Oscar Peterson - Live at the Blue Note
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Artist: Oscar PetersonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Introductions
- Honeysuckle Rose
- Let There Be Love
- Peace For South Africa
- Sushi
- Medley: I Remember You/A Child Is Born/Tenderly
- Sweet Georgia Brown
- Blues For Scotia
- Kelly's Blues
- Nighttime
- Medley: Love Ballade/If You Only Knew
- You Look Good To Me
- Old Folks
- Reunion Blues
- Song To Elitha
- Jim
- Yours Is My Heart Alone
- Medley: It Never Entered My Mind/Body And Soul
- Wheatland
- Medley: Our Waltz/Adagio/Bach's Blues
- March Past
- Blues Etude
- Falling In Love With Love
- Here's That Rainy Day
- Medley: Goodbye Old Girl/He Has Gone
- The Gentle Waltz
- Billie's Bounce
- The More I See You
- I Wished On The Moon
- Cool Walk
Music reviews of Live at the Blue Note
Music Review: Simply wonderful . . .
Rating: 5 Stars
Live performance adds a dimension to jazz recordings typically missing in the studio, where there's not the influence of the appreciative audience shaping the music and the interplay between artists. Add to that the exquisite precision of first-class recording techniques, and you get a breath-taking album such as this one - a 4-CD set, with over 4 and a half hours of music that is simply wonderful.
This is the "legendary" Oscar Peterson Trio of the 1950s (plus drummer Bobby Durham), reunited in 1990 for the first time since guitarist Herb Ellis left the group in 1958. The recording was made during the final three days of a two-week run at New York's Blue Note, following a similar gig in Japan. They are in prime form, and if jazz historian Alyn Shipton's notes are any indication, their performance is less "combative" than the 1950s group and more the gracefully elegant play of gentle giants.
The program is a fine mix of rousing, upbeat numbers and sweet ballads, including both original compositions and old standards. All were released earlier and at a time when Telarc was establishing its jazz catalog after years in the forefront as a classical label. The boxed set includes a 12-page booklet with an informative essay by Shipton recounting the emergence of Oscar Peterson as a Canadian pianist invited to play at Carnegie Hall, the formation of the trio, its evolution over the years, plus a song-by-song appreciation of the whole program.
There are 28 songs in the set, ten of them running longer than 10 minutes, allowing for generous helpings of musical ideas that build in excitement or explore the intricacies of their moods, meanwhile showcasing the creative ingenuity of each member of the group. If you like Oscar Peterson, you'll love the reissue of these wonderful recordings.
Description of Live at the Blue Note
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.This four-disc set collects the previously released CDs of Peterson's legendary three-night stand in 1990 at the renowned New York City club. Featuring longtime compatriots Herb Ellis and Ray Brown, the "trio" here is actually a quartet with drummer Bobby Durham, who'd played with Peterson in the late 1960s. The collection offers prime playing and stands as a sort of summation of Peterson's longstanding work with both Brown and Ellis. It was only a few years after these performances that the pianist suffered a stroke, from which he recovered, but which altered his style, costing him the stridency of his left hand. Among the first jazz recordings for what up until then had been a classical label, the sets were captured with the warmth and clarity for which Telarc has become known. --David Greenberger
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