Trio Live in Chicago

Oscar Peterson - Trio Live in Chicago

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Artist: Oscar Peterson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1997-10-28
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:

I've Never Been In Love Before
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Chicago
The Night We Called It A Day
Sometimes I'm Happy
Whisper Not
Billy Boy
The Lonesome One
The Gravy Waltz
Woody 'N' You
Soon
Daahoud

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Music Review: An honest live recording of speed-demon Oscar
Rating: 4 Stars

This is a good live recording of the classic Oscar Peterson Trio with Brown/Thigpen supporting. It certainly captures the atmosphere of a small jazz club.

Oscar Peterson has two sides. There is the lyrical and sensitive interpreter and accompanist. And then there is the speed-demon who perhaps overuses his gift for fast runs and embellishments. The latter I find to be a bit taxing on the ear and the ornaments a bit repetitive, tedious after a certain point. But that's my taste. Maybe you'll love it. Just be prepared on the mid and uptempo songs for flurries of notes wherever Oscar can cram them in. It sounds cluttered after a while. I'm from the school that believes the notes you don't play are as important as the ones you do, because silence creates contrast and drama.

In The Wee Small Hours is an example of Oscar's more sensitive and restrained side. This version of it is a near masterpiece.

Oscar is also great when he's recording as an accompanist for other artists -- for example the Verve sessions with Fred Astaire. He holds back and supports the singer, never calling undue attention to himself. I find a similar spirit reigns on his Very Tall album with Milt Jackson. There he's a true partner with Milt, and neither player steps on the other's toes.

On this trio album, Oscar is center stage. Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen get little time to solo. It probably would have been a better album if they had all traded licks a bit more. I can't understand the comment from one reviewer who complained that Peterson couldn't swing. This is almost nonsensical. If anybody knows how to lay down a swinging groove, it is the Oscar Peterson Trio.

The Trio Live is good listening music, and Oscar sounds very energized on the night this was taped. But honestly, this won't be one of my favorite Oscar Peterson albums. On Very Tall and Night Train Peterson holds back a little, and it makes all the difference to me.

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