Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie

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Average customer rating: Night Train - Oscar Peterson Amazing performance, less than perfect recording Must Buy, Especially For Jazz Pianists Essential Peterson A mature Oscar Peterson

Night Train Oscar Peterson Trio Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio: The Silver Collection Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Songbook Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (20-Bit Master) Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio ASIN: B0000047D4 Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

1. Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train')
2. C-Jam Blues
3. Georgia On My Mind
4. Bags' Groove
5. Moten Swing
6. Easy Does It
7. The Honeydripper
8. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
9. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
10. Band Call
11. Hymn To Freedom
12. Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train') (Alternate Take)
13. Volare
14. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
15. Moten Swing (Rehearsal Take)
16. Now's The Time
17. This Could Be The Start Of Something

Amazon.com essential recording

This 1962 recording represents Oscar Peterson at his most commercially accommodating, yet his trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen never fails to swing. The program includes such familiar melodies as the title track (which began life as Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local"), "Georgia on My Mind," and "The Honeydripper." With the notable exception of the gospel-like original "Hymn to Freedom," most of the tracks clock in at around three minutes. This reissue contains several alternate takes that were wisely left off the original LP, including such unlikely jazz vehicles as "Volare" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy." --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

Night Train - Oscar Peterson.......2007-06-26

Nice, easy listening jazz.

One tune is repeated and some studio tracks end rather abruptly, but the rest is great.

Amazing performance, less than perfect recording.......2007-06-20

Each song is full of passion, creating a heart-warming atmosphere. One drawback of this CD is that the sound quality is not very good. I wish there was an SACD version of this recording.

Must Buy, Especially For Jazz Pianists.......2007-04-24

Wow, this is a great CD. I love listening to it and many great pianists have been influenced by Oscar Peterson. He is an amazing genius.

Essential Peterson.......2007-03-23

This is the Oscar Peterson album that everybody should have. Committed followers know its one of the very best, and newcomers won't find anything too dificult on it. This is the first CD I ever bought 21 years ago and I've been playing it ever since.

The basic feel of the album is blues. C Jam Blues, Night Train, Thing Ain't What They Used To Be, Moten Swing and Honey Dripper are all blues or blues related. However there's great variety amongst these tracks, contrast the mellow version of "Things Ain't What..." with the swinging version of "Honey Dripper".

On this album Peterson makes everything sound effortless, whether its his uptempo playing or superb ballad playing (such as on I Ain't Got It Bad..). My favourite track is Ellingtons Band Call. At the end of the track Oscar plays 3 increasingly syncopated resolutions leading on the 4th occasion to the end of the tune.

Perhaps the only thing you don't get on this album is the virtuoso Peterson (try the "The Trio" or "Tracks" for this). Sure some of this stuff requires excellent technique, but even at this level Oscar still has another gear.

As previous reviewers have said, special mention should be made of "Hymn To Freedom". This is a marvellous Peterson original with a great performance. A fitting way to end a superb album.

A mature Oscar Peterson.......2007-01-14

Oscar was 36 when he and his favorite bass player, Ray Brown, teamed up with Ed Thigpen on drums to record this confident, mature cool jazz collection in 1962. In a very good sense this is a commercially enjoyable studio-recorded collection of safe tunes and some originals. Generally upbeat defined by Oscar's fingers dashing from one end of the keyboard to the other.

If you're unfamiliar with Oscar's work, this is the place to start...then go backward in time and forward. This son of Canada is still living, and may he do so for a long time.

Average customer rating: Great - The Best of the Best "I'm Glad There Is You . . ." Great rythym section Herb Ellis & Ray Brown: Rhythm Machine Essential

Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio: The Silver Collection Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Night Train Jazz Samba Getz/Gilberto Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Songbook Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio ASIN: B0000046ZJ Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. I Want To Be Happy
2. Pennies From Heaven
3. Ballad Medley: Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered/I Don't Know Why I Just Do/How Long Has This...
4. I'm Glad There Is You
5. Tour's End
6. I Was Doing All Right
7. Bronx Blues
8. Three Little Words
9. Detour Ahead
10. Sunday
11. Blues For Herky

Amazon.com

Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson were both consummate performers, comfortable at any tempo, when they met for this 1957 recording, and they're clearly enjoying one another's skills on ballads and uptempo tunes alike. The group is one of the finest editions of Peterson's trios, with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis. It's virtually a machine for quiet swing, and the absence of a drummer lets Getz's silky sound come to the fore with all its details intact. For all his fame as a virtuosic pianist, Peterson is an underrated accompanist. He complements a soloist with deft fills and unobtrusive propulsion, and the backgrounds he supplies here are as subtle as his solos are extroverted. The program is a good mix of standards and Getz originals, including the joyous "Tour's End," while the extended ballad medley could define jazz lyricism. There's also a brief but infectious version of Ellis's "Detour Ahead," the guitarist's early and highly successful foray into songwriting. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Great - The Best of the Best.......2007-01-27

There are so many superlatives about this album. The first thing one new to the Peterson trio may notice is the lack of drums. And yet, the trio swings so hard that it's very easy to forget. Getz's soft, gentle tone on sax makes a stark but highly effective foil to Peterson's high-energy keyboard acrobatics and staggering virtuosity. The bass and guitar hold everything together transparently, working together in perfect syncronization during the solos, to keep the energy at a proper pitch at all times, then peeling off to do their own magic when it's their turn to solo. The speedy opening cut, "I Want to Be Happy", constantly pops with surprises and new textures. Often, I'll play it twice in a row because it's so much fun to listen to. This album is top jazz musicians at the top of their game.

