The Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train (1962) [Jazz][mp3 320][h33t][schon55]

The Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

Original Release Date: December 16, 1962
Label: Polygram Records
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Amazon.com essential recording This 1962 recording represents Oscar Peterson at
his most commercially accommodating, yet his trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen
never fails to swing. The program includes such familiar melodies as the title t
rack (which began life as Duke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local"), "Georgia on
My Mind," and "The Honeydripper." With the notable exception of the gospel-like
original "Hymn to Freedom," most of the tracks clock in at around three minutes
. This reissue contains several alternate takes that were wisely left off the o
riginal LP, including such unlikely jazz vehicles as "Volare" and "My Heart Belo
ngs to Daddy." ~ Rick Mitchell
Peterson is considered one of the finest jazz pianists of all time, and this is
his finest recording! With only three men in his group, he creates different emo
tions within a song. He is a true genius creating mood swings. And swing it doe
s! Take the opening cut Night Train, near the end the mood is overcast and blue
yet by the end of the song Peterson, Thigpen and Brown raise the mood to one of
cool optimism. There is not one bad cut in this album. My other favorites are
C Note Blues, Moten Swing and Call to Freedom. I first bought this album in 196
3 and it has never grown old. Just buy it! You'll love it! ~ Bob Martinez
Unlike many jazz piano lovers, I have never thought Oscar Peterson was showing o
ff or playing too many notes, though I also love Count Basie, whose sparse playi
ng goes in the opposite direction. This album is wonderfully appealing and, cou
ld be a great place to start with Oscar if you aren't yet acquainted with his mu
sic.
I love every track [but only have the original CD], and appreciate the variety o
n the recording, from C Jam Blueswith its distinctive percussion and piano and d
ouble bass solos, to slow ballads like Hymn To Freedom and Things Ain't What The
y Used To Be through rollicking songs like Night Train and Moten Swing.
Another terrific album is Tracks, which is one of few solo recordings. ~ Gontrop
po "Music and Theolory Lover"
Personnel:
Oscar Peterson (Piano);
Ray Brown (Bass);
Ed Thigpen (Drums)
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Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train Tracks:

Happy Go Lucky Local (Aka "Night Train")
C Jam Blues
Georgia on my Mind
Bag's Groove
Moten Swing
Easy Does It
The Honeydripper
Things Ain't What they Used to be
I Got it Bad ( And That Ain't Good )
Band Call
Hymn to Freedom
Happy Go Lucky (Aka "Night Train") * alternate take
Volare*
My Heart Belongs to Daddy*

15 Motten Swing* reharsal take

16 Now's the Time*
17 This Could Be the start of Something* previously unissued