OSCAR PETERSON - NIGHT TRAIN (180g IMPORT LP)

Real fans have always been in the know: the Oscar Peterson Trio was never better than in the Sixties. Enough said! Quite undeniably it was during this time that the pianist and his partners Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thipgen (drums) achieved their greatest success – and this success was never quite repeated with a different team of musicians. One of the albums to emerge from this era was Night Train, an album which still today is to be found right at the top of the “best of the best“ lists.

As is only right and proper for a formation made up of black musicians, blues – the bedrock of American jazz – is right at the heart of this music. In addition to a whole series of well-known, swinging numbers which will set your pulse racing such as the peppy C-Jam-Blues or the breathless, racing Honey-Dripper, this album also contains several dreamy ballads of extraordinary beauty. And if your spine isn’t set deliciously tingling when listening to Georgia On My Mind or the famous Hymn of Freedom, then it’s high time to visit a doctor! This auspicious compilation containing Peterson’s most important numbers also deserves praise for its excellent tonal quality and the high standard of the pressing. But why waste words – the fans know all that anyway!