"I'm Glad There Is You . . .".......2007-01-27

"This is one of the enjoyable recordings I've ever made. How refreshing is it to play with these pros." ~ Stan Getz ~

"This memorable session was Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson's first and only meeting in the recording studio as co-leaders. Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson Trio remains a most satisfying collaboration and is presented here - in its entirety - for the first time." ~ Nat Hentoff ~

Stan Getz with Oscar Peterson, Herb Ellis and Ray Brown? Yes, indeed, on this CD! The group will utterly delight you with their outstanding performances. While I tremendously enjoyed this CD in its entirety, the part I love most is the ballad medley, which the group perfectly performed. I believe this medley is the crowning glory of this album. It's so beautiful that I can just put track #3 on a repeat mode and forget the rest of the tracks! What a brilliant idea to do a medley of all these songs so meaningful to me. This medley alone is worth the price of the CD. The songs and its respective soloists are as follow.

"Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered" - Stan Getz, tenor sax
"I Don't Know Why, I Just Do" - Herb Ellis, guitar
"How Long Has This Been Going On" - Oscar Peterson, piano
"I Can't Get Started" - Ray Brown, bass
"Polka Dots And Moonbeams" - Stan Getz, tenor sax

Also one of my favorites tunes here is "I'm Glad There Is You." Stan Getz's genius shows in every note of this superb and melodic track, and Herb Ellis plays his guitar in a very creative fashion. This is one of the most sublime and notable instrumental versions of all-time. It starts off artistically with Ellis' guitar then Getz joins in slightly overpowering Ellis' guitar to make the most enchanting mix of sax and guitar simultaneously, then comes that gorgeous "solo showdown" between Getz and Ellis. It's so beautiful! I listened to it with a few repeats.

Stan Getz can swing, too! Just listen closely to "I Want To Be Happy," "Pennies From Heaven," "Three Little Words" and his very own "Blues For Herky" and "Tour's End." He plays his favorite instrument effortlessly with ease, precision and virtuosic flair.

When jazz greats get together for a gig, the result is one fantastic album such as this.

An enjoyable musical journey.

Great rythym section.......2006-11-04

As a jazz guitar player, i personally love stan getz, and to hear him with ray brown, one of my favorite and greatest bass players ever. This was also the first i have listened to Herb Ellis play, his parts are a bit quiet but hey all guitarist were quiet until Charlie Christian. All in Four Really great musicians playing together, if you like this , check out russell malone, ray brown and monty alexander's Cd.

Herb Ellis & Ray Brown: Rhythm Machine.......2006-10-04

I love this recording, and all the other reviews have discussed the many reasons why it is so great. I just want to mention something that Herb Ellis said about playing with Ray Brown. Herb said that Ray's bass playing made him feel like he was being physically lifted up and carried along by some super-strong giant. Mr. Brown is the model of powerful swing - massive,deep tone, atomic sense of time. On this (and other) OPT recordings you can hear him lift-'n-carry the whole band.

Essential.......2006-08-09

This is hands-down, the best jazz album I've ever owned. Whether sitting in front of the speakers with eyes closed, absorbing every note, or using it as unobtrusive (but swingin') background music while I work, this album shines.

If you're an audio snob who expects every last KHz of treble to be there, you will be dissappoined. The audio quality is only on par with a good cassette tape, but the music more than makes up for it.

Average customer rating: Young's maturity Ethereal, Sweet @ Swinging Sumptulicious Pretty great Should be 6 Stars

Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio Lester Young Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Cool Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (20-Bit Master) Pres and Teddy Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio: The Silver Collection Night Train Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook ASIN: B0000047D9 Release Date: 1997-06-24

Tracks:

1. Ad Lib Blues
2. I Can't Get Started
3. Just You, Just Me
4. Almost Like Being in Love
5. Tea for Two
6. There Will Never Be Another You
7. (Back Home Ahain in) Indiana
8. On the Sunny Side of the Street
9. Star Dust
10. I'm Confessin'
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
12. These Foolish Things
13. (It Takes) Two To Tango
14. I Can't Get Started

Customer Reviews:

Young's maturity.......2007-04-04

A great artist in his exuberant, "Basieish" youth, Lester Young often proved that in his mature years he could add to the subtlety and feeling, without sacrifising any of the rhythmical power.
How could anyone ever have believed that his post WW-II years were a throwaway alltogether?

