Oscar Peterson Trio, The - At Baker's Keyboard Lounge [180G/ Remastered]

Oscar Peterson Trio At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge on LP: Previously Unissued Live Performances from 1960. Features Bassist Ray Brown and Drummer Ed Thigpen.

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.

Track Listing

Side A:

Politics and Poker
Dancing on the Ceiling
S’posin’
Django

Side B:

Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
Where Do I Go from Here?
Yesterdays
Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise
The Touch of Your Lips