Dexterity is a 1988 live album by the jazz pianist George Shearing recorded at the second Fujitsu-Concord Jazz Festival. The singer Ernestine Anderson appears on two tracks. Shearing and Anderson would later record the album A Perfect Match.
Reception
Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic, describing it as "A well-rounded and consistently enjoyable program".
Track listing "Dexterity" (Charlie Parker) – 5:17 "You Must Believe in Spring" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Jacques Demy, Michel Legrand) – 7:53 "Sakura Sakura (Cherry Blossom)" (Traditional) – 5:13 "Kjo No Tsuki" (Rentaro Taki) – 3:00 "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Jimmy McHugh) – 5:08 "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern) – 5:03 "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:08 "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 4:19 "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 6:49 Duke Ellington medley: "Take the "A" Train"/"In a Sentimental Mood"/"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"/"Satin Doll"/"Cotton Tail" (Billy Strayhorn)/(Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills)/(Ellington, Lee Gaines)/(Ellington, Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer)/(Ellington) – 7:21 "Lullaby of Birdland" (George Shearing, George David Weiss) – 5:30
Personnel George Shearing – piano Ernestine Anderson – vocals on "As Long As I Live" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love" Neil Swainson – double bass Carl Jefferson – producer Kent Judkins – art direction Chris Long – assistant producer Tom Burgess – cover art concept Hatsuro Takanami – engineer Leonard Feather – liner notes George Horn – mastering K. Abe – photography Kazumi Someya – project interpreter Ron Davis – remixing Allen Farnham – remote supervisor Yoichi Nakao – technical coordinator
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