Oscar Peterson - Action (Exclusively For My Friends Vol. 1)
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Piano – Oscar Peterson [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Oscar Peterson]
Bass – Ray Brown [click here to see more Vinyl/SACD featuring Ray Brown]
Drums – Ed Thigpen
Written by Cole Porter (A1), Billy Taylor (A2), Chano Pozo (A3), George & Ira Gershwin (B1-2), Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke (B3)
1 LP, Standard Sleeve
Original analog Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incoporated
Label : MPS Records
Original Label : MPS Records
Recorded in the private studio of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen, West Germany
Recorded and Engineered by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Produced by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Graphics by Hans B. Pfitzer
Liner Notes by Joachim Ernst Berendt
Photography by Sepp Werkmeister, Herbert Schroff, German Hasenfratz
Originally released in 1968
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A :
- At Long Last Love
- Easy Walker
- Tin Tin Deo
Side B :
- I've Got a Crush on You
- Foggy Day
- Like Someone in Love
Reviews:
"Oscar Peterson developed a friendship with Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, who proceeded to record the pianist in his first-rate studio beginning in the early '60s, even though Peterson was under an exclusive contract to Verve at the time. The solution to this problem was to wait until after it expired, and then a number of these sessions were released on various BASF or MPS LPs (and later on Pausa LP reissues). Action represents some of Peterson's earliest work for Brunner-Schwer; these sessions were recorded before an invited audience in the studio, with the pianist's working trio of Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. The group seems extremely relaxed and inspired by the small group of loyal fans, with a brisk waltz treatment of "At Long Last Love" and an extended workout of fellow pianist Billy Taylor's ballad "Easy Walker" starting things off with a flourish. Their approach to "Tin Tin Deo" is remarkably subtle, while Peterson is at his most lyrical during a pair of Gershwin selections, "I've Got a Crush on You" and "A Foggy Day." The influence of Art Tatum is apparent with Peterson's darting runs in "Like Someone in Love."" AllMusic Review by Ken Dryden
Ratings :
AllMusic: 4 / 5 ; Discogs: 4.3 / 5