The Great Session

The Great Session
The Great Session
Studio album by Duke Jordan
Released	1981
Recorded	June 30, 1978 in New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	50:30 CD with bonus tracks
Label	SteepleChase SCS 1150
Producer	Nils Winther
Duke Jordan chronology

The Great Session is an album led by pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1978 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label in 1981.^[1]^[2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3½ stars stating "There's a bit of hyperbole in the album's title, as the play list is hardly adventurous and the arrangements are average, in spite of the strong personnel".^[3]

Track listing[edit]

"All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 6:36
"Moonglow" (Eddie DeLange, Will Hudson, Irving Mills) - 7:28
"Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer) - 6:38
"Thinking of You" (Duke Jordan) - 8:55 Bonus track on CD release
"A Night in Tunisia" (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 9:53
"Lady Bird" (Tadd Dameron) - 6:57
"Blues in the Closet" (Oscar Pettiford) - 4:11

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 24, 2015
^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
^ ^a ^b Dryden, Ken. The Great Session – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 802. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Duke Jordan discography, accessed March 24, 2015

[2] SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015

[Allmusic-3] Dryden, Ken. The Great Session – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 24, 2015.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 802. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
Albums as leader or co-leader	Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (1955) Flight to Jordan (1960) Brooklyn Brothers (with Cecil Payne, 1973) Flight to Denmark (1973) Two Loves (1973) Duke's Delight (1975) Lover Man (1975) Misty Thursday (1975) Truth (1975) Flight to Japan (1976) Live in Japan (1976) Duke's Artistry (1978) The Great Session (1978) Tivoli One (1978) Tivoli Two (1978) Wait and See (1978) Change a Pace (1979) Midnight Moonlight (1979) Thinking of You (1979) Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 (1981) As Time Goes By (1985) Time on My Hands (1985)
With others	All Star Sessions (Gene Ammons, 1950) The Happy Blues (Gene Ammons, 1956) No Problem (Chet Baker, 1979) Les Liaisons dangereuses (Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, 1959) True Blue (Tina Brooks, 1960) Swingin' (Kenny Burrell, 1956) Blue Lights (Kenny Burrell, 1958) The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (1976) Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (1955) The Complete Roost Recordings (Stan Getz, 1952) Stan Getz Plays (1952) Doin' the Gigi (Gigi Gryce, 1957) The Return of Howard McGhee (1955) Beautiful! (Charles McPherson, 1965) Complete Charlie Parker on Dial/Charlie Parker on Dial (1947) Patterns of Jazz (Cecil Payne, 1956) Bird Gets the Worm (Cecil Payne, 1976) Oscar Pettiford (1954) Introducing Doug Raney (1977) Comin' On! (Dizzy Reece, 1960) Here Comes Louis Smith (1958) Stitt's Bits (Sonny Stitt, 1950) Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (1962) The Champ (Sonny Stitt, 1973) Julius Watkins Sextet (1955)