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Oscar Peterson: Come Rain Or Come Shine (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 17, 09

“Thoughtful” and “sensitive” are not adjectives usually used to describe the playing of the late Oscar Peterson, yet ...

Stéphane Grappelli & Oscar Peterson: Them There Eyes (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music March 25, 08

Stéphane Grappelli was extremely active in 1973, with at least eight recording sessions that year alone, and the date...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI

 Stéphane Grappelli, by Jos L. Knaepen Below are twelve essential tracks drawn from the long and i...

Lester Young & Oscar Peterson: Stardust (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music August 16, 09

Lester’s alcoholism had caught up with him by the early ‘50s, robbing him of his prowess on the saxophone. “Stardust”...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: LESTER YOUNG AT 100

It’s hard to imagine what it was like. Today, New York City is so entrenched as the jazz scene of record that the...

Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie: Caravan (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music February 05, 08

On Gillespie's second recording for Norman Granz's Pablo label, he joins Oscar Peterson for a set of miraculous duets...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A DIZZY DOZEN GILLESPIE CLASSICS

From his seminal work with Charlie Parker to his collaborations with Chano Pozo, Dizzy Gillespie continually br...

Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson: Just One of Those Things (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

Peterson’s fleet fingers dance through a short intro leading to Armstrong’s usual laid-back vocal. The casualness of ...

Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass: Just You, Just Me (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 01, 08

The School of Velocity is in session, and our teachers are Professor Peterson and Professor Pass. You want to know h...

Stan Getz & Oscar Peterson: Pennies from Heaven (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music December 07, 07

Every cloud has a copper lining, according to this Depression-era song: "Every time it rains, it rains pennies from h...

Sonny Stitt: Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben and All the Other Funky Ones (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music September 15, 09

Sonny Stitt was in prime form during his 1959 recording session with the Oscar Peterson Trio, perhaps partly because ...

Stan Getz: I Want to Be Happy (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music November 07, 07

Stan Getz formed a working relationship with Oscar Peterson during his participation in Norman Granz’s Jazz at the Ph...

Lester Young: There Will Never Be Another You (Rating: 87/100) posted in Music September 13, 08

You can tell how much Lester Young liked the melody of this piece. Not only does he play it with great feeling on th...

Lester Young: Ad Lib Blues (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music November 16, 07

This 1952 session will undoubtedly quiet anyone who criticizes Lester Young’s postwar career. Inspired by Oscar Peter...

Ben Webster: In the Wee Small Hours (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music November 01, 07

Nobody's balladry differed more from his up-tempo style than Ben Webster's. On jump tunes, Big Ben growled and snarle...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE BLUE & SENTIMENTAL TENOR SAX BALLADS

    Saxophone by Suzanne Cerny The tenor is the manliest saxophone and possibly the m...

Resonance Big Band: Hymn to Freedom/John Brown's Body (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 14, 09

On May 12, Resonance Records released its long-awaited tribute to Oscar Peterson. In his ongoing fight to preserve m...

Joe Pass: Darn That Dream (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 12, 08

This track, from Pass's memorable 1975 concert with Oscar Peterson at Salle Pleyel, features the guitarist in a solo ...

Stuff Smith and Dizzy Gillespie: Rio Pakistan (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music September 03, 09

The track "Rio Pakistan" first appeared on the 1957 album Dizzy Gillespie-Stuff Smith, and reappeared on the 1994 CD ...

Oscar Peterson: Sometimes I'm Happy (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music September 16, 09

“Sometimes I’m Happy” is one of the few tracks that I know on many Oscar Peterson records where the trio actually jus...

Oscar Peterson: When Lights Are Low (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music February 15, 08

Traversing the shortest distance between two points, a young musician named Oscar Peterson derived not only inspirati...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRACKS BY PIANO TRIOS WITH GUITAR AND BASS

                  Nat King...

Oscar Peterson: Blues for Big Scotia (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music November 05, 07

Putdown master Miles Davis once said Oscar Peterson "had to learn to play the blues," as if other jazzmen sprang from...

Oscar Peterson: Soft Winds (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music February 12, 09

This is the first recording where Oscar Peterson is paired with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and the backstory invo...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN

                  Niels-Hennin...

Oscar Peterson: Night Train (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music March 15, 09

In a recent interview, Diana Krall said that Oscar Peterson’s Night Train was the album that made her want to be a ja...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE TRAIN TRACKS

For big bands in the thirties, trains were the logical upgrade from the drudgery of the band bus. Airplanes wer...

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