music.wikisort.org - CompositionNight Train is an album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, released in 1963 by Verve Records.
1963 studio album by The Oscar Peterson Trio
Night Train |
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Released | 1963 (1963) |
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Recorded | December 15 & 16, 1962 |
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Venue | Los Angeles, California |
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Genre | Jazz |
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Length | 67:40 (1997 CD re-release) |
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Label | Verve |
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Producer | Norman Granz |
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Background
Album producer Norman Granz had sold the record label Verve, but remained Peterson's manager, and so supervised the Night Train recording session. The brief duration of many of the tracks has been attributed to a desire to have them played on commercial radio, which was reluctant to play any tracks longer than a few minutes.
The cover art photograph is by Pete Turner[1] and original sleeve notes were by Benny Green.
The album was dedicated to Peterson’s father, who worked as a sleeping-car attendant for Canadian Pacific Railways. [2]
Music and recording
On the title track,
After the opening theme choruses, Peterson slips into a 2-chorus solo. Then the theme returns, and we realize that all the while, the band has gotten softer and softer. This leads into Brown's solo, which is unaccompanied to start, and then adds, in turn, Peterson and Thigpen. When Peterson comes in for another chorus of solo, everything starts to build again. Peterson plays a boogie figure in the bass to build the intensity, and then the trio plays a simple but effective shout chorus and then goes back to the theme with a strong crescendo to nearly the end, with a traditional Count Basie tag to close the track. By using the basic elements of crescendo and diminuendo, and arranged sections to set off the parts, Peterson turns what could have been a throwaway into a minor masterpiece.[3]
Ed Thigpen's rivet cymbal, recorded at very close range, is prominent on all issues of the album.[4]
Reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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AllMusic |     [5] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |     [6] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music |     [7] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |    [2] |
Writing for AllMusic, critic John Bush wrote the release "includes stately covers of blues and R&B standards".[8] The Penguin Guide to Jazz included it in its core collection, calling it “one of the best-constructed long-players of the period"[2] and saying that Peterson's playing is "tight and uncharacteristically emotional".[2]
In 2019, the album was named as the jury winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize.[9]
Influence
Diana Krall reported that listening to the album made being a jazz pianist her ambition.[3] Linda May Han Oh reported that listening to the album inspired her to start playing upright bass.[10]
Track listing
Side twoTitle | Writer(s) |
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7. | "Honey Dripper" | Joe Liggins | 2:24 |
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8. | "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" | Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons | 4:38 |
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9. | "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" | Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster | 5:08 |
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10. | "Band Call" | Duke Ellington | 3:55 |
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11. | "Hymn to Freedom" | Oscar Peterson | 5:38 |
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(Tracks 12 through 17 are CD bonus tracks, not included on the original vinyl LP)
Personnel
Technical personnel
- Norman Granz – production
- Val Valentin – recording engineering
- Pete Turner – cover photography
- Benny Green - sleeve notes
References
- "Album Cover Art - Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train". Tralfaz-archives.com. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- Cook, Richard and Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.), Penguin, p. 1152-1153.
- Cunniffe, Thomas "Oscar Peterson: Night Train" Archived 2015-07-01 at the Wayback Machine. jazz.com. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- Katz, Dick (December 1996) [CD booklet in 1997 Verve re-issue]
- Yanow, Scott. "Night Train > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- Bush, John. "Night Train > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- Karen Bliss, "D.O.A. and Oscar Peterson Win Polaris Heritage Prize for Classic Albums". Billboard, November 5, 2019.
- Oh, Linda. "Interview with Bass Players Only". youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19.
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened. |
As leader or co-leader | Plays series | |
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1955–58 | |
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Plays the Songbook (1959) | |
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The London House Sessions (1961) | |
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Trio & Guests | |
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Exclusively for My Friends | |
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1969–79 |
- Hello Herbie (1969)
- Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969)
- Another Day (1970)
- Tracks (1970)
- Tristeza on Piano (1970)
- Walking the Line (1970)
- Great Connection (1971)
- In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971)
- Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
- In Tokyo (1972)
- Solo (1972)
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
- The trio (Pablo, 1973)
- In Russia (1974)
- The Giants (1974)
- The Good Life (1974)
- Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
- Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975)
- The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
- The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975)
- And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977)
- Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
- The London Concert (1978)
- The Paris Concert (1978)
- Digital at Montreux (1979)
- Night Child (1979)
- Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)
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With The Trumpet Kings | |
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1980–2004 | |
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With Count Basie or alumni |
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
- Basie Jazz (Count Basie, 1952)
- Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison, 1955)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
- Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
- Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
- Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
- Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
- Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
- The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
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With Benny Carter | |
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With Roy Eldridge | |
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With Ella Fitzgerald | |
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Coleman Hawkins and/or Ben Webster | |
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With Buddy Rich | |
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With others |
- The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire, 1952)
- Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
- Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis, 1955–56)
- Toni (Toni Harper, 1955–56)
- Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day, 1957)
- Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
- Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
- This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown, 1958)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
- Bill Henderson with (1963)
- Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
- The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
- Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
- Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
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Night Train ist ein Studioalbum des Oscar Peterson Trios und erschien 1963 bei Verve Records. Das Album war eine der kommerziell erfolgreichsten Veröffentlichungen des kanadischen Jazz-Pianisten Peterson und wird zu den besten Jazz-Alben überhaupt gezählt.
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