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Duane Allen: Yin-Yang

Read "Yin-Yang" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Guitarist Duane Allen opens Yin-Yang with that time-tested standard, Cole Porter's “Night and Day," sounding very traditional in the beginning, with a nice Wes Montgomery-like sting on his notes. Nice enough, and it had me fooled for a minute, thinking we were going into ho-hum territory; but things really get interesting when the band veers away from the straight melody with an inventive and extended variation-on-the-theme interlude. Spirited playing, aided by bassist John Crooks and drummer Joe Schleicter. Allen's approach ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Yin-Yang

Tritone Records
2004

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