We Get Requests
We Get Requests
ASIN: B0000047D5
Editorial Reviews
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This 1964 studio session features the Peterson trio with bassist Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, a group that had been together for five years by then and performed like a well-oiled machine. The repertoire is mostly pop songs of the day, including bossa nova tunes and film themes, and the treatments are fairly brief, with emphasis placed squarely on the melodies. Even in their lightest moments, though, the group demonstrates some of the qualities that made it among the most influential piano trios in jazz, a group that could generate tremendous rhythmic energy and a sense of developing musical detail. For all his legendary force, Peterson possesses a subtle rhythmic sense, and here he infuses even "People" with an undercurrent of swing. This is undemanding, tuneful music best suited for casual listening, but it still sparkles with the trio's customary élan. --Stuart Broomer
We Get Requests,Oscar Peterson,Polygram Records,Jazz,Jazz Music,Pop
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- Polite Peterson; Excellent Sound
- Oscar with his trio at their best
- Oscar at his best
- Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests
- Five-star cocktail party music
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We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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- Night Train
- A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
- Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One
- West Side Story: Oscar Peterson Trio
- Live at the Blue Note
ASIN: B0000047D5
Release Date: 1997-07-29 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
- The Days Of Wine And Roses
- My One And Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good To Me
- The Girl From Ipanema
- D & E
- Time & Again
- Goodbye, J.D.
Amazon.com
This 1964 studio session features the Peterson trio with bassist Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, a group that had been together for five years by then and performed like a well-oiled machine. The repertoire is mostly pop songs of the day, including bossa nova tunes and film themes, and the treatments are fairly brief, with emphasis placed squarely on the melodies. Even in their lightest moments, though, the group demonstrates some of the qualities that made it among the most influential piano trios in jazz, a group that could generate tremendous rhythmic energy and a sense of developing musical detail. For all his legendary force, Peterson possesses a subtle rhythmic sense, and here he infuses even "People" with an undercurrent of swing. This is undemanding, tuneful music best suited for casual listening, but it still sparkles with the trio's customary élan. --Stuart Broomer
Customer Reviews:
Polite Peterson; Excellent Sound.......2007-06-17
This 1964 session tends toward the "commercial" Oscar Peterson. Ten tunes, only one clocking in at over 5 minutes (5:11), with Oscar playing with restraint, finesse and polish, backed by his best rhythm section. The "concept" was to have the great pianist perform tunes not normally in his repertory but frequently requested by fans. At the same time, none of the last three tunes is familiar, though the closer features full-blown hyper-virtuosic Oscar at full speed.
The audio on the 1997 CD reissue is as good as it gets. Ray Brown's bass retains all of its natural, personal character; Thigpen's drums are crisp and present; Oscar's piano is bright and perfectly mixed--and it's a spacious sound that you would never hear on a Van Gelder recording.
If you really want to hear Oscar smokin' on every tune, playing with his "serious" game face on and from this same period, go to the recordings from the "Exclusively for My Friends" series, made at the Black Forest estate of Hans Brunner Schwer for his German MPS label (now out on Verve). Start with "The Lost Tapes" (Vol. 1) or "In a Mellotone" (Vol. V), but fasten your seat belt first. No mellow Oscar on this one--just a volcanic force unleashed. If that sounds like too much to start with, get your feet wet with "We Get Requests."
Oscar with his trio at their best.......2007-01-18
Fantastic work by Veurve to recreate this on CD
Sounds just great
Oscar at his best.......2006-12-03
This has got to be my favorite Oscar Peterson CD! The trio (Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen and Oscar) is at the height of their musical prowess and every track is a gem. There's been so much written about Oscar that I have nothing to add but he really knows how to make Jazz improvisation make sense. There isn't the least bit of self-indulgence or pretense on this CD, every track has just the number of choruses to make their musical point(s) and then they stop. So even if you're not a big fan of jazz you're going to enjoy this CD. I especially enjoy Track 6 - "You Look Good to Me", Ray Brown's bass solo at the start is wonderful and Oscar builds the energy as the tune progresses. I have probably listened to this CD a couple of hundred times and never grow tired of it.
Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests.......2006-03-19
The Oscar Peterson Trio has been one of my favorite acts for many many years. I am very familiar with this selection because I own it on vinyl, which means I've had it for years. If you aren't familiar with The Oscar Peterson Trio, take a chance and hear the magic....
Five-star cocktail party music.......2005-05-05
There is no point in criticizing an album for being what it is not, apparently, intended to be. When Oscar Peterson and his bandmates did their take on West Side Story, it was serious work. Part of it I liked, part of it I didn't, but at least he was thinking about how to put those songs in a dramatically new light.
We Get Requests, on the other hand, is mostly well-executed fluff. I can picture sixties exectives and their wives together in their penthouse apartments, putting on this album -- to show their exquisite taste, of course -- and ordering Jeeves to bring another round of martinis. Of course, they wouldn't really be listening to the music -- it would be a pleasant tinkling in the background, an element of the carefully planned atmosphere.
Part of Oscar Peterson's problem was that he had such a command of technique that his improvising was often annoyingly glib -- though very sprightly and superficially fun. It sounds as if he let his fingers do the walking, but I don't think he made much effort here to work into the guts of these songs.