Here, propelled by Peterson's fine group, The Pres swings hard, starting with the mighty "Ad Lib Blues" but in the very next song, beautiful ballad "I Can't Get Started", shows the greatest strength of his playing on this CD. The name of the game is emotion, reached through mellodic innovativeness and rhythmical subtlety.

Interestingly enough, in the company of a more emotional Teddy Wilson on another masterpiece from the 50's (Pres and Teddy , Young showed a more robust side (a bit more reminiscent of his Basie days, perhaps because of Jo Jones' magnificent drumming on that date), although he sure did show plenty of emotion when playin with Wilson and Billie Holiday back in the 30's...

But here, where the rhytmical support is stronger(and less emotionally original than Wilson's playing on the cited CD), Young's tender side really blooms. Even the songs such as "Just You, Just Me" or "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" are treated more like than ballads than joyous swing they usually bring about...

All in all, this CD, as others have rightly said can measure up with the best in the history of jazz.... Just listen to "These foolish things" or any other gem from this masterpiece...

Ethereal, Sweet @ Swinging .......2007-01-11

This Verve master edition is a beautifully done package and deserves a place in any music library as one of the bonafide classics of jazz recorded in 1952.
The sparse sweet nature of the jell of these musicians here is amazing stuff and for those new to Lester Young, an icon whose sax is one of the benchmarks of his genre,you won't be sorry because these recordings are a historical document comprising basically two 10 inch LP issues, an LP
and a couple of "sly curios" and banter with Oscar Peterson and his men.
The standards covered are transformed and when heard, the opening Ad Lib Blues composed by Young sets the next hour of this CD right.
Needless to say, Oscar Peterson is another piano giant and the total package includes booklet, all wonderfully remastered, and as the notes within say is a collection that ranks with Ellington's Okeh material, and Armstrong's Hot 5 and 7's..not that those are the only great times those men recorded..just as Young's work, they did not call him Pres for nothing.

Sumptulicious.......2006-11-04

Just the kind of jazz recording that I look for. The sound on this remastered re-issue by Verve is wonderfully clean and clear. Sounds like you are right there in the studio. Zero hiss or background noise. Excellent liner notes too. Great job!

I can't really add anything about the playing by Lester and the crew that hasn't already been said. What's so nice to me about this particular recording is the great mix of musicianship.... they trade off leads so casually and easily, and make it all sound so effortless. Also... a nice blend of up tempo and more laid back tunes.

A fine disc for when you just want your ears to be happy. Recommended.

Pretty great.......2006-02-22

This cd features some great swinging guitar work and excudes a feeling of rambling warmth. Listen to the samples and see if it's a good fit for you.

Should be 6 Stars.......2006-01-12

This recording, made in the years that were allegedly not his very best, demonstrates absolutely that Willis Lester Young is indeed the President of the Saxophone. Young's effortless sweet swing flowing along with Oscar Peterson and highlighted with some great guitar work by Barney Kessel will hook you. A special bonus is the President's humor displayed in his vocalizing on Two to Tango. The re-master quality is excellent. There are lots of players who played more notes and had a "bigger" sound. Young was replaced by Coleman Hawkins in Basie's band partly because Hawkins blew louder. But for making every note count, wonderful melodic invention and great rythmic surprises, for absolute mastery of the horn, Lester Young takes second chair to none. Nearly every tenor player since the 30's has cited Young as an influence. Listen to this CD and you will know why. Buy it today and love it for a very long time.

Average customer rating: EVERYONE LOVES THIS Oscar Peterson's Trio Performance:One of the Best. BUY IT EYES CLOSED Oscar Peterson is S'wonderful cole porter and rythm

Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook Oscar Peterson Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Songbook Night Train Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio: The Silver Collection Plays the Harold Arlen Song Book Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book ASIN: B0000046UF Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. In The Still Of The Night
2. It's All Right With Me
3. Love For Sale
4. Just One Of Those Things
5. I've Got You Under My Skin
6. Every Time We Say Goodbye
7. Night and Day
8. Easy To Love
9. Why Can't You Behave
10. I Love Paris
11. I Concentrate On You
12. It's De-Lovely

Customer Reviews:

EVERYONE LOVES THIS.......2006-02-04

This album, these performances, are simply must-own. The music is jazz, but the audience is anyone, everyone. My mother-in-law, who is not a jazz fan (her normal listening fare is, ahem, Neil Diamond), heard this at my home and instantly wished to have a copy of it. That is most unlike her. Fortunately I had two copies of this CD--yes, it's something to do with wanting to have a pristine copy always--and I gave it right then. Oscar Peterson makes converts. And his Gershwin album is a lovely complement to this one, though this is the desert-island absolute fave.

Oscar Peterson's Trio Performance:One of the Best........2003-07-02

This re-release by Verve preserves, in my opinion, one of the best trio performances. 'In the Still of the Night',
Peterson's subtle single melody nuances and left hand chords are complimented by Ray Brown's wonderful bass. Ed Thigpen maintains the tempo with his stylish brush technique. The rest of the CD is hampered only slightly by the 'volme' inconsistencies from one number to the next, created by the studio. This is a great CD.

