Heavy Love (Al Cohn and Jimmy Rowles album)

Heavy Love
Heavy Love
Studio album by Al Cohn and Jimmy Rowles
Released	1977
Recorded	March 15, 1977
Studio	New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:46
Label	Xanadu; 145
Producer	Don Schlitten
Jimmy Rowles chronology
Al Cohn chronology

Heavy Love is an album by saxophonist Al Cohn and pianist Jimmy Rowles, recorded in 1977 for Xanadu Records.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
The Observer	^[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "the momentum and excitement of this encounter never slows down. Cohn and Rowles' swing-oriented styles, wit and ability to come up with fresh ideas on older songs are quite complementary; they continually bring out the best in each other. This highly recommended set is a real gem, a highpoint in both of the musicians' long careers".^[4] In The Observer Dave Gelly wrote "this is a beauty. Recorded in 1977 by a pair of battle-hardened jazz veterans, it’s full of wit, musical sleight of hand and the kind of tough lyricism that grabs you by the ear and won’t let go. ... What they do with six venerable standards and a blues speaks for the dedication and resilience of their whole generation"^[5]

Track listing[edit]

"Them There Eyes" (Maceo Pinkard, Doris Tauber, William Tracey) – 6:31
"Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) – 6:54
"I Hadn't Anyone Till You" (Ray Noble) – 6:54
"Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, John La Touche, Ted Fetter) – 7:07
"These Foolish Things" (Eric Maschwitz, Jack Strachey) – 8:08
"Bar Talk" (Al Cohn, Jimmy Rowles) – 5:52
"For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 6:20 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel[edit]

Al Cohn – tenor saxophone
Jimmy Rowles – piano

References[edit]

^ Ziegler, F. and Fitzgerald, M. Xanadu Records Listing Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 24, 2017
^ Jazzlists: Xanadu Records discography accessed April 24, 2017
^ Al Cohn catalog accessed April 24, 2017
^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Heavy Love – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Gelly, D. Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles: Heavy Love review – wit, beauty and lyricism, The Observer, September 6, 2015

[1] Ziegler, F. and Fitzgerald, M. Xanadu Records Listing Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 24, 2017

[2] Jazzlists: Xanadu Records discography accessed April 24, 2017

[3] Al Cohn catalog accessed April 24, 2017

[Allmusic-4] Yanow, Scott. Heavy Love – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 24, 2017.

[Observer-5] Gelly, D. Al Cohn & Jimmy Rowles: Heavy Love review – wit, beauty and lyricism, The Observer, September 6, 2015

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v t e Al Cohn
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Al Cohn's Tones (1950 & 1953) Mr. Music (1954) The Natural Seven (1955) That Old Feeling (1955) Four Brass One Tenor (1955) The Brothers! (with Bill Perkins and Richie Kamuca, 1955) From A to...Z (with Zoot Sims, 1956) The Sax Section (1956) Cohn on the Saxophone (1956) Tenor Conclave (with John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, and Zoot Sims, 1956) The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bobby Brookmeyer (1956) The Four Brothers... Together Again! (with Herbie Steward, Zoot Sims, and Serge Chaloff, 1957) Al and Zoot (with Zoot Sims, 1957) You 'n' Me (with Zoot Sims, 1960) Son of Drum Suite (1960) Either Way (with Zoot Sims, 1961) Jazz Mission to Moscow (1962) Body and Soul (with Zoot Sims, 1973) Motoring Along (with Zoot Sims, 1974) Play It Now (1975) True Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976) Silver Blue (with Dexter Gordon, 1976) Al Cohn's America (1976) Heavy Love (with Jimmy Rowles, 1977) No Problem (1979)
Live albums	Jazz Alive! A Night at the Half Note (with Zoot Sims and Phil Woods, 1959) Xanadu in Africa (with Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980) Night Flight to Dakar (with Billy Mitchell, Dolo Coker, Leroy Vinnegar and Frank Butler, 1980)