At Bakers Keyboard Lounge
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When Oscar Peterson arrived for a two-week engagement at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960, the pianist's year-old trio, featuring bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, was ascending to new artistic peaks. Intended at the time as a live album for Verve but never released, the music on 'At Baker's Keyboard Lounge' features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo, rhythm, or complexity of the arrangement, the three players breathe as one on these recordings, phrasing as if controlled by a single heartbeat. These new-to-the-world recordings, made in Peterson's prime at the longest continuously operating jazz club in the US, remind you that there will never be anyone else like Oscar Peterson.
Tracklist
1
Autumn Leaves
2
Django
3
Confirmation
4
Whisper Not
5
Billy Boy
6
The Touch Of Your Lips
7
Ill Wind
8
Chicago
9
I Love You
10
Closing
11
Dancing On The Ceiling
12
Politics ; Poker
13
Where Do I Go From Here?
14
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
15
Liza (All The Clouds Roll Away)
16
Yesterdays
17
Softly As a Morning Sunrise
18
S'Posin
19
I Remember Clifford
20
Let There Be Love
21
Swamp Fire
22
Closing Blues Announcement
23
Satin Doll
24
Woody N You
25
My Funny Valentine
26
Scrapple From The Apple
27
Closing Announcement