"Duet" is a 1957 (©1958) big band swing composition and arrangement by Neal Hefti that was part of his larger body of work for the Count Basie Orchestra. His arrangement features two muted trumpets, which – when first recorded in 1957 on The Atomic Mr. Basie – featured Thad Jones and Joe Newman.
Discography and videography Discography Session / performancedate Artist(leader) Album orSingle Label(Catalog No.) Studio(Venue) Matrix No. Count Basie and His Orchestra(audio) The Atomic Mr. BasieJoe NewmanThad Jones(soloists) Roulette CapitolNew York("Duet" Session No. 12472-14) R52003A(Side A) Count Basie and His OrchestraFeaturing Joe Williams Autumn in ParisJoe NewmanThad Jones(soloists) Magic Records (E)AWE13 LiveThe OlympiaParis Count Basie and His Atomic BandFeaturing Joe Williams Count on the CoastFeaturing Joe Williams(Vol. 2) Phontastic (Swd)7555(Stockholm)Jazz Hour (Eu)JHR73543 LiveThe CrescendoWest Hollywood (Side B) Karel KrautgartnerJazzový Orchester Taneční Orchestr Československý Rozhlasu(Czech Radio Dance Orchestra) Supraphon Prague (Side A) 1964 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra(audio at 6:45) The Leisurely Loveliness of Neal Hefti and His Orchestra Movietone MTM1006 (Side A) 1965 Jean Leccia (fr)French lyrics byJeannine "Mimi" Perrin andPierre Saka (fr) "Duet" (45 rpm) Disc AZ (fr) Disques Vogue (distributor) Wild Bill Davison(audio) Memories Jazzology LiveDeansgateManchester, England Wild Bill Davison Wild Bill Davison! Fontana (E)TL5413 London Wild Bill Davison I'll Be a Friend With Pleasure Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ106 LiveManassas Jazz FestivalManassas, Virginia Wild Bill DavisonWith Alex Welsh and His Band(audio) Fidgety Feet Jazzology LiveManchester Sports GuildManchester, England 11 December 1978 Fessor's(Ole "Fessor" Lindgreen (sv))Big City Jazz BandFeaturing Bill Davison(audio) Wild Bill Davison with Fessor's Big City Jazz Band Storyville (1997 re-release: ) Copenhagen Joe Newman andJoe Wilder Hangin' Out"Duet" arranged by Frank Foster Concord Jazz JAC StudiosNew York 3 November 1994 The Frank Capp Juggernaut(audio) In a Hefti BagConte CandoliSnooky Young(soloists) Concord Jazz (CD) Sage & SoundHollywood
Videography Session / performancedate Artist(leader) Featuring Label(Catalog No.) Studio(Venue) Archivalsource 25 October 2009 Jazz Company Big BandDirected by Gabriele Comeglio (it)(video) "Duet" (video)Emilio SoanaPippo Colucci(soloists) LiveTeatro Martinetti (it)Garlasco, Italy YouTube
Sheet and folio music, arrangements and transcriptions Fake books Music of Neal Hefti: Fake Book (3 Vols., E, B, C), Warner Bros. Music (1991); For E instruments: For B instruments: For concert pitch instruments:
The Real Book of Blues, Jack Long (ed.), London: Wise Publications (an imprint of Music Sales Group) (1999); , See: Real Book
Note: By inclusion of the "Duet" lead sheet in jazz oriented fake books, one might infer that it is a jazz standard, or one might infer that the editor or publisher is offering it as such.
Solo instruments Neal Hefti Originals for Piano, Neal Hefti Music (1966);
Big band For big band, transcription of Hefti's arrangement by Jon Harpin (©1986); includes transcribed solos of Joe Newman and Thad Jones from the Basie's 1957 Atomic album. Encino Music, USA, Warner / Chappel Music Ltd., London, reproduced by permission of International Music Publications Ltd. 2 E altos, 2 B tenors, 1 E bari; 4 B trumpets; 2 B tenor trombones, 1 B bass trombone, 1 optional B tenor trombone; guitar, piano, bass, drums with brushes Moderate blues in E = 96 Swing
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