BUY IT EYES CLOSED.......2003-05-31

OSCAR PETERSON's 1959 piano tribute to COLE PORTER is a joy even if it's only 33 minutes long.We could have take an another half hour of this music.What makes it so enjoyable is the variety of moods it delivers.There was actually another PORTER songbook recorded in mono,but for a reason i ignore,they did not coupled it with this one to make it last longer.A message to VERVE:did they lost the masters of the RICHARD RODGERS songbook,and if not,what are they waiting for?

Oscar Peterson is S'wonderful.......2003-01-27

How can one go wrong setting Cole Porter music down... How can the Great Oscar Peterson go wrong either? He didn't. Oscar is a shining example of what makes a truely wonderful, gifted musician. His dynamics, touch and feeling are really a joy to listen to. Well done! Enjoy!

cole porter and rythm.......2001-02-25

well, i can play Cole in 1.000 ways . All the ways are wonderful.

Average customer rating: A Great Classic Jazz at it's finest... simply a perfect recording! Beautiful sounds of jazz RELAXED PERFECTION (THEY MADE IT LOOK EASY) Great, fits into whatever you're doing

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (20-Bit Master) Ben Webster With Oscar Peterson Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Jazz General | Traditional Jazz & Ragtime | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lester Young with Oscar Peterson Trio King of the Tenors Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster Soulville (Dig) Pres and Teddy ASIN: B0000047D8 Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

1. The Touch Of Your LIps
2. When Your Lover Has Gone
3. Bye, Bye, Blackbird
4. How Deep Is The Ocean?
5. In The Wee, Small Hours Of The Morning
6. Sunday
7. This Can't Be Love

Customer Reviews:

A Great Classic.......2007-03-10

Excellent album where a pure Peterson meets a magestic Webster in a great marriage of cool jazz.

Jazz at it's finest... simply a perfect recording! .......2007-02-05

This is one of those to-good-to-be-true recordings that you will never get tired of listening to. Ben Webster and Oscar Peterson are just amazing together! Really folks, it doesn't get any better than this. A soft, seductive, and serene collection of ballads that will keep your feet tapping and guaranteed to put a smile on your face. I had this one on really loud one hot summer day and at least four of my neighbors came by inquiring about what I was playing. They all made a point to tell me later that they purchased the CD and thanked me over and over again. This is a perfect recording through and through! Out of the just over 400 jazz albums (CDs) I own, this one is definitely in my top 20, maybe in my top ten. Brown (bass) and Thigpen (drums) are, as always, brilliant! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! However, if you only enjoy it half as much, then it still will be worth purchasing it. This is what jazz is all about!

Beautiful sounds of jazz.......2006-12-08

Yes, when I hear Webster blow his horn I'm smitten by the sheer beauty of his sound; the way he carresses his mouthpeace and blows his horn somehow produces warm and complex tone, capable of extremely wide range of emotion, impressive in all registers, but always beautiful (without even a hint of schmaltz or kitsch...).

In upper register he sometimes sounds sensitive like a violin, without pathetic quality (jazz) violinists can have in their upper register playing, in lower register my whole body reverberates with his power. And for all this to take place it is not even necessary that he is caught at the peak of his form or in the right company!

Well, at this album he is right there at his peak and, in the company of
impressive range and dinamism of Oscar Peterson and his trusted gang (Ray Brown /b/ and Ed Thigpen /dm/), the things could hardly go wrong.
I'm particularly pleased with "When Your Lover has Gone", which is a great and logical material for such a group of great musicians, but it is interesting to compare Webster's treatment of children song Bye Bye Blackbird, famous in jazz circles for Miles Davis' definitive treatment. Also; pay attention to the "In the Wee, Small Hours of the Morning"...

Although Ben is a star of this occasion and Oscar his trusted sidekick, other two musicians also get their licks and kicks, proving, yet again, how mainstream jazz can be a very powerfull mode of artistic expression.

A great CD!

RELAXED PERFECTION (THEY MADE IT LOOK EASY).......2006-04-02

When your lover has gone is NOT taken too slow--it's tempo is flawless, just like the rest of the album. In fact, I still get goosebumps when I hear Old Ben's mournful cry pierce the quiet of the evening on that gem (this CD is ideal for nocturnal listening, whether you're nursing a drink or romancing that special someone). Jazz should not be judged by the tempo at which it is played. After three or more decades in the business, these guys knew at what tempo to play a song.

Great, fits into whatever you're doing.......2006-03-20

I heard samples of him on the preview section. It was right up my alley in terms of the jazz I like. (I hate fusion.) This blends in with anything you're doing from holding your wife to doing dishes. It's on my Ipod and in heavy rotation in the house.

