Double Play!
1957 studio album by Russ Freeman and André Previn
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Double Play! is a 1957 jazz album featuring pianists Russ Freeman and André Previn.[1]
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1957 | |||
| Recorded | April 30 and May 11, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:50 | |||
| Label | Contemporary | |||
| Producer | Lester Koenig | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
It was recorded and released in 1957 on the Contemporary label, and re-released in 1993 in the Original Jazz Classics series.
Together with drummer Shelly Manne, the album, as its title suggests, includes eight baseball-themed original compositions by Freeman and Previn along with the standard "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".[1] (The rather risque-by-1950s-standards album cover features a model wearing a Hollywood Stars cap.) The album was advertised at the time as the first time that two pianists recorded "modern jazz" together.[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz suggested that the album was the best of Previn's early releases, being "the most uncomplicatedly jazz-driven".[2]
Track listing
- "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (Jack Norworth, Albert Von Tilzer)
- "Who's on First?" (Previn) - 3:37
- "Called on Account of Rain" (Previn) - 5:11
- "In the Cellar Blues" (Previn, Freeman) - 5:01
- "Batter Up" (Freeman) - 3:58
- "Double Play" (Freeman) - 4:58
- "Safe at Home" (Freeman) - 6:03
- "Fungo" (Freeman) - 5:42
- "Strike Out the Band" (Previn) - 4:12
Track 1–5 recorded on April 30, 1957; tracks 6–9 on May 11, 1957
Personnel
- Russ Freeman - piano
- André Previn - piano
- Shelly Manne - drums