Improvisations (Ran Blake & Jaki Byard album)


Improvisations is an album of piano duets by the American jazz pianists Ran Blake and Jaki Byard recorded in 1981 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars stating "Because Byard is highly flexible, he was able to meet Blake on his own terms and inspire him to play more extrovertedly than usual... In other words, this matchup works".

Track listing

  1. "On Green Dolphin Street" - 6:06
  2. "Prelude" - 4:09
  3. "Chromatics" - 8:28
  4. "Wende" - 3:42
  5. "Tea for Two" - 6:57
  6. "Victoria" - 4:41
  7. "Sonata for Two Pianos" - 10:35

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