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On It Could Only Happen With You, his final album for Blue Note, Duke Pearson followed the conventions of the time and cut a smooth, commercially-oriented jazz album that made allusions to traditional and contemporary pop, hard bop, soul-jazz and bossa nova. The results are a bit muddled, but the album is more coherent than its predecessor, How Insensitive, even with its flaws. Pearson's playing remains tasteful, but he tends to get lost among the guitars, flutes, trumpets, trombones, bass, and Flora Purim's vocals. Although the record is a pleasant artifact of its time, it's a rather sad, undistinguished way to close out Pearson's career.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Milton Nascimento, Composer - Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Duke Pearson, Conductor, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Flora Purim, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hermeto Pascoal, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Burt Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Rupp, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Shepley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gibbons, Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
Bob Cranshaw, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Duke Pearson, Conductor, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Theo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Hermeto Pascoal, Composer - Burt Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Rupp, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Shepley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gibbons, Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
Kurt Weill, Composer - Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Duke Pearson, Conductor, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Maxwell Anderson, Composer - Hermeto Pascoal, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Burt Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Rupp, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Shepley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gibbons, Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
António Carlos Jobim, Composer - Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - R. Gilbert, Composer - Duke Pearson, Conductor, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Theo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Flora Purim, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Burt Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Rupp, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Shepley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - L. Oliveira, Composer - Al Gibbons, Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
Bob Cranshaw, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Duke Pearson, Conductor, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Theo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Flora Purim, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hermeto Pascoal, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Burt Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Carlton Buie, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Rupp, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - James B. Cobb, ComposerLyricist - Joe Shepley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Al Gibbons, Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
Johnny Mercer, Composer - JOHNNY MANDEL, Composer - Ron Carter, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Duke Pearson, Conductor, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Burt Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Lew Tabackin, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Dodgion, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Rupp, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
C. WALTON, Composer - Bob Cranshaw, Electric Bass, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Duke Pearson, Conductor, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mickey Roker, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Theo, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Hermeto Pascoal, Flute, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Burt Collins, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Kenny Rupp, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Shepley, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - W. Booker, Composer - Al Gibbons, Alto Saxophone, Alto Flute, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
On It Could Only Happen With You, his final album for Blue Note, Duke Pearson followed the conventions of the time and cut a smooth, commercially-oriented jazz album that made allusions to traditional and contemporary pop, hard bop, soul-jazz and bossa nova. The results are a bit muddled, but the album is more coherent than its predecessor, How Insensitive, even with its flaws. Pearson's playing remains tasteful, but he tends to get lost among the guitars, flutes, trumpets, trombones, bass, and Flora Purim's vocals. Although the record is a pleasant artifact of its time, it's a rather sad, undistinguished way to close out Pearson's career.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:34:18
- Main artists: Duke Pearson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1974 Blue Note Records ℗ 1974 Blue Note Records
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