Oscar Peterson - Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Lugano, 1964 (2023)

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Tracklist
00:00 1 Waltz For Debby
Written-By - Bill Evans
07:20 2 My One And Only Love
Written By - Robert Mellon, Guy Wood
Written-By - Guy Wood, Robert Mellon
13:24 3 I Could Write A Book
Written-By - Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
24:26 4 Blues For My Landlady
Written-By - Oscar Peterson
30:53 5 Con Alma
Written-By - Dizzy Gillespie
38:31 6 It Ain't Necessarily So
Written By - George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward
Written-By - Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
A&R [Senior Director Of A&R] - Will Wakefield
Art Direction, Design - Timothy Cobb
Bass - Ray Brown
Drums - Ed Thigpen
Ensemble - The Oscar Peterson Trio
Executive-Producer - Gretchen Valade
Mixed By [Mixing Engineer], Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] - Blaise Favre
Photography By [Photos] - Oscar Peterson
Piano - Oscar Peterson
Producer - Kelly Peterson
Product Manager - Matthew Jurasek
Product Manager [Manager, Creative Services + Production] - Romelle Canonizado
Sleeve Notes [Gatefold Interior: Excerpt From 'A Jazz Odyssey'] - Oscar Peterson
Sleeve Notes [Gatefold Interior: Ray Brown] - Céline Peterson
Sleeve Notes [Gatefold Interior: Remembers Ed Thigpen] - Jeff Hamilton
Sleeve Notes [Gatefold Interior: Three Giants Doing Their Thing] - Christian McBride
Sleeve Notes [Interior: Con Alma] - Kelly Peterson
Title: Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Lugano, 1964
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: Mack Avenue Records
Genre: Jazz
Oscar Peterson’s trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen is widely regarded as Peterson’s “classic trio,” considered by fans as the most popular and in-demand of his long and storied career (featured on releases such as 1963’s Night Train and 1964’s We Get Requests). Recorded during their creative peak in 1964 (5 years into their collaboration), this previously unheard and unreleased live performance is destined to become a fan favorite from the Oscar Peterson vaults. In his memoir Peterson reflects on the dedication that Ray and Ed brought to the group:
"In addition to our trio rehearsals, therefore, Ray would call his own rehearsals in his or Ed’s room and they would simply practice ‘time.’ They created a flexible and multi-faceted rhythmical language that they could apply to any musical statement I might make and enhance any direction I might choose. In short, they practiced ‘all the possibles.’” - Oscar Peterson