From my exposure to a half dozen Oscar Peterson albums, I conclude that he was usually best as a backup player for other soloists, when he had to listen hard and work around what the main voice was playing or singing -- with healthy doses of subdued chording and quiet support for the band as a whole. This imposed on him a restraint and discipline that he found hard to apply when he was the main soloist. As examples I would cite his Very Tall album with Milt Jackson or his work on Fred Astaire's The Astaire Story sessions.
On We Get Requests, the trio weaves its happy way through several of the big hit songs of that era (People, Days of Wine and Roses), completely misses the bossa nova groove on two Jobim tunes (Corcovado, Girl from Ipanema), and generally seems to be having a grand time -- we're told in the liner notes that most Oscar Peterson sessions were pleasant affairs, with jokes and smiles all around. The result was the highest-class elevator music ever recorded. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It all depends on what you're looking for, and what mood you are in. Five stars!
Average customer rating:
- Polite Peterson; Excellent Sound
- Oscar with his trio at their best
- Oscar at his best
- Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests
- Five-star cocktail party music
|
We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
| Bebop
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Swing General
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Similar Items:
- Night Train
- A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
- Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One
- West Side Story: Oscar Peterson Trio
- Live at the Blue Note
ASIN: B000006N7A
Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado
- Days of Wine and Roses
- My One and Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good to Me
- Girl from Ipanema
- D & E
- Time and Again
- Goodbye J.D.
Amazon.com
This 1964 studio session features the Peterson trio with bassist Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, a group that had been together for five years by then and performed like a well-oiled machine. The repertoire is mostly pop songs of the day, including bossa nova tunes and film themes, and the treatments are fairly brief, with emphasis placed squarely on the melodies. Even in their lightest moments, though, the group demonstrates some of the qualities that made it among the most influential piano trios in jazz, a group that could generate tremendous rhythmic energy and a sense of developing musical detail. For all his legendary force, Peterson possesses a subtle rhythmic sense, and here he infuses even "People" with an undercurrent of swing. This is undemanding, tuneful music best suited for casual listening, but it still sparkles with the trio's customary élan. --Stuart Broomer
Customer Reviews:
Polite Peterson; Excellent Sound.......2007-06-17
This 1964 session tends toward the "commercial" Oscar Peterson. Ten tunes, only one clocking in at over 5 minutes (5:11), with Oscar playing with restraint, finesse and polish, backed by his best rhythm section. The "concept" was to have the great pianist perform tunes not normally in his repertory but frequently requested by fans. At the same time, none of the last three tunes is familiar, though the closer features full-blown hyper-virtuosic Oscar at full speed.
The audio on the 1997 CD reissue is as good as it gets. Ray Brown's bass retains all of its natural, personal character; Thigpen's drums are crisp and present; Oscar's piano is bright and perfectly mixed--and it's a spacious sound that you would never hear on a Van Gelder recording.
If you really want to hear Oscar smokin' on every tune, playing with his "serious" game face on and from this same period, go to the recordings from the "Exclusively for My Friends" series, made at the Black Forest estate of Hans Brunner Schwer for his German MPS label (now out on Verve). Start with "The Lost Tapes" (Vol. 1) or "In a Mellotone" (Vol. V), but fasten your seat belt first. No mellow Oscar on this one--just a volcanic force unleashed. If that sounds like too much to start with, get your feet wet with "We Get Requests."
Oscar with his trio at their best.......2007-01-18
Fantastic work by Veurve to recreate this on CD
Sounds just great
Oscar at his best.......2006-12-03
This has got to be my favorite Oscar Peterson CD! The trio (Ray Brown, Ed Thigpen and Oscar) is at the height of their musical prowess and every track is a gem. There's been so much written about Oscar that I have nothing to add but he really knows how to make Jazz improvisation make sense. There isn't the least bit of self-indulgence or pretense on this CD, every track has just the number of choruses to make their musical point(s) and then they stop. So even if you're not a big fan of jazz you're going to enjoy this CD. I especially enjoy Track 6 - "You Look Good to Me", Ray Brown's bass solo at the start is wonderful and Oscar builds the energy as the tune progresses. I have probably listened to this CD a couple of hundred times and never grow tired of it.
Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests.......2006-03-19
The Oscar Peterson Trio has been one of my favorite acts for many many years. I am very familiar with this selection because I own it on vinyl, which means I've had it for years. If you aren't familiar with The Oscar Peterson Trio, take a chance and hear the magic....
Five-star cocktail party music.......2005-05-05
There is no point in criticizing an album for being what it is not, apparently, intended to be. When Oscar Peterson and his bandmates did their take on West Side Story, it was serious work. Part of it I liked, part of it I didn't, but at least he was thinking about how to put those songs in a dramatically new light.
We Get Requests, on the other hand, is mostly well-executed fluff. I can picture sixties exectives and their wives together in their penthouse apartments, putting on this album -- to show their exquisite taste, of course -- and ordering Jeeves to bring another round of martinis. Of course, they wouldn't really be listening to the music -- it would be a pleasant tinkling in the background, an element of the carefully planned atmosphere.
