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Oscar Peterson, Stephane Grappelli
Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephane Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Them There Eyes - Oscar Peterson, Pinkard, Maceo
2. Flamingo - Oscar Peterson, Anderson, Edmund
3. Makin' Whoopee - Oscar Peterson, Donaldson, Walter
4. Looking at You - Oscar Peterson, Porter, Cole
5. Walkin' My Baby Back Home - Oscar Peterson, Ahlert, Fred E.
6. My One and Only Love - Oscar Peterson, Mellin, Robert
7. Thou Swell - Oscar Peterson, Hart, Lorenz

CD Details

All Artists: Oscar Peterson, Stephane Grappelli
Title: Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephane Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Musicrama/Koch
Release Date: 7/10/2001
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing Jazz, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 632427890027

Synopsis

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When Stephane Grappelli entered the recording studio with Oscar Peterson in 1973 to record this collection of standards, it marked his 50th anniversary as a professional musician. Grappelli's most famous collaboration was of course his six-year stint in the 1930s with the Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, but it wasn't until he started playing with pianists like Peterson that he really developed into a world-class soloist. Peterson's lush, full chords suit Grappelli's unabashedly romantic style perfectly, and on ballads like "My One and Only Love" his fiddling is lyrical, but with a melancholy depth that keeps it from descending into mere prettiness. The other musicians include bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Kenny Clark, whose supple, swinging rhythm gives the solos a gentle lift while driving them forward. Peterson and Grappelli were both old pros when they made this record, but the charm of tracks like "Thou Swell" and "Makin' Whoopee" show that even after decades in the business, they hadn't lost the ability to surprise and delight each other. --Michael Simmons

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CD Reviews

Fantastic

COMPUTERJAZZMAN | 05/02/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What a great album, fans of Grappelli or Peterson will not be diappointed. They really swing on tracks 3 + 7. Peterson's piano stands out on track 5."

Decent recording, terrific artists...

theinsipiduncles | dark wet place | 04/21/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"fatally marred by the cheapest cardboard CD case imaginable and stuck with Sony's illegal DRM sofwtare that installs spyware on Windows computers without your permission. (Is there any limit to these idiots' greed?)

If you can possibly find another printing of this CD, get that instead."

Excellent pairing of two greats

COMPUTERJAZZMAN | Cliffside Park, New Jersey United States | 09/30/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Wonderful CD, great arrangements, beautiful melodies, excellent musicians. Backing up Oscar and Stephane are Neils Henning Orsted Pederson on bass, who recorded a lot with Oscar Peterson, and Kenny Clarke on drums. The whole Jazz In Paris series is great."