Description
a monument to the timeless quality of the peterson trio, and a tribute to the eternal genio jerome kern, one of the true great American composers.
Artist
Canadian jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
Born: 15 August 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Died: 23 December 2007 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
He went through a classical piano education before turning to jazz, playing mostly in Canadian night clubs in Toronto and Montreal.
Only after repeated urgings by American colleagues he was persuaded to give a JATP performance at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1949. It was a smashing success. He then worked together with Ray Brown, at first as a duo, before founding in 1952 his first trio which included in succession, the guitarists Irving Ashby, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis. At the end of the 1950s the guitar was replaced by drums.
Peterson went on many European tours. He has made recordings with just about everybody who's anybody in jazz.
His keys touch corresponds to almost explosive ornamentation in phrasing. Despite all the dynamics, a boundless desire for improvisation, a sublime artistic technique, however, the structure of his play (i.e. the over-all conception of harmonic means, phrasing, rhythms, etc.) remains translucent and tight.
Tracks
1
I Won't Dance
02:25
2
Bill
02:56
3
The Song Is You
03:01
4
A Fine Romance
03:06
5
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
02:42
6
Ol' Man River
02:35
7
Long Ago And Far Away
02:29
8
Lovely To Look At
02:48
9
Pick Yourself Up
02:07
10
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
02:45
11
The Way You Look Tonight
03:37
12
Yesterdays
03:18
Releases
Formats
Vinyl, CD, File, Cassette
Labels
WaxTime, Music For Pleasure, Vinyl Lovers , Verve Records, Verve Reissues , MGM Records
Countries
Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Germany, Austria, & Switzerland, USA, Canada & Europe
years
1959, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2018