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- SKU: LP78004
- Format: LP
- UPC: 4049774780042
- Street Date: 02/03/23
- PreBook Date: 12/30/22
- Label: Jazzline »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 0:00 mins
- Number of Discs: 2
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2011
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 15
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
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Oscar Peterson Trio - 1961 Cologne Gürzenich Concert Hall (Gatefold)
Great concert recording from 1961 on vinyl on JAZZLINE!
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In the 1950s Oscar Peterson managed to form the best paid jazz trio without percussion instruments. The resignation of his guitarist and the growing demand for concerts in large halls made him and his future manager Norman Granz think about a new instrumentation: Instead of a chamber musical orchestration with piano, basso and guitar they opted for the classical piano trio - and therefore in favour of acoustically way more prominent drums. In 1958 Gene Gammage assumed this position. However, a year later the formation was altered and the pianist's best group ever was established, as many believe. Peterson, Ray Brown and the new third-man Ed Thigpen did not only appear on stage as a trio: together they established the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Tokyo in 1960. They only worked with rhythm sections and the setting was exceptionally exclusive: the students of Peterson also had to perform with Brown and Thigpen, whereas Brown's pupils could not avoid Peterson's and Thigpen's scrutiny. In 1964 the school had to close down for financial reasons and a year later the trio broke up. The pianist later described this period in the band's history as: „Six years of incredible music". ....
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