Canadian Giant [Import]

Ray Brown, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson & Stephane Grappelli | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 30, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B0000DG7D6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,471,076 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Strike Up The Band

2. Robbins Nest

3. Ill Remember April

4. Smiles

5. But Not For Me

6. Squatty Roo

7. Louise

8. I Got Rhythm

9. What Is It

10. Oh Lady Be Good

11. Caravan

12. These Foolish Things

13. Love Walked In

14. Sweet Lorraine

15. Medium Dance

16. Too Marvelous For Words

17. You Go To My Head

18. Somebody Loves Me

19. A Foggy Day

20. The Astair Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, This Is Something Else, February 24, 2004

By 

Oliver Towne (CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Giants (Audio CD)

Look, you are a jazz fan. You have made it to this page. Rest assured, this is one of the best trio albums you have ever heard. Piano: Sparkling, crisp, perfectly tuned. Guitar: Fluid, restrained, rapid-fire. Bass: The essence of timing and warmth.
Great playing, great recording, great value. Do not dally.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars That Is What I Call a Good Album!, November 15, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Giants (Audio CD)

This album is one of the best albums I ever had the privelage of listening to. It shows how jazz is not just the playing of music and then trading solos over the chord changes, but the communication between the musicians. There are points in the album where you can here Oscar Peterson hum out the solos, which shows he has them all planned out in his head. Ray brown does an amazing job of keeping the rhythm tight and the band together. Joe Pass is truly amazing, and his musical communication with Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just goes to show how much talent a group can have. These three masters of their insturments came together excellently and I wish that there could be more albums like this.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite Jazz albums of all time, July 19, 2003

By 

Matthew Chapman "scarbo" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Giants (Audio CD)

My friend Joe gave me the Pablo LP of this recording back in 1977 as we graduated from high school. I was a classically trained pianist and he was trying to turn me on to jazz. He thought this album would be a good start. That turned out to be quite an understatement! This was one of my most favorite LP's, and when it was finally released in CD format I snatched it right up. I will never tire of listening to it. Oscar is definitely one of my idols. His talent is amazing. Thanks, Joe! ;-)