On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio
On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio | ||||
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Live album by Oscar Peterson | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | July 1–5, 1958 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 105:56 | |||
Label | Verve | |||
Producer | Norman Granz | |||
Oscar Peterson chronology | ||||
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On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a live album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, released in 1958.
Recording
The concert took place at the Town Tavern in Toronto.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
All About Jazz | (favorable)[3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
In a review for the AllMusic website, critic Thom Jurek wrote: "No matter how busy he got—and this album illustrates the rule since it's in a live setting—Peterson always, always swung, particularly with Herb Ellis on guitar and Ray Brown on bass... Everything this trio played was rooted in a blues so pervasive, so swinging, so hot, it could not be anything but truly fine jazz... In 1958 this was a night to remember; in the 21st Century it's a disc to memorize in the depths of the heart."[2]
All About Jazz wrote of the album "all Peterson records sound pretty similar, but it's difficult to argue with someone so gifted at making piano playing seem so effortless and inviting. Critics argue that this is because Peterson plays it safe, sticking to familiar songs and creating solos from a warehouse of stock riffs, but that misses the point; Peterson wasn't an innovator like Powell or Monk, but more of a stylist who was a master of various techniques in the jazz idiom."[3]
Track listing
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 7:47
- "Should I?" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 5:04
- "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 5:57
- "Easy Listening Blues" (Nadine Robinson) – 6:48
- "Pennies from Heaven" (Johnny Burke, Arthur Johnston) – 7:22
- "The Champ" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:25
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 6:05
Bonus tracks
- "Baby, Baby All the Time" (Bobby Troup) – 6:49
- "I Like to Recognize the Tune" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:17
- "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) – 9:01
- "Gal in Calico" (Leo Robin, Arthur Schwartz) – 5:16
- "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 7:42
Personnel
Performance
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Herb Ellis – guitar
- Ray Brown – double bass
Production
- Phil Stern – photography
- Norman Granz – producer
References
- ^ Wheeler, Brad. "The Yonge strip: Four forgotten music joints from Toronto's history". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ a b Rickert, David (May 1, 2001). "On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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1955–58 |
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Plays the Songbook (1959) | |
The London House Sessions (1961) |
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Trio & Guests |
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Exclusively for My Friends |
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1969–79 |
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With The Trumpet Kings |
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1980–2004 |
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Count
Basie
or
alumni
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
- Basie Jazz (Count Basie, 1952)
- Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison, 1955)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
- Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
- Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
- Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
- Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
- Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
- The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
Benny
Carter
- Alone Together (1952)
- Cosmopolite (1952–54)
- Plays Pretty (1954)
- New Jazz Sounds (with Bill Harris & Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
Roy
Eldridge
- Rockin' Chair (with Roy Eldridge, 1951–52)
- Dale's Wail (Eldridge, 1953)
- Little Jazz (Eldridge, 1954)
- Roy and Diz (Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Happy Time (Eldridge, 1974)
- Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (and Gillespie, 1975)
- Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
Ella
Fitzgerald
- At the Opera House (1957)
- Ella and Louis (and Louis Armstrong, 1956)
- Ella and Louis Again (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
- Ella and Oscar (1975)
Hawkins
and/or Ben
Webster
- Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
- The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
- Soulville (with Webster, 1957)
- Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (with Webster, 1959)
Buddy
Rich
- The Drum Battle (and Gene Krupa, 1952)
- Sing and Swing (1955)
- The Wailing Buddy Rich (1955)
- Krupa and Rich (1955)
others
- The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire, 1952)
- Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
- Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis, 1955–56)
- Toni (Toni Harper, 1955–56)
- Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day, 1957)
- Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
- Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
- This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown, 1958)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
- Bill Henderson with (1963)
- Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
- The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
- Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
- Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
soundtracks
- The Silent Partner (1978)