Search - Oscar Peterson :: Night Train

Oscar Peterson
Night Train
Genres: International Music, Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train')
2. C-Jam Blues
3. Georgia On My Mind
4. Bags' Groove
5. Moten Swing
6. Easy Does It
7. The Honeydripper
8. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
9. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
10. Band Call
11. Hymn To Freedom
12. Happy-Go-Lucky Local (AKA 'Night Train') (Alternate Take)
13. Volare
14. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
15. Moten Swing (Rehearsal Take)
16. Now's The Time
17. This Could Be The Start Of Something

CD Details

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

Synopsis

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

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CD Reviews

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!"