Double Play!

Double Play!
Studio album by Russ Freeman and André Previn
Released	1957 February 2, 1993 (CD release)
Recorded	April 30, 1957 and May 11, 1957 Contemporary's Studio, Los Angeles
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:50
Label	Contemporary C 3537
Producer	Lester Koenig
André Previn chronology
My Fair Lady (1956) Double Play! (1957) Pal Joey (1957)

Double Play! is a 1957 jazz album featuring pianists Russ Freeman and André Previn.^[1]

It was recorded and released in 1957 on Contemporary Records, and re-released and remastered in 1993 on Original Jazz Classics.

Together with drummer Shelly Manne, the album, as its title suggests, includes eight baseball-themed original compositions by Freeman and Previn along with the standard Take Me Out to the Ball Game. (The rather risque-by-1950s-standards album cover features a model wearing a Hollywood Stars cap.) It is notable for the unusual two-piano instrumentation, and indeed was advertised at the time as the first time that two pianists recorded "modern jazz" together.

Track listing

1. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - 3:04
2. "Who's on First?" (Previn) - 3:37
3. "Called on Account of Rain" (Previn) - 5:11
4. "In the Cellar Blues" (Previn/Freeman) - 5:01
5. "Batter Up" (Freeman) - 3:58
6. "Double Play" (Freeman) - 4:58
7. "Safe at Home" (Freeman) - 6:03
8. "Fungo" (Freeman) - 5:42
9. "Strike Out the Band" (Previn) - 4:12

Track 1-5 recorded on April 30, 1957; tracks 6-9 on May 11, 1957

Personnel

• Russ Freeman - piano
• André Previn - piano
• Shelly Manne - drums

References