Tracks (Oscar Peterson Album)

''Tracks'' is a 1971 album by Oscar Peterson.

Track listing

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

Analysis

# " Give Me the Simple Life" starts the album with a lock chordtechnique.
# " Basin Street Blues" is a slow stride addition to the album
# " Honeysuckle Rose" utilizes an up-tempo rendition of the original song
# " Dancing on the Ceiling" is the second slow-stride addition to the album,
# " A Child Is Born" is a slow ballade-style setting, stating the melody, then improvising slightly on that melody.
# If I Should Lose You" the improvisation is approached in a similar way to Basin Street Blues
# " 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.
# " Django" begins very close to the original version, and veers off into a Db improvisation
# "Ja-Da" continues the slow stride technique started by track #1, 4, & 6
# " Just a Gigolo another slow stride interpretation.

Personnel

Performance

* Oscar Peterson - piano

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

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1971 albums
Oscar Peterson albums
MPS Records albums