Tracks (Oscar Peterson album)

Tracks
Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1971
RecordedNovember 10–13, 1970
StudioHans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length42:02
LabelMPS
ProducerMatthias Kunnecke
Oscar Peterson chronology
Another Day
(1971) 		Tracks
(1971) 		In Tune
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

Tracks is a 1971 album by Oscar Peterson.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Give Me the Simple Life" (Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 3:59
  2. "Basin Street Blues" (Spencer Williams) – 4:14
  3. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:05
  4. "Dancing on the Ceiling" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:07
  5. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) – 2:35
  6. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:19
  7. "A Little Jazz Exercise" (Oscar Peterson) – 2:43
  8. "Django" (John Lewis) – 5:16
  9. "Ja-Da" (Bob Carleton[5]) – 4:17
  10. "Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) – 5:27

Analysis

  1. "Give Me the Simple Life" starts the album with a [block chord] technique.
  2. "Basin Street Blues" is a slow stride addition to the album
  3. "Honeysuckle Rose" utilizes an up-tempo rendition of the original song
  4. "Dancing on the Ceiling" is the second slow-stride addition to the album,
  5. "A Child Is Born" is a slow ballade-style setting, stating the melody, then improvising slightly on that melody.
  6. If I Should Lose You" the improvisation is approached in a similar way to Basin Street Blues
  7. "A Little Jazz Exercise" is the only original composition by Oscar Peterson. It is based on the standard "I Want To Be Happy" (Irving Caesar- Vincent Youmans) chord changes.
  8. "Django" begins very close to the original version, and veers off into a Db improvisation
  9. "Ja-Da" continues the slow stride technique started by track #1, 4, & 6
  10. "Just a Gigolo another slow stride interpretation.

Personnel

Performance

Production

  • Willi Fruth - recording director
  • Stefan Kassel - artwork, series design
  • Matthias Kunnecke - producer
  • Gene Lees - liner notes
  • Richard Palmer
  • Willem Makkee - digital remastering
  • Hubertus Mall - artwork, cover illustration

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Tracks at AllMusic
  5. ^ "Ja da | Details". AllMusic.