Recital (album)
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Recital is a studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 released by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 pianist
Piano
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 Dave Burrell
Dave Burrell
Davis Burrell is an American jazz instrumentalist, most notably on the piano. He has worked for many jazz musicians including Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Marion Brown and David Murray.- Biography :...

. It was recorded on August 8, 2000 and released in 2001 by the label CIMP. The album is duet with bassist
Bass guitar
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 Tyrone Brown
Tyrone Brown
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. The album is consider as "simple, yet stately".

Track listing

  1. "Never Let Me Go" (Livingston) — 8:50
  2. "Struttin' With Some Barbeque" (Hardin) — 5:15
  3. "Samba Rondo (Imagine the Dancers)" (Burrell) — 5:32
  4. "You Go to My Head" (Gillespie
    Dizzy Gillespie
    John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz...

    ) — 8:10
  5. "Dear Mr. Roach" (Brown) — 5:47
  6. "Shortin' Bread"  — 6:48
  7. "With a Little Time" (Burrell) — 5:31
  8. "Caravan" (Tizol) — 5:25
  9. "Blue Moon" (Rodgers) — 3:23
  10. "The Crave" (Morton
    Jelly Roll Morton
    Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....

    ) — 3:46
  11. "Lost Waltz" (Burrell) — 3:41
  12. "Giant Steps" (Coltrane
    John Coltrane
    John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...

    ) — 5:20

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Penguin Guide to Jazz is a reference work containing an encyclopedic directory of jazz recordings on CD which are currently available in Europe or the United States...

agrees with Allmusic reference above, calling the album a "simply recorded session." However, they call it "another very fine record from a consistently underrated player." This is likely because "[Burrell] performs with such immaculate precision infused with emotional depth that each piece is a joy to hear," comments AMG reviewer Steven Loewy.
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