Duet is an album by Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams is an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the Free jazz medium. Abrams compresses both contemporary and traditional ideas into lean, elegant pieces.- Biography :Abrams attended DuSable High School in Chicago...

 featuring duet performances with Amina Claudine Myers

Amina Claudine Myers

Amina Claudine Myers in Blackwell, Arkansas; is an American jazz pianist, organist, vocalist, composer, and musical arranger.-Biography:...

 which was released on the Italian Black Saint

Black Saint/Soul Note

Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian jazz independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.-History:...

 label in 1981. The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn states "This was an intense, yet also swinging, enjoyable session, one in which Abrams displayed the mastery of multiple genres that's distinguished his music, and Myers her distinctive mix of secular and spiritual elements".

Track listing

1. "Transparency of Lobo Lubu" - 9:55
2. "Miss Amina" - 7:42
3. "Swang Rag Swang" - 4:30
4. "Down the Street from the Gene Ammons Public School" - 5:05
5. "Journey Home as Seen Through the Fairness of Life" - 6:49
6. "Dance from the East" (Amina Claudine Myers) - 6:00
7. "One for Peggy" (Abrams, Myers) - 4:09

All compositions by Muhal Richard Abrams except as indicated

• Recorded May 11 & 12, 1981 at Barigozzi Studio, Milano