Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio [Import]

Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio [Import]

ASIN: B0000CD7YK

Track Listings

1. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

2. Privave

3. Gypsy

4. I'll Remember April

5. Scrapple from the Apple

6. Moten Swing

7. Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben & All the Other Funky Ones

8. Easy Does It

9. I Didn't Know What Time It Was [*]

10. I Remember You [*]

11. I Know That You Know [*]

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Average customer rating:

Essential for all who appreciate the saxophone.

Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Sonny Stitt with Oscar Peterson Trio
Manufacturer: Umvd Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000M5AKZI
Release Date: 2007-05-01

Tracks:

I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Privave
Gypsy
I'll Remember April
Scrapple from the Apple
Moten Swing
Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben & All the Other Funky Ones
Easy Does It
I Didn't Know What Time It Was [*]
I Remember You [*]
I Know That You Know [*]

Customer Reviews:

Essential for all who appreciate the saxophone........2007-06-22

The virtuoso, indeed the "most perfect" alto and tenor saxophonist of them all, in the company of his pianist equivalent. This isn't the first reissue (give the Japanese credit for recognizing it for what it was), but it's the first that some might consider "affordable." Released two months ago, it appears on other sites but may be difficult to obtain, since I see that Amazon isn't presently offering it (copyright problems?).

It's practically criminal that this superlative session, originally recorded by Verve in 1959, hasn't come out as a domestic reissue, but at least this Canadian import, provided you can locate it, is available at a more reasonable price than some previous Japanese editions. The original liner notes, describing the joint musicmaking of Stitt and Peterson as "four of the fastest hands that jazz has known," does an injustice to a musical summit meeting that features a relatively conservative Peterson piano and a tradition-minded Stitt, honoring Charlie Parker on the program's first half, then moving from alto to a Prez-influenced tenor for the second half. The tempos are moderate to slow, allowing ample room for Stitt's full-bodied, richly expressive tone, as is evident on the very first track, a medium-up "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," on which Stitt's alto sound is alternately articulate and legato, lush and light. "Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben and All the Other Funky Ones" finds Stitt on tenor for a slow-tempoed, heartfelt yet thoughtful musical love letter from one inimitable voice to some others no less personal and identifiable. Be careful not to fall into the trap of writing this album off as "another Stitt blowing session": it easily belongs in the top ten of all 500 Stitt recordings. The reissue includes three new tunes from a 1957 Stitt-Peterson date with the addition of Herb Ellis' guitar.

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