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

The Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train

Original Release Date: December 16, 1962

Label: Polygram Records

Bitrate: flac



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 track (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 original LP, including such unlikely jazz vehicles as "Volare" and "My Heart Belongs 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 emotions within a song. He is a true genius creating mood swings. And swing it does! 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 1963 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 off or playing too many notes, though I also love Count Basie, whose sparse playing goes in the opposite direction. This album is wonderfully appealing and, could be a great place to start with Oscar if you aren't yet acquainted with his music.



I love every track [but only have the original CD], and appreciate the variety on the recording, from C Jam Blueswith its distinctive percussion and piano and double bass solos, to slow ballads like Hymn To Freedom and Things Ain't What They Used To Be through rollicking songs like Night Train and Moten Swing.



Another terrific album is Tracks, which is one of few solo recordings. ~ Gontroppo "Music and Theolory Lover"



Personnel:

Oscar Peterson (Piano);

Ray Brown (Bass);

Ed Thigpen (Drums)



The Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train Tracks:

01 Happy Go Lucky Local (Aka "Night Train" )

02 C Jam Blues

03 Georgia on my Mind

04 Bag's Groove

05 Moten Swing

06 Easy Does It

07 The Honeydripper

08 Things Ain't What they Used to be

09 I Got it Bad ( And That Ain't Good )

10 Band Call

11 Hymn to Freedom

12 Happy Go Lucky (Aka "Night Train" ) * alternate take

13 Volare*

14 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