Oscar Peterson live in '63, '64 & '65

DVD 2008

Performances featuring the jazz pianist, filmed for the television programs, Mørk sang (Sweden, 1963), Swing it Oscar (Denmark, 1964) and Live in Finland (Finland, 1965). Oscar is accompanied by the stellar duo of bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen for each concert performance. This is the classic Oscar Peterson Trio, considered by many to be the best Oscar Peterson Band ever. Oscar and the trio collaborate with trumpeters Clark Terry (Finl...

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Jazz 1961-1970

Piano with jazz ensemble

Trumpet with jazz ensemble

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Jazz icons Jazz icons. [Series 3]

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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Oscar Peterson live in 1963, 1964 and 1965 [DVD]
Live in '63, '64 & '65 [DVD]

Notes:

Program notes by Doug Ramsey, foreword by Kelly Peterson, rare photographs [and] memorabilia (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container
Editor, Steve Scoville for Blue H2O Productions
Oscar Peterson Trio (Oscar Peterson, piano ; Ray Brown, bass ; Ed Thigpen, drums) ; Roy Eldridge, trumpet (1963) ; Clark Terry, trumpet, flug̈elhorn, vocals (1965)
Filmed for the television programs, Mor̈k san̊g on SVT, Apr. 3, 1963, Stockholm, Swing it Oscar on DR TV, May 2, 1964, Holbæk, Denmark, and Live in Finland on YLE, Mar. 23, 1965, at the Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki
DVD, all regions; Dolby Digital mono

Contents:

Sweden 1963: Reunion blues ; Satin doll ; But not for me ; It ain't necessarily so ; Chicago (That toddling town)
Denmark 1964: Soon ; On Green Dolphin Street ; Bags' groove ; Tonight ; C-jam blues ; Hymn to freedom
Finland 1965: Yours is my heart alone ; Mack the knife ; Blues for Smedley ; Misty ; Mumbles

Control Number:

946022

UPC:

747313901050

Other Authors:

Brown, Ray, 1926-2002
DR TV (Television station : Copenhagen, Denmark)
Eldridge, Roy, 1911-1989
Naxos (Sound recording label)
Oscar Peterson Trio
Peterson, Oscar, 1925-2007
Reelin' in the Years Productions
Sveriges television
Terry, Clark
Thigpen, Ed
YLE TV 1 (Television station : Helsinki, Finland)

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