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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0042282782625 Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered Label: Polygram Records Manufacturer: Polygram Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Polygram Records Release Date: October 25, 1990 Sales Rank: 2939 Studio: Polygram Records
Album Description: 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing of this complete original album from Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio, widely regarded as one of the saxophonist's finest recordings. Jazz Track.
Amazon.com: Stan Getz and Oscar Peterson were both consummate performers, comfortable at any tempo, when they met for this 1957 recording, and they're clearly enjoying one another's skills on ballads and uptempo tunes alike. The group is one of the finest editions of Peterson's trios, with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis. It's virtually a machine for quiet swing, and the absence of a drummer lets Getz's silky sound come to the fore with all its details intact. For all his fame as a virtuosic pianist, Peterson is an underrated accompanist. He complements a soloist with deft fills and unobtrusive propulsion, and the backgrounds he supplies here are as subtle as his solos are extroverted. The program is a good mix of standards and Getz originals, including the joyous "Tour's End," while the extended ballad medley could define jazz lyricism. There's also a brief but infectious version of Ellis's "Detour Ahead," the guitarist's early and highly successful foray into songwriting. --Stuart Broomer
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - BRILLIANT COLLABORATION
WONDERFUL 1957 RECORDING WITH OSCAR PETERSON, STAN GETZ, RAY BROWN AND HERB ELLIS. MELLOW JAZZ AT ITS' ULTIMATE PEAK. GETZ' LIGHT AND BREEZY STYLE OF PLAYING COMPLEMENTS OSCAR'S ACCOMPANIMENT SUPERLATIVELY. SOME OF THE BEST RECORDED WORKS BY EITHER OF THESE GREAT MUSICIANS (AND THAT'S SAYING A LOT).
Rating: - Rememberence of Swing Past
Now that the men who collaborated in this session 50 years ago have passed away, this disk provides memories of jazz artists who will never be heard from any other way. Their unique style ic as classic as classical music.
Rating: - lively, melodic, and interesting
This album takes two amazing musicians and brings them together for incredibleness. If you don't have it and you like jazz, get it.
Rating: - top ten
This recording is in my top ten jazz recording list. This should be in every jazz fans collection. When the terms swing, groove, or playing in the pocket are thrown around, this recording should be on of the first to come to mind. Getz and Peterson are in total communication. Their phrasing and ideas are in total aggrement and their lines are fluid and creative. The technique is amazing but never unmusical. There is an obvious Lester Young influence coming through Getz, but one never feels that it's a rip-off like so many players are guilty of. This album is also just a hell of a lot of fun to ... Read More
Rating: - An absolute joy
Stan Getz in person was quite unpleasant apparently. Quite in contrast to his wonderful Tenor Sax playing. Here he supported by the Oscar Peterson Trio in a session recorded in October 1957.
The most noticeable thing about this session is that there is no drummer, although sometimes you'd swear there was as it swings hard! The trio is Ray Brown - Bass, Herb Ellis - Guitar, and Oscar Peterson - Piano. The first track "I want to be happy" absolutely motors along with Getz playing a typically lyrical inventive solo followed by a blistering reply from Peterson.
