Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77 is a 1977 live album featuring a jam session led by Oscar Peterson. At the Grammy Awards of 1979, Peterson won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his performance on this album.[4]
| Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77 | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1977 | |||
| Recorded | July 14, 1977 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 50:15 | |||
| Label | Pablo | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Track listing
edit- "Ali and Frazier" (Oscar Peterson) – 9:20
- "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 10:39
- "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 12:42
- "Just in Time" (Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne) – 9:49
- "Bye Bye Blues" (David Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Frederick Hamm, Bert Lown) – 8:06
Personnel
editRecorded July 14, 1977 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland:
Performance
editProduction
edit- Norman Granz - producer
- Giuseppe Pino - photography
- Phil DeLancie - remastering
References
edit- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1155. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ↑ Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77 at AllMusic