Oscar Peterson - At Baker's Keyboard Lounge (CD)

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.

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