Big Six at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 [Live]

Oscar Peterson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z3G
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,731 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The very best there is, June 13, 2002

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Julian E. Jacoby (New York, New York USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Six at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Audio CD)

I have been a classical jazz buff since 1950, when the first 331/3 (Benny Goodman's '38 jazz concert) was released. This album is Peterson at his very best, each cut is better than the next. The only albums which may rival this is the Peterson 5 album set -the Blue Note reunion series on Telarc. In my humble opinion, it may be the greatest jazz ever recorded. It prompted me to buy the whole Montrieux series ('75-'77). I can't understand why it did not get greater play over the years in the media.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great playing, July 14, 2007

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S J Buck (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Six at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Audio CD)

This is a July 1975 Montreux session, to all intensive purposes its a jam session. Theres only the 4 tracks, and they are all over 10 mins long.

The afterburners are certainly on, and the band is flying from the first number. The band is:
Oscar Peterson - Piano
Milt Jackson - Vibes
Joe Pass - Guitar
Toots Thielmans - Harmonica
Niels Pederson - Bass
Louis Bellson - drums

The unusual element to this is the Harmonica, but as soon as you hear the opening solo on the album you realise that Thielmans is a virtuoso player. He's not playing a diatonic harp but the chromatic, and it sounds great. Goes without saying that the rest of the band swing like crazy and you wont be disappointed by this.

The reason it doesn't get 5 stars is that the sound is a bit dodgy in places (not unlistenable though), but don't let that put you off its well worth getting.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Delight, April 30, 2000

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Sean J. Wagner (100 miles from Montreux, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Six at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (Audio CD)

This is the kind of impromptu performance I'm constantly looking for. Playfully intricate 'till the last bit. Enough said: Let the music talk!