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Night Train
Oscar Peterson
Night Train
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop
 
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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 b...  more »

     
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All Artists: Oscar Peterson
Title: Night Train
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/1963
Re-Release Date: 5/20/1997
Album Type: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop
Styles: North America, Swing Jazz, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 731452144027

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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

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My new favorite pianist
Priscilla A. Arnold | Minneapolis, MN | 08/31/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I was virtually unfamiliar with Oscar Peterson until Amazon made this album their MP3 Daily Deal. After hearing the clips, I had to buy it! Not since Art Tatum, have I heard a jazz pianist with such original movement and phrasing.



At times, he is almost minimalistic, playing a single note ("Duke's Place" melody on "C-Jam Blues"), then he jumps into some virtuosic rifts that will blow the mind of anyone who understands what he's doing.



The swing on every track is so natural and beautiful, that you almost forget that it's "irregular". The song selection is great. I adore this album!"