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At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge

Oscar Peterson Trio

At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge

Verve

UMG-199957190893

LP Black $31
  • Remarkable previously unissued performances
  • Recorded at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960
  • Features bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen

Description

When Oscar Peterson arrived for a two-week engagement at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960, the pianist’s year-old trio, featuring bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, was ascending to new artistic peaks. Intended at the time as a live album for Verve but never released, the music on ‘At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge’ features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo, rhythm, or complexity of the arrangement, the three players breathe as one on these recordings, phrasing as if controlled by a single heartbeat. These new-to-the-world recordings, made in Peterson’s prime at the longest continuously operating jazz club in the US, remind you that there will never be anyone else like Oscar Peterson.

Preview Tracklist

  • 1 Politics And Poker [Live]
  • 2 Dancing On The Ceiling [Live]
  • 3 S'Posin' [Live]
  • 4 Django [Live]
  • 5 Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) [Live] Where Do I Go From Here? [Live]
  • 6 Yesterdays [Live]
  • 7 Softly
  • 8 As In A Morning Sunrise [Live]
  • 9 The Touch Of Your Lips [Live]