oscar peterson's "finest hour"

How about the "Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson?"

John

A fabulous album! Vintage group with the great Barney Kessel on guitar. Remastered, too, with extra bits.

john c: How about the "Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson?" i dont have that one -- will check it out.

sigmund: Oscar with Pres

A fabulous album! Vintage group with the great Barney Kessel on guitar. Remastered, too, with extra bits.

this one neither --- move to the now very long "to buy" list. stopped buying music when my system was throwing tantrums, but now its back with a vengeance -- so am i -- so, many thanks for the suggestions.

lets see now, which oscar peterson's do i have:

obligatory "night train"
"finest hour"
"the trio"
"we get requests"

probably a few more on vinyl -- will check later...

many thanks again...

enjoy

ken

OP is a fabulously famous jazz icon, dare I say, on the level of Duke Ellington or Miles. BUT he is one jazz musician I have great difficulty warming to. He was a wonderful accompanist (to singers like Billie and Ella) but his solo and trio efforts leave me cold. Some of his later works sound almost like cocktail piano and a bit gimmicky.

Give me Erroll Garner, Hank Jones or Monk anytime. But then I like Keith Jarrett and John Zorn, so what do I know???

Hockman

Oscar is stonking. No question.

Surely Night Train is the one for all seasons. We get requests... Thigpen and Brown Trio stuff is all good. The verve ...meets Louis Armstrong is preety good for different reasons. You'd just assume it wouldn't work very well - but it does.

We've talked about this a few times before - and I've got a few tips of Ken before as well!

Anyone want more data - do a search on Oscar.

Jonathan