# Duet (Neal Hefti composition)

"Duet" is a 1957 (©1958) big band swing composition and arrangement by Neal Hefti that was part of his larger body of work for the Count Basie Orchestra. His arrangement features two muted trumpets, which – when first recorded in 1957 on The Atomic Mr. Basie – featured Thad Jones and Joe Newman.

## Discography and videography
### Discography

| Session / performance date | Artist (leader) | Album or Single | Label (Catalog No.) | Studio (Venue) | Matrix No. |
| 21 & 22 October 1957 | Count Basie and His Orchestra (audio) | The Atomic Mr. Basie Joe Newman Thad Jones (soloists) | Roulette EPR 1520 | Capitol New York ("Duet" Session No. 12472-14) | R52003A (Side A) |
| 9 & 12 November 1957 | Count Basie and His Orchestra Featuring Joe Williams | Autumn in Paris Joe Newman Thad Jones (soloists) | Magic Records (E)AWE13 | Live The Olympia Paris | |
| 24 June – 3 July 1958 | Count Basie and His Atomic Band Featuring Joe Williams | Count on the Coast Featuring Joe Williams (Vol. 2) | Phontastic (Swd)7555 (Stockholm) Jazz Hour (Eu)JHR73543 | Live The Crescendo West Hollywood | PHONT 7555 B (Side B) |
| 14 January 1961 | Karel Krautgartner Jazzový Orchester | Taneční Orchestr Československý Rozhlasu (Czech Radio Dance Orchestra) | Supraphon DV 10119 | Prague | VM 2291 (Side A) |
| 1964 | Neal Hefti and His Orchestra (audio at 6:45) | The Leisurely Loveliness of Neal Hefti and His Orchestra | Movietone MTM1006 | | MTS 2006 A (Side A) |
| 1965 | Jean Leccia (fr) French lyrics by Jeannine "Mimi" Perrin and Pierre Saka (fr) | "Duet" (45 rpm) | Disc AZ (fr) EP 977 Disques Vogue (distributor) | | AZ 977 |
| 10 December 1966 | Wild Bill Davison (audio) | Memories | Jazzology JCD-201 | Live Deansgate Manchester, England | |
| 13 December 1966 | Wild Bill Davison | Wild Bill Davison! | Fontana (E)TL5413 | London | |
| 27 October 1967 | Wild Bill Davison | I'll Be a Friend With Pleasure | Fat Cat's Jazz FCJ106 | Live Manassas Jazz Festival Manassas, Virginia | |
| 18 November 1967 | Wild Bill Davison With Alex Welsh and His Band (audio) | Fidgety Feet | Jazzology JCD-231 | Live Manchester Sports Guild Manchester, England | |
| 11 December 1978 | Fessor's (Ole "Fessor" Lindgreen (sv)) Big City Jazz Band Featuring Bill Davison (audio) | Wild Bill Davison with Fessor's Big City Jazz Band | Storyville (Dan) SLP 421 (1997 re-release: STCD 5525) | Copenhagen | |
| May 1984 | Joe Newman and Joe Wilder | Hangin' Out "Duet" arranged by Frank Foster | Concord Jazz CJ-262 | JAC Studios New York | |
| 3 November 1994 7 & 21 March 1995 | The Frank Capp Juggernaut (audio) | In a Hefti Bag Conte Candoli Snooky Young (soloists) | Concord Jazz CCD-4655 (CD) | Sage & Sound Hollywood | CCD 4655 01 |

### Videography

| Session / performance date | Artist (leader) | Featuring | Label (Catalog No.) | Studio (Venue) | Archival source |
| 25 October 2009 | Jazz Company Big Band Directed by Gabriele Comeglio (it) (video) | "Duet" (video) Emilio Soana Pippo Colucci (soloists) | | Live Teatro Martinetti (it) Garlasco, Italy | YouTube |

## Sheet and folio music, arrangements and transcriptions

    Fake books
* Music of Neal Hefti: Fake Book (3 Vols., E♭, B♭, C), Warner Bros. Music (1991); OCLC 896685811
       For E♭ instruments: OCLC 472179616, 1100295729
       For B♭ instruments: OCLC 25757824
       For concert pitch instruments: OCLC 25757786
* The Real Book of Blues, Jack Long (ed.), London: Wise Publications (an imprint of Music Sales Group) (1999); OCLC 862606850, 716149208, 401513490, 474857732
       See: Real Book
    Note: By inclusion of the "Duet" lead sheet in jazz oriented fake books, one might infer that it is a jazz standard, or one might infer that the editor or publisher is offering it as such.
    Solo instruments
* Neal Hefti Originals for Piano, Neal Hefti Music (1966); OCLC 7479858
    Big band
* For big band, transcription of Hefti's arrangement by Jon Harpin (©1986); includes transcribed solos of Joe Newman and Thad Jones from the Basie's 1957 Atomic album.
    Encino Music, USA, Warner / Chappel Music Ltd., London, reproduced by permission of International Music Publications Ltd.
       2 E♭ altos, 2 B♭ tenors, 1 E♭ bari; 4 B♭ trumpets; 2 B♭ tenor trombones, 1 B♭ bass trombone, 1 optional B♭ tenor trombone; guitar, piano, bass, drums with brushes
       Moderate blues in E♭ $^4$ $_4$ = 96 Swing