Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg - Who's on First? (2000)

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Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg - Who's on First? (2000)


Artist: Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg
Title Of Album: Who's on First?
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Blue Note
Genre: Vocal Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 56:54
Total Size: 271 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Rockin' in Rhythm (Carney-Ellington-Mills) - 2:54
02. Who's on First? (Frishberg) - 3:44
03. Lookin' Good (Frishberg) - 3:04
04. Too Long in L.A. (Frishberg) - 4:23
05. You Are There (Frishberg-Mandel) - 2:42
06. Intro: The Underdog - 1:24
07. The Underdog (Frishberg) - 3:45
08. Intro: Where You At? - 0:28
09. Where You At? (Handy-Segal) - 3:46
10. Health Food Nut (Dorough-Nelson) - 4:13
11. Devil May Care (Dorough) - 3:29
12. Nothing Like You (Dorough-Landesman) - 4:58
13. Hong Kong Blues (Carmichael) - 3:21
14. Intro: I'm Hip - 1:29
15. I'm Hip (Dorough-Frishberg) - 4:00
16. At the Saturday Dance (Dorough-Frishberg) - 5:00
17. Conjunction Junction (Dorough) - 4:14

Bob Dorough, Dave Frishberg - vocals, piano

Bob Dorough and Dave Frishberg (his co-leader on this CD) have a lot in common. Both are swinging pianists, likable vocalists that do not have conventional voices, and superb lyricists with very original wits. They only collaborated once before making this CD, writing "I'm Hip" back in 1965. In recent times Ruth Price of Los Angeles' Jazz Bakery persuaded the pair to perform as a duo and this live recording is the result. After an instrumental version of "Rockin' in Rhythm," Frishberg and Dorough perform a new classic by the former, "Who's on First," which deals with the difficulties of deciding who should perform first during their joint show! Frishberg "won" and he sings and plays the biting "Lookin' Good" which is about the advantages of being good-looking in this society. Other highlights of the delightful program include the touching "You Are There," "Where You At," Dorough's "Health Food Nut," "Hong Kong Blues," "Devil May Care," "Nothing Like You," and, of course, "I'm Hip." Frishberg and Dorough also perform their long overdue second collaboration, "At the Saturday Dance," and the set concludes with Dorough's catchy "Conjunction Function" from Schoolhouse Rock. This is a fun CD that lives up to its potential.