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Basically Duke

1954 studio album by Oscar Pettiford

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Basically Duke is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in 1954 and first issued on the Bethlehem label as a 10-inch LP.

01Reception

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Allmusic

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars.

02Track listing

All compositions by Oscar Pettiford except where noted.

  1. "Jack the Bear" (Duke Ellington) - 3:15
  2. "Tamalpais" - 3:33
  3. "Swing Until the Girls Come Home" - 3:54
  4. "Mood Indigo" (Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills) - 2:56
  5. "Chuckles" (Clark Terry) - 2:42
  6. "Time on My Hands" (Vincent Youmans, Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon) - 3:10

03Personnel

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