
Jon & Billy
(1974)
Black Saint
(1975)
Jon Faddis chronology
Jon & Billy
(1974)
Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis
(1975)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

On AllMusic Ron Wynn states " the date's value is in hearing where Harper and Faddis, as well as jazz itself, were in the mid-'70s and then comparing how far they and the music have and have not come since then".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Jon and Billy" (Roland Hanna) – 6:02
  2. "Water Bridge-Mizu Hashi San" (Ron Bridgewater) – 8:06
  3. "Ballad for Jon Faddis" (Hanna) – 4:03
  4. "Two 'D's from Shinjyuku, Dig and Dug" (Billy Harper) – 7:07
  5. "17-Bar Blues" (Hanna) – 5:29
  6. "This All" (Hanna) – 7:56

Personnel

References

  1. Billy Harper discography accessed May 5, 2015
  2. Wynn, Ron. Jon & Billy – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 5, 2015.


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