Part of Oscar Peterson's problem was that he had such a command of technique that his improvising was often annoyingly glib -- though very sprightly and superficially fun. It sounds as if he let his fingers do the walking, but I don't think he made much effort here to work into the guts of these songs.
From my exposure to a half dozen Oscar Peterson albums, I conclude that he was usually best as a backup player for other soloists, when he had to listen hard and work around what the main voice was playing or singing -- with healthy doses of subdued chording and quiet support for the band as a whole. This imposed on him a restraint and discipline that he found hard to apply when he was the main soloist. As examples I would cite his Very Tall album with Milt Jackson or his work on Fred Astaire's The Astaire Story sessions.
On We Get Requests, the trio weaves its happy way through several of the big hit songs of that era (People, Days of Wine and Roses), completely misses the bossa nova groove on two Jobim tunes (Corcovado, Girl from Ipanema), and generally seems to be having a grand time -- we're told in the liner notes that most Oscar Peterson sessions were pleasant affairs, with jokes and smiles all around. The result was the highest-class elevator music ever recorded. Not that there's anything wrong with that. It all depends on what you're looking for, and what mood you are in. Five stars!
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We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
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Verve
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ASIN: B000BR2P1Y
Release Date: 2005-12-15 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado
- Days of Wine and Roses
- My One and Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good to Me
- Girl from Ipanema
- D & E
- Time and Again
- Goodbye J.D.
Album Description
Limited edition Japanese pressing of the 1964 album comes packaged in an LP sleeve. Emarcy. 2005.
Album Details
Japanese Special Edition of this Classic Original Album Re-released on CD and Packaged in a 12 X 12 Inch Album Sized LP Replica Sleeve with all the Original Artwork and Tracks. Recorded in 1964.
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We Get Requests
Manufacturer: Verve Records - Jazz Heritage
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000EZUH18 |
Product Description
10 TRACKS: 1) Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado); 2) Days of Wine and Roses; 3) My One and Only Love; 4) People; 5) Have You Met Miss Jones?; 6) You Look Good To Me; 7) The Girl from Ipanema; 8) D. & E.; 9) Time and Again; 10) Goodbye J.D.
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We Get Requests
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B000AA7E04
Release Date: 2005-09-20 |
Album Description
Limited edition Japanese pressing. Verve. 2005.
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We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
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General
| Jazz
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Swing General
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
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ASIN: B000AXZCUU
Release Date: 1965-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado
- Days of Wine and Roses
- My One and Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good to Me
- Girl from Ipanema
- D & E
- Time and Again
- Goodbye J.D.
Average customer rating:
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Art of Duo/We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
| Bebop
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| Music
General
| Jazz
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| Music
Swing General
| Swing Jazz
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| Styles
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Jazz
| Imports
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ASIN: B0000AYKQB
Release Date: 2003-07-28 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado (Quiet Nights of the Quiet Stars)
- Days of Wine and Roses
- My One and Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good to Me
- Girl from Ipanema
- D & E
- Time and Again
- Goodbye, J.D.
Tracks:
- Happy Go Lucky Local (aka Night Train)
- C Jam Blues
- Georgia on My Mind
- Bags' Groove
- Moten Swing
- Easy Does It
- Honeydripper
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be
- I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
- Band Call
- Hymn to Freedom
- Happy Go Lucky Local (aka Night Train) [Alternate Take]
- Volare
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- Moten Swing [Rehearsal Take]
- Now's the Time
- This Could Be the Start of Something
Album Description
Asian exclusive twofer combines the classics, 'We Get Requests' (1964) & 'Night Train' (1962). 27 tracks. Standard double jewel case in a slipcase. Verve. 2003.
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We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
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| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Swing General
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
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Verve
| Verve Music Group
| Specialty Stores
| Music
Jazz
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| Music
ASIN: B0002J519Y
Release Date: 2004-09-13 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado
- Days of Wine and Roses
- My One and Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good to Me
- Girl from Ipanema
- D & E
- Time and Again
- Goodbye J.D.
Album Description
Japanese remastered reissue of 1964 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Verve. 2004.
Album Details
Dsd 1bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.
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We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
| Bebop
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Swing General
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Verve
| Verve Music Group
| Specialty Stores
| Music
Jazz
| Imports
| Stores
| Music
ASIN: B0002J519E
Release Date: 2004-09-20 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado
- Days of Wine and Roses
- My One and Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good to Me
- Girl from Ipanema
- D & E
- Time and Again
- Goodbye J.D.
Album Description
Japan exclusive reissue of the great jazz pianist's 60s followup to his hit 1964 album 'We Get Requests'. 17 tracks. Universal. 2004.
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We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson
Manufacturer: Verve
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
Bebop General
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| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
General
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
Swing General
| Swing Jazz
| Jazz
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B00008KJU8
Release Date: 2003-05-05 |
Tracks:
- Corcovado
- Days of Wine and Roses
- My One and Only Love
- People
- Have You Met Miss Jones?
- You Look Good to Me
- Girl from Ipanema
- D & E
- Time and Again
- Goodbye J.D.
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