― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Rufus King, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Also, I'm quite fond of the Very Tall reunion cd from a few years ago, but it's post-stroke so Oscar's playing is definitely more laid back (but still great and more melodic I think).
― Jordan, Tuesday, 18 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
http://nonjohn.com/Oscar%20Peterson.gif ;_;
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 24 December 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)
In memoriam, what Peterson recs does every jazzbo need?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 24 December 2007 21:42 (eighteen years ago)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Withrespecttonat.jpg/200px-Withrespecttonat.jpg
Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Song Book = joy in a box.
Second Night Train, obv, and I'll add Ella and Oscar. Soul Espanol = overlooked classic.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 24 December 2007 21:47 (eighteen years ago)
"what Peterson recs does every jazzbo need?"
none.
― jon abbey, Monday, 24 December 2007 22:11 (eighteen years ago)
Harsh, man.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 24 December 2007 22:31 (eighteen years ago)
Small combo behind Louis Armstrong, small combo with Lester Young.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 25 December 2007 02:44 (eighteen years ago)
Most of the Verve trio records with Brown/Thigpen or Brown/Ellis are really nice. He wasn't exactly a forward-thinking musician so there isn't some groundbreaking or definitive work you need to own. He was more of a great stylist and distiller.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 19:23 (eighteen years ago)
His records don't really take chances but they swing pretty hard and sound great.
― Hurting 2, Wednesday, 26 December 2007 19:24 (eighteen years ago)
Night Train is such a wonderful album. I first listened a decade ago with cloth ears and now I feel it!
― xelab, Sunday, 31 May 2015 22:06 (eleven years ago)
Anybody heard Stan Getz with the Oscar Peterson Trio? Keep meaning to check that.
― dow, Monday, 1 June 2015 04:10 (eleven years ago)
No aficionado here! But, been picking up some OP here and there the last couple of years. Been enjoying this OP & Count Basie Satch and Josh on Pablo. Really like the whole Pablo aesthetic too. Oddly framed, mud lens B&W, zine-style almost. Cheap vinyl. Raw power haha.
http://www.discogs.com/Oscar-Peterson-And-Count-Basie-Satch-And-Josh/master/249809
― andrew m., Monday, 1 June 2015 15:28 (eleven years ago)
My college radio-station library was full of Pablo LPs, just as you describe. Great musicians, probably making a record in a day, not coasting but not reaching. There's one album,
Quadrant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDorWO9zmX0
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 1 June 2015 15:56 (eleven years ago)
Also, stick with this one until the band comes in:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvDjVo2RZSQ
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 1 June 2015 15:58 (eleven years ago)
The title track on this is fantastic too. Nigerian Marketplace.
http://www.discogs.com/Oscar-Peterson-Trio-Nigerian-Marketplace/master/186025
― andrew m., Monday, 1 June 2015 16:12 (eleven years ago)
Hymn to Freedom is so beautiful it genuinely makes me tearful.
― xelab, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 15:06 (eleven years ago)