Verve's Master Edition of the Oscar Peterson Trio date released as Night Train includes stately covers of lues and R&B standards like "The Honeydripper," "C-Jam Blues," "Georgia on My Mind," "Bags' Groove," "Moten Swing," and "Things Ain't What They Used to Be." Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen provide tight accompaniment, and there are six previously unavailable tracks recorded the same day, including "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" and "Volare," as well as alternate takes of "Happy-Go-Lucky Local" and "Moten Swing."
A Duke Ellington alumni Barney Bigard, is responsible for coming up with the simple blues riff in C. It was recorded for RCA Victor in 1942 and has since become a jazz standard known and loved by every listener and performer. Ed Thigpen and Ray Brown keep things swinging while Oscar Peterson relays the Ellington inspired piano riff before taking flights of fantasy with his facile reading of thi...
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"Easy Does It" reminds us to be gentle to ourselves and not burden ourselves with more than what we can handle. This is Oscar Peterson's approach as he lays down the easy-going, good natured mood of this work with a medium tempo rendition that is very relaxing sounding. Ray Brown maintains the pulse on his double bass better than anyone else could have done and Ed Thigpen adds little rhythmic f...
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One of the unexpected hits of 1950 was "Night Train," a funky, driving piece recorded by trombonist Buddy Morrow and his orchestra which revived, to a significant degree, the big band sounds. However, the work itself was based closely on Duke Ellington's much older piece "That's the Blues, Old Man" of 1940 which was expanded into "Happy-Go-Lucky-Local" which was part of the four movement concer...
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I was the last mogger to post about the incomparable jazz pianist Oscar Peterson back at the end of June here. Along with this official obit, I have included a video of Peterson performing "You Look Good to Me" along with Ray Brown and Niels Pedersen (both on double bass) at the Montreax Jazz Festival in 1977.From the Associated Press:TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- Oscar Peterson, whose early talent ...
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