Artist: Oscar Peterson
Album: The Trio: Live from Chicago
Genre: Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Bop
Label: Verve/Universal
Released: 1961/2011
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- I've Never Been in Love Before (Loesser) - 5:41
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Hilliard-Mann) - 8:09
- Chicago (Fisher) - 9:05
- The Night We Called It a Day (Adair-Dennis) - 4:49
- Sometimes I'm Happy (Caesar-Grey-Youmans) - 11:44
- Whisper Not (Golson) - 5:50
- Billy Boy (Trad.) - 1:50
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- Personnel:
- Oscar Peterson - piano
- Ray Brown - bass
- Ed Thigpen - drums
The Oscar Peterson Trio with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen lacked the competitiveness of his earlier group with Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis, and the later daring of his solo performances, but the pianist was generally in peak form during this era. He sticks to standards on this live CD (a good example of the Trio's playing), stretching out "Sometimes I'm Happy" creatively for over 11 minutes and uplifting such songs as "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "Chicago" and "The Night We Called It a Day." Few surprises occur, but Peterson plays at such a consistently high level that one doesn't mind.
Review by Scott Yanow