Right in the middle of celebrating his 79th birthday, Clark Terry went into the studio for several days to record 14 duets with a different pianist on each track, with many of them being veterans of many record dates and/or concerts with him. Terry remains one of the most easily identifiable trumpeters and flügelhorn players in jazz, so much so that more than one critic has claimed the ability to identify him after just one note. Each track is dedicated to a great performer of the past, though no attempt is made to copy famous recordings, of course. Terry's brilliant flügelhorn swings mightily along with Monty Alexander on the surprising dedication to Nat King Cole of "L.O.V.E.," which was a hit for him after Cole had all but quit playing piano and enjoyed even greater success as a popular singer. The choice of Lil Hardin Armstrong's "Just for a Thrill" is also an interesting one, versus her better known "Struttin' With Some Barbecue"; Terry's fat tone on his big horn is well complemented by Geri Allen. Terry scats an imitation of brushes on cymbals to introduce "Swingin' the Blues" with Junior Mance before switching to muted trumpet. Old friend Marian McPartland works with Terry to produce a mesmerizing rendition of "Skylark." Also present are Sir Roland Hanna, Kenny Barron, John Lewis, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Don Friedman, Billy Taylor, Benny Green, Eric Reed, and Eric Lewis. There is not one performance that rates less than excellent within this very highly recommended CD. ~ Ken Dryden, All Music Guide
One on One
05/23/2000 | Chesky Records
All Music Guide Review
One on One Track Listing
Credits of One on One
- Junior Mance
- Piano
- Marian McPartland
- Piano
- Billy Taylor
- Piano
- Sandy Palmer Grassi
- Engineer, Production Coordination
- Aldo Sampieri
- Art Direction, Drawing
- Alan Nahigian
- Photography
- Lisa Hershfield
- Artist Development
- Steve Guttenberg
- Engineer, Assistant Producer
- Mary Schwendeman
- Technician
- Barry Wolifson
- Engineer
- Eric Lewis
- Piano
- Rick Eckerle
- Assistant Engineer
- Peter Volpe
- Assistant Engineer
- Nicholas Prout
- Editing, Mastering Engineer, Mastering
- John Richard Lewis
- Piano
- Timothy Parrott
- Production Coordination
- Gerhard Feldmann
- Technician
- Eric Reed
- Piano
- Kenny Barron
- Piano
- Norman Chesky
- Executive Producer
- Clark Terry
- Trumpet, Main Performer
- Benny Green
- Piano
- Sir Roland Hanna
- Piano
- Monty Alexander
- Piano
- Geri Allen
- Piano
- David Chesky
- Producer
- Tommy Flanagan
- Piano
- Don Friedman
- Piano
- Barry Harris
- Piano
- John Lewis
- Piano













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