Tracks [Import]

Oscar Peterson, Oscar Peterson & Stephane Grappelli | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal
• ASIN: B000AA7DWI
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,354,303 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazz piano doesn't get any better than this, October 14, 1998

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Kent Stallard (Gilbert, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tracks (Audio CD)

My first exposure to Oscar Peterson was through this album(in LP format),a gift given to me from my high school music teacher in the 70's. I waited for years for it to arrive on CD,and it's been well worth the wait. Only Oscar's 2nd solo album("My Favorite Instrument" being the 1st),this collection showcases the pianist's versatility in a way that his trio recordings do not. Unfettered by other musicians,Oscar is free to explore his wonderful and complex ideas and harmonies. Oscar's breathtaking technique is on display here,but if you think that that's all there is to his playing,this album will change your mind. "Django" and "A Child is Born" both reveal the quiet,subdued side of Peterson,with beautiful results. "If I Should Lose You" finds Oscar combining his technical prowess with a marvelous