Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train (1963) Part 1 (Full Album +)

Описание: Track List: 1-4

1. Oscar Peterson Trio - Happy-Go-Lucky Local (aka Night Train) (0:00)
2. Oscar Peterson Trio - C-Jam Blues (4:52)
3. Oscar Peterson Trio - Georgia on My Mind (8:19)
4. Oscar Peterson Trio - Bag's Groove (12:05)

Part 1.    • Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train (1963) P...  
Part 2.    • Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train (1963) P...  
Part 3.    • Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train (1963) P...  

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Night Train is an album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, released in 1963 by Verve Records. The album includes jazz, blues and R&B standards, as well as "Hymn to Freedom", one of Peterson's best known original compositions.

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 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.

A Jazz.com review notes that the title track, "Night Train," is evidence of Peterson's ability to balance musical innovation with popular appeal, as demonstrated throughout the album: "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."

Night Train’s only original Oscar Peterson composition, "Hymn to Freedom," was written on the spot in the studio to close the album, following Norman Granz’s suggestion that the band include a song with a "definitive early-blues feel." Peterson named the new song "Hymn to Freedom" in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., and after Harriette Hamilton wrote accompanying lyrics a year later, it became an unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. "Hymn to Freedom" is featured prominently in the 2021 documentary Oscar Peterson: Black + White as part of Peterson’s enduring legacy.

Personnel:
Oscar Peterson - piano
Ray Brown - double bass
Ed Thigpen - drums

Technical personnel:
Norman Granz – production
Val Valentin – recording engineering
Pete Turner – cover photography
Benny Green - sleeve notes