Oscar Peterson

4 STARS DONWBEAT MAGAZINE

This edition contains the complete original album "Very Tall" (Verve V6-8579) which markrd the first recorded collaboration between Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson. Two live versions of the album's first track performed by the Oscar Peterson trio, as well as Milt Jackson's original version of "Heartstrings" have been added as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

OSCAR PETERSON, piano
MILT JACKSON, vibes
RAY BROWN, bass
ED THIGPEN, drums
New York, September 15 & 18, 1961

BONUS TRACKS:

[7-8] Same personnel except Milt Jackson omitted
The London House, Chicago, July 28, 1961 (track 7)
L'Olympia, Paris, france, February 28, 1961 (track 8)
[9] Milt Jackson (vib); Joe Newman (tp); Jimmy Cleveland (tb)
Cannonball Adderley (as); Frank Foster (ts); Sahib Shihab (bs)
Horace Silver (p); Percy Heath (b); Art Blakey (d); Qunicy Jones (arr)
New York, January 7, 1957.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

TRACKS:

01. On Green Dolphy Street
02. Heartstrings
03. Work Song
04. John Brown's Body
05. A Wonderfull Guy
06. Reunion
07. On Green Dolphy Street (Live at London House)
08. On Green Dolphy Street (Live at L'Olympia)
09. Heartstrings (original Milt Jackson version)

TOTAL TIME: 61:11