Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Jam Montreux ‘77 (1977)

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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Jam Montreux ‘77 (1977)

Not just another Oscar Peterson album (nothing wrong with that anyway!), this also features Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie on Trumpets and Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis on Tenor sax, as well as NHOP on bass and Bobby Durham on drums.
The first track starts at a ferocious pace and never lets up. The story about the title of this first track (Ali and Frazier) is told in the sleeve notes. Count Basie was sitting in the musicians room watching the concert on a TV monitor and noticed how serious the musicians were (you'd have to be serious the speed they are playing the piece at) and said:"Those cats aren't joking, they know what's coming up". At the end of the first number he turned to Norman Granz and said "Just like Ali and Frazier".
Track 3 is a steady rolling version of "Things Ain't What They Used To" which if the tempo is way down on the first number reaches some fantastic crescendo's - noteably Peterson's rolling tremelo at the end of his solo. The crowd are roaring at the end of this number. The album features some of the Giants of Jazz and is well worth getting.

Personnel:

Oscar Peterson - Piano
Dizzy Gillespie - Trumpet
Clark Terry - Trumpet
Addie "Lockjaw" Davis - Tenor Saxophone
Niels Pedersen - Bass
Bobby Durham – Drums

Tracklist:

01. Ali And Frazier
02. If I Were A Bell
03. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
04. Just In Time
05. Bye Bye Blues

Recorded By Mountain Recording Studios (Montreux), July 14, 1977

Sound Quality: 8/9