Jon & Billy

Jon & Billy
Studio album by
Jon Faddis and Billy Harper
Released1974
RecordedMarch 13, 1974
StudioTeichiku Studio in Tokyo, Japan
GenreJazz
Length38:24
LabelTrio PAP 9003
ProducerKazuo Harada and Kuniya Inaoka
Billy Harper chronology
Capra Black
(1973) 		Jon & Billy
(1974) 		Black Saint
(1975)
Jon Faddis chronology
Jon & Billy
(1974) 		Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis
(1975)

Jon & Billy is an album by trumpeter Jon Faddis and saxophonist Billy Harper recorded in Japan in 1974 and originally released on the Japanese Trio label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

On AllMusic Ron Wynn states " the date's value is in hearing where Harper and Faddis, as well as jazz itself, were in the mid-'70s and then comparing how far they and the music have and have not come since then".[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Jon and Billy" (Roland Hanna) – 6:02
  2. "Water Bridge-Mizu Hashi San" (Ron Bridgewater) – 8:06
  3. "Ballad for Jon Faddis" (Hanna) – 4:03
  4. "Two 'D's from Shinjyuku, Dig and Dug" (Billy Harper) – 7:07
  5. "17-Bar Blues" (Hanna) – 5:29
  6. "This All-Koredake" (Hanna) – 7:56

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Billy Harper discography Archived 2015-02-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed May 5, 2015
  2. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Jon & Billy – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
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