Average customer rating: Petula Takes Dusty to Music School Duets with Petula Clark A must buy for Petula diehard fans A FRESH BREATH OF AIR Brand New Petula & Dusty! WOW

Duets Petula Clark Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Petula Petula Clark - At The Turn Of The Year Complete BBC Sessions Supersounds From the Superstar It Had to Be You: The Complete Early Singles ASIN: B000NA1ZP6 Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

1. Corner Of The Sky with Dusty Springfield, (Previously Unreleased)
2. When You Get Right Down To It with Michael McDonald, (Unreleased in the U.S.)
3. Baby It's Cold Outside with Rod McKuen
4. The Windmills Of Your Mind with Michel Legrand (First time on CD)
5. All I Have To Do Is Dream with Bobby Darin
6. Can't Get You To Love Me with Gilbert O'Sullivan (First time on CD)
7. Where Is Love/There's A Kind Of Hush with Perry Como (First time on CD)
8. On The Path Of Glory with Harry Belafonte, (Unreleased in the U.S.)
9. When I Fall In Love/Let There Be Love with Oscar Peterson (First time on CD)
10. Love Song Medley with Dean Martin (First time on CD)
11. Games People Play with The Everly Brothers (First time on CD)
12. I'm A Woman/Wedding Bell Blues with Peggy Lee (First time on CD)
13. Fancy Meeting You Here with Matt Monro
14. Lead Me On With Sacha Distel (Unreleased in the U.S.)
15. The People Tree with Anthony Newley, (Previously Unreleased)
16. Together with Andy Williams

Customer Reviews:

Petula Takes Dusty to Music School.......2007-06-10

I bought this CD for two reasons. One for the stunning cover of Petula Clark and the other is Petula doing a song with her 60's rival Dusty Springfield. Incredibly the song has never been released until now!

Duets with Petula Clark.......2007-05-16

This is a must have for any fan of Petula Clark. This represents some of her finest work. Her ability to harmonize with the partner solidifies her place among the finest recording artists of all time. While all the tracks are exceptional, the #s with Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, and Andy Williams are Grammy material. She actually wrote the song with Andy just this last year. What a talent....

A must buy for Petula diehard fans.......2007-05-08

A product such as this is clearly aimed at the diehards market. A collection of rarities comprising mostly live duets with other established artistes from 60s and 70s TV, "Corner Of The Sky" is the standout track here. Dusty Springfield is in top form, her vocals from a 1974 recording session as gorgeous and perfectly nuanced as ever. Petula Clark added her own vocals over Dusty's incomplete recording quite recently to fulfill a deeply held desire to have sung with Dusty while she was still alive and the result is - barring some awkward phrasing by Petula on the first chorus - simply smashing.

"Baby It's Cold Outside" (with Rod McKuen) is also great - it works so much better than Rod's duet of the same song with Dusty on his late 70s Christmas TV special because this kind of song suits Petula so much better than Dusty. Other special highlights for me include the incredibly gritty "Can't Get You To Love Me" with Gilbert O'Sullivan which proves Petula's situational rock credibility and her well matched duet of "I'm A Woman/Wedding Bell Blues" with the late great Peggy Lee.

There're other good stuff with Harry Belafonte and Bobby Darin, but I'd be lying if I said the album is devoid of turkeys - the Andy Williams number in particular is a low point.

All in, "Duets" is a must buy for Petula diehard fans.

A FRESH BREATH OF AIR.......2007-04-11

Nothing Petula Clark does can be wrong. From her very beginnings she was way ahead of the crowd making versions of continental hits a specialty of the European hit parade, transcending borders and gaining fame and recognition everywhere except-where else?!?- the US... Even though she was already well established in the rest of the world as one of England's top chanteuses in the early 60's , it was'nt until "DOWTOWN" that she finally became a household name in Peoria. This collection will most likely appeal to her fans only, though there are plenty of other well known artists here to appeal to a wide audience-not just "Downtowners"

Brand New Petula & Dusty! WOW.......2007-04-01

This Cd is well worth the purchase if only for the brand new duet by Petula and Dusty (that history is written about in another review, I won't bore you with it again) but I will bore with HOW GREAT IT IS! While I am tempted to be sad there are not 11 more duets by Dusty and Petula on this cd, I will rave about this great song and it's great singers. The balance of cd is also nice, but the Duet with Dusty is grand.

Average customer rating: Decent recording, terrific artists... excellent pairing of two greats Outstanding, Elegant, Sophisticated, Classy Jazz... Fantastic

Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephanie Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1 Oscar Peterson & Stephane Grappelli Quartet Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 Afternoon in Paris Improvisations - Jazz In Paris The Very Best of Grappelli and Menuhin Stephane Grappelli and David Grisman Live ASIN: B000051TKB Release Date: 2001-04-10

Tracks:

1. Them There Eyes
2. Flamingo
3. Makin' Whoopee
4. Looking At You
5. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
6. My One And Only Love
7. Thou Swell

Amazon.com

When Stephane Grappelli entered the recording studio with Oscar Peterson in 1973 to record this collection of standards, it marked his 50th anniversary as a professional musician. Grappelli's most famous collaboration was of course his six-year stint in the 1930s with the Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, but it wasn't until he started playing with pianists like Peterson that he really developed into a world-class soloist. Peterson's lush, full chords suit Grappelli's unabashedly romantic style perfectly, and on ballads like "My One and Only Love" his fiddling is lyrical, but with a melancholy depth that keeps it from descending into mere prettiness. The other musicians include bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Kenny Clark, whose supple, swinging rhythm gives the solos a gentle lift while driving them forward. Peterson and Grappelli were both old pros when they made this record, but the charm of tracks like "Thou Swell" and "Makin' Whoopee" show that even after decades in the business, they hadn't lost the ability to surprise and delight each other. --Michael Simmons

Customer Reviews:

Decent recording, terrific artists..........2006-04-21

fatally marred by the cheapest cardboard CD case imaginable and stuck with Sony's illegal DRM sofwtare that installs spyware on Windows computers without your permission. (Is there any limit to these idiots' greed?)

If you can possibly find another printing of this CD, get that instead.

excellent pairing of two greats.......2005-10-01

Wonderful CD, great arrangements, beautiful melodies, excellent musicians. Backing up Oscar and Stephane are Neils Henning Orsted Pederson on bass, who recorded a lot with Oscar Peterson, and Kenny Clarke on drums. The whole Jazz In Paris series is great.

Outstanding, Elegant, Sophisticated, Classy Jazz..........2005-01-17

This is a great disc. The Jazz in Paris series is highly recommended.

Fantastic.......2001-05-02

What a great album, fans of Grappelli or Peterson will not be diappointed. They really swing on tracks 3 + 7. Peterson's piano stands out on track 5.

Average customer rating: Oscar 's Trio at Its Best - Ten Stars - A Jazz Album of Beauty & Grace My first Peterson album Fascinating And Lively Rhythms An essential album for every collection. A really (too ? ) accessible Jazz CD

Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Songbook Oscar Peterson Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook Night Train Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio: The Silver Collection Plays the Harold Arlen Song Book Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book ASIN: B000004716 Release Date: 1996-02-27

Tracks:

1. It Ain't Necessarily So
2. The Man I Love
3. Love Walked In
4. I Was Doing All Right
5. A Foggy Day
6. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
7. Love Is Here To Stay
8. They All Laughed
9. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
10. Summertime
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It
12. Shall We Dance?
13. The Man I Love
14. Fascinating Rhythm
15. It Ain't Necessarily So
16. Somebody Loves Me
17. Strike Up The Band
18. I've Got A Crush On You
19. I Was Doing All Right
20. 'S Wonderful
21. Oh, Lady, Be Good!
22. I Got Rhythm
23. A Foggy Day
24. Love Walked In

Amazon.com

Oscar Peterson made two trips through the Gershwin repertoire, one in 1952 and another in 1959 after the advent of stereo. As with Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook, this disc compiles both sessions, the earlier one with a trio of guitarist Barney Kessel and bassist Ray Brown, the later one with Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen. The later session is programmed first. The earlier group drew its conception from the Nat "King" Cole trio, a lightly swinging blend that benefits from a third highly adept soloist in Kessel. The later group is more conventional, but it sometimes draws meatier, more forceful playing from an older Peterson. The contrast is apparent in the two versions of "It Ain't Necessarily So." On both sessions, the emphasis is on the tunes, and Peterson sparkles on uptempos and ballads alike. --Stuart Broomer

Customer Reviews:

Oscar 's Trio at Its Best - Ten Stars - A Jazz Album of Beauty & Grace.......2006-04-10

The 1st 12 songs were the ones actually released on the original album. A Foggy Day when Oscar hits the bridge (Middle Part) where he plays the melody so graciously almost angelic to a point with Ray Brown walking his distinct bass lines the song mezmorizes you. You'll keep playing it over and over. Many of the 1st 12 songs are like that. I believe the trio's interpretation of melody was at its zenith when it recorded this album. Can Jazz be a thing of beauty and grace? This album says so.

My first Peterson album.......2005-10-10

This is great listening. From a non-Peterson fan, I think I'm hooked!

Fascinating And Lively Rhythms.......2004-11-09

Anyone who loves jazz will not miss Oscar Peterson in his/her jazz vocabulary. An extraordinary pianist known for his improvisation and distinctive style, Mr. Peterson is one of the greatest jazz icons who has recorded and performed myriads of the best melodies of all-time, most notably the compositions of musical genius, George Gershwin.

This CD consists of twenty-four tracks. The last half were recorded in 1952 with back-up musicians Ray Brown and Barney Kessel, and the first twelve were recorded in 1959 with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. There are two versions of "Love Walked In" (tracks #3 & 24), "It Ain't Necessarily So" (tracks 1 & 15), "I Was Doing All Right" (tracks 4 & 19), "A Foggy Day" (tracks 5 & 23), "Lady Be Good" (tracks 6 & 21) and "The Man I Love" (tracks 2 & 13).

My favorites? These are all lively performances, but I chose "A Foggy Day," "Love Walked In," "I've Got A Crush On You," "Love Is Here To Stay," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "The Man I Love" and " 'S Wonderful."

This is one great CD to own. I listen to it when I'm in a bubbly mood. I'm pretty sure that you will enjoy listening to it as much as I do. It's more than an hour of listening pleasure not only for Gershwin and Peterson aficionados, but also for anyone who appreciates lively and vibrant piano music.

An essential album for every collection........2002-10-18

Oscar Peterson + George Gershwin. What a combination! Peterson and his veteran trio sound brilliant on this gorgeous disc. My wife, a recent jazz fan, loves this disc. It has a bouyant, ebulient, feel to it while simultaneously being an essential after hours recording. I have to give props to bassist Ray Brown who just kicks a$$ here. Peterson often sounds restrained here, which is a bit different, yet he is no less inspired or fiery. As for the songs, well, its Gershwin. What more do you need to know?

Essential.

A really (too ? ) accessible Jazz CD.......2001-08-09

These are great interpretations of Gershwin's standard. They were originally destined to a wider audience and may lack some subtleties of Peterson true style. Jazz newcomers should really try it.

Average customer rating: 4 greats on one CD OP TRIO PLUS CLARK TERRY - WOW!!!!!!!! Wonderful! Nothing swings harder than this...

Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One Oscar Peterson Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Night Train Oscar Peterson & Clark Terry Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (20-Bit Master) The Trio The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival ASIN: B00000AFEW Release Date: 1998-09-22

Tracks:

1. Brotherhood Of Man
2. Jim
3. Blues For Smedley
4. Roundalay
5. Mumbles
6. Mack The Knife
7. They Didn't Believe Me
8. Squeaky's Blues
9. I Want A Little Girl
10. Incoherent Blues

Customer Reviews:

4 greats on one CD.......2007-06-21

Anything by Oscar Peterson is great. Anything by Clark Terry is great. When you add the two together, along with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, you have better than great music. No one played jazz piano like Oscar Peterson. No one. Clark Terry, in addition to his wonderful jazz chops, was also one of the wittiest and funniest jazzmen around. Mumbles proves that. Fantastic music and laughs as well. How could you possibly do better?

OP TRIO PLUS CLARK TERRY - WOW!!!!!!!!.......2007-06-10

There will never be a more tight, swinging trio in jazz history than Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and Ed Thigpen. But when you add the brilliant, hysterically funny Clark Terry into the mix, you have an album for the ages, drenched in the blues and consistently swinging.
It kicks off with Brotherhood of Man, a catchy Frank Loesser tune, and from the opening horn call and response with the rhythm section, things are flying. Thigpen's fills are nonpareil, and he drives the band with incredible power and precision. His brushwork on Rondelay is superb. Brown as always lays down a great resonant walking bass line,(he's the upright's standard bearer) and Oscar is at the peak of his powers as a soloist, and very much in control pushing the envelope behind Terry's hilarious Mumbles. Terry is marvelous; both his open and muted horn work are exhilarating and always in great taste. The only misgiving is that the playing time is relatively brief. Recorded in 1964, this album is timeless. Most highly recommended.

Wonderful!.......2000-12-27

It's got Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson...need I say more? What an outstanding CD! Buy It Now! With Peterson's lighting fast right hand riffs and Terry's mellow flugel/trumpet sound it just doesn't get any better. LISTEN TO MUMBLES!

Nothing swings harder than this..........2000-11-06

While almost every O.P album swings like an unmentionable, this one has everything else in play as well: inventiveness, sensitivity, the lines that picasso would have been proud of, and Mumbles, baby, Mumbles!

Average customer rating: Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover! S'Marvelous

Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire: Complete Norman Granz Sessions Oscar Peterson , and Fred Astaire Manufacturer: Jazz Factory Spain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Canada | North America | International | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Steppin' Out: Astaire Sings The Complete London Sessions The Irving Berlin Songbook Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers At RKO: Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology The Essential Fred Astaire ASIN: B00076SFX6 Release Date: 2005-01-10

Tracks:

1. Isn't This a Lovely Day
2. Puttin' on the Ritz
3. I Used to Be Color Blind
4. Continental
5. Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
6. Change Partners
7. 'S Wonderful
8. Lovely to Look At
9. They All Laughed
10. Cheek to Cheek
11. Steppin' Out with My Baby
12. Way You Look Tonight
13. I've Got My Eyes on You
14. Dancing in the Dark
15. Carioca
16. Nice Work If You Can Get It
17. New Sun in the Sky
18. I Won't Dance
19. Fast Dances [Instrumental]
20. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
21. No Strings
22. I Concentrate on You
23. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

Tracks:

1. Fine Romance
2. Night and Day
3. Fascinating Rhythm
4. I Love Louisa
5. Slow Dances [Instrumental]
6. Medium Dance [Instrumental]
7. They Can't Take That Away from Me
8. You're Easy to Dance With
9. Needle in a Haystack
10. So Near and Yet So Far Away
11. Foggy Day
12. Oh, Lady Be Good
13. I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown
14. Not My Girl
15. Jam Session for a Dancer [Instrumental]
16. Astaire Blues [Instrumental]
17. Second Astaire Blues [Instrumental]

Album Description

For the first time, the complete 4 LP albums of 'The Fred Astaire Story' on a double-CD set. 20-bit remastered, with comprehensive notes. Jazz Factory. 2005.

Album Details

Because He was World Renowned as a Dancer and Quite Popular as a Movie Actor, Fred Astaire Has Tended to Be Underrated (If Not Completely Overlooked) as a Jazz Singer. Although Not Really an Improviser, Astaire's Phrasing Always Swing and his Occasional Vocals on Record were Usually a Joy. This TWO-CD Set is Something Special for it features Astaire with Six Members of Jazz at the Philharmonic: Tenor-saxophonist Flip Phillips, Trumpeter Charlie Shavers, Pianist Oscar Peterson, Guitarist Barney Kessel, Bassist Ray Brown and Drummer Alvin Stoller. In this Los Angeles Sessions the Musicians have Plenty of Opportunities to Stretch Out, and Astaire Sings 34 Swing Standards (Many of which He Had Originally Introduced in Movies), Dances on Five Ad-lib Numbers and Sits Out on One Instrumental Number. Featuring Jazz Versions of Splendid and Unforgettable Songs Such as "isn't this a Lovely Day," "puttin' on the Ritz," "the Continental," "`s Wonderful," "cheek to Cheek," and Many More.

Customer Reviews:

Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover!.......2007-04-28

Okay, first of all, I am a jazz musician and I know what most serious jazz fans will think when they see this: Fred Astaire + Jazz = More Norman Granz 40s/50s failed exploitations. Now, I love the old films with Astaire and always found them to be very entertaining. However, the thought of him recording with one of the greatest jazz pianists in the history of the genre was very offsetting. However what this set presents is the original Verve LP set "The Fred Astaire Story" plus bonus tracks. Although the LP set received little recognition at the time, it contained a lengthy and warmly performed set of jazz standards performed in a jazz setting, by the man who introduced them all.

The thing that perhaps appeals to me most about this is the casualness of the setting. Astaire sings not like a colossus the likes of Sinatra, but more like an every-day man who is singing to his girl. The performers are Charlie Shavers (tpt), Flip Phillips (tnr. sax), Oscar Peterson (p), Ray Brown (b), and Alvin Stoller (d). The performances are warm and easy listen to, with a special emphasis on the lyrics of the song, not lengthy solos. Many of the cuts are under 4 minutes with little or no solos. However the band plays marvelously and provides an intimate background for many of the romantic songs that Astaire delivers.

The sound quality is excellent on this set, especially considering the 1954 production dates. Now some might argue that the older Verve releases have superior quality, less tape hiss, and louder bass. While this is true, what is lacking in those older releases of the material is the high range which is edited to eliminate the tape hiss. The music is more than listenable, and if there is not enough bass for you, adjust the eq.

I cannot say anything else except this: If you like Fred Astaire, Oscar Peterson, or some easy-listening early 1950's jazz with some of the best players of the day, do not hesitate in buying this set.

S'Marvelous.......2005-09-22

Finally, Fred Astaire's 1952 recordings with Oscar Peterson and Jazz at the Philharmonic are back in print. One wonders why Verve has ever let these go out of their catalogue and why a Spanish record company are the currently the only people with the good sense to issue these--but it is probably a better idea just to buy the album.

Astaire may not have had a voice for the ages, but the man certainly knew his way around a lyric. He imbues these classic numbers with an honest sensitivity and panache that often make these chesnuts sound completely brand-new. (Which makes sense, given the number that were originally for him.) The small jazz combo backing was something unique in Astaire's recording career: gone are the deliciously overblown Hollywood orchestrations, replaced with Oscar Peterson's elegant piano playing and some inspired solos by the two horns, Charlie Shavers and Flip Phillips.

All the tracks on this album are stellar, but the four standouts (in my mind) are "Puttin' on the Ritz," "Dancing in the Dark," "Night and Day," and "Lady Be Good": on these, the interaction between Astaire and combo creates some of the most inspired readings of these numbers ever. This album also demonstrates Astaire's absolute genius as a dancer: lots of people have sung the blues extremely well, but who else could actually manage to tap-dance a blues and convey the same passion as Bessie Smith or Jimmy Rushing without singing a single note?

The one minor caveat a listener might have with this album is that the remastering job seems to be uneven: some tracks have a pretty silent background, while there is audible tape hiss on others. This may be a problem with the source material, since the tracks on Verve's domestic compilations like "Fred Astaire's Finest Hour" suffer the same problems.

Still, this album should be on the CD rack of every person who has even a passing interest in the repertory of American songs. Astaire was the best thing ever to happen to the musical film, and he's still one of the best thing ever to happen to the record industry. This is, quite simply, great stuff.

Jazz Music:

1. Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
2. Oscar Peterson with Harry Edison & Eddie Vinson
3. Passion Flower
4. Portraits
5. Portraits of Duke Ellington
6. Quadrant
7. Quartet
8. Sirius
9. Sonny Stitt/Bud Powel/J.J. Johnson
10. Soul Classics

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