Duet (Archie Shepp and Dollar Brand album)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "A somewhat surprising pairing at the time, the former firebrand of the tenor sax and the wonderful South African pianist found a pleasant and relaxed meeting point. By 1978, Shepp had largely abandoned the ferocious attack that gained him renown in the '60s, settling on a rich, Ben Webster-ish tone and playing a repertoire consisting of modern standards and bluesy originals ... But the prevailing sense of relaxation begins to pall after a while and one wishes for a bit more of the old rough and tumble that these two were surely capable of. Still, for those who enjoyed Shepp's mid-'70s dates for Arista/Freedom and Ibrahim's more subdued group efforts of the late '70s and early '80s, there's much good listening here".[3]

All compositions by Dollar Brand except where noted.

1. "Fortunato" (Dave Burrell, Marion Brown) – 7:41
2. "Barefoot Boy from Queens Town – To Mongezi" (Archie Shepp) – 7:51
3. "Left Alone" (Mal Waldron) – 7:55
4. "Theme from "Proof of the Man" (Yuji Ohno) – 8:18
5. "Ubu-Suku" – 4:35
6. "Moniebah" – 8:22

• Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Dollar Brand – piano