Duets

Collier & Dean | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Origin Records
• ASIN: B0007CNXS2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #579,885 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Teacher's Pet (Project), September 28, 2006

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Robert Carlberg (Seattle) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Duets (Audio CD)

Tom and Dean are amazing technical masters of the vibes and bass guitar respectively, but heavy commitments to teaching and session work has kept them from following up 1979's stunning "Whistling Midgets." The reuniting of these two formidable forces should have been a joyeous occasion.

Unfortunately the duo format, using exactly the same instrumentation on every song (I know Tom's an equally-skilled marimbist) leads to a measure of listener fatique by the end. Don't get me wrong, the music is pleasant, occasionally showy, but nowhere as immediately appealing as on "Midgets." True, the bar was set very, very high by their last collaboration and maybe this one should have merited four stars -- but I was disappointed.

Incidentally, "Whistling Midgets" has been re-issued by Dan Dean Productions and is worth seeking out on his website.

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2.0 out of 5 stars My 2 favorite instruments..., May 7, 2007

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bassman (NH) - See all my reviews

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Duets...but a very dull affair. Granted, vibes basically have the same sound other than vibrato, but there are many options for a bass to alter it's sound. It sounds as if they recorded the whole CD with the same set-up. They are great players, but I started to nod off halfway through the CD.

5.0 out of 5 stars One great track entitles an album to 5 stars, December 10, 2011

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Tough Customer "Tough Customer" (Torrance, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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The song "Lines" is a great little tune to add to your jazz mix. I give that track 5 stars for an interesting and engaging "vibe". I agree with the other reviewers that you do not want to listen to this album straight through; the aural paucity of the 2 instruments becomes numbing. But each track inserts pleasantly between tracks by other artists in your jazz shuffle. I suggest that you first download "Lines", and if you like it half as much as I do, you might want to help yourself to "Giant Steps" or "So What?".