Oscar Peterson

The Richard Rodgers Songbook (771716 LP)

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The Richard Rodgers Songbook

Oscar Peterson

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LPS 126349

771716 LP

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The Richard Rodgers Songbook

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LP 14,98 €

FANTASTIC RENDITIONS OF RODGERS’ SONGS BY THE CELEBRATED OSCAR PETERSON TRIO FEATURING RAY BROWN & ED THIGPEN.

4 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE
 
Original review:
“Oscar sounds as if he had fun with the Richard Rodgers collection. Originality and imagination of treatment are scattered liberally throughout. Both ‘Surrey’ and ‘Lady Is a Tramp’ are a gas in different ways. ‘Lady’ turns out to be a roarer and ‘Blue Moon’, which follows, is quite charming in the light and skipping treatment accorded it. It’s difficult to make anything other than cocktail sounds out of ‘Manhattan’; Oscar tried hard but only partly succeeded: the mushy melody was against him. ‘Lover’ finds the trio putting everybody on in deliberately corny three-quarter time. Thigpen’s stick work here gets downright hilarious. The album closes with a typical Peterson switch in his medium-up and swinging treatment of ‘Funny Valentine’. Brown and Thigpen slide quickly into a comfortable groove that holds throughout.” (John A. Tynan)

PERSONNEL:

On all compositions, music by RICHARD RODGERS
Lyrics by LORENZ HART (except A2 & A4, by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II)

OSCAR PETERSON, piano
RAY BROWN, bass
ED THIGPEN, drums
Chicago, July 21 & August 1, 1959.

*BONUS TRACK (B7):
Same personnel except Barney Kessel (g) replaces Thigpen.
Los Angeles, May-June 1952

SIDE A:
1 THIS CAN’T BE LOVE 2:34
2 IT MIGHT AS WELL BE SPRING 3:02
3 JOHNNY ONE NOTE 1:42
4 THE SURREY WITH THE FRINGE ON TOP 2:34
5 THE LADY IS A TRAMP 2:06
6 BLUE MOON 2:45

SIDE B:
1 MANHATTAN 2:56
2 ISN’T IT ROMANTIC? 2:19
3 LOVER 2:03
4 I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS 2:39
5 BEWITCHED 2:54
6 MY FUNNY VALENTINE 2:46
7 THOU SWELL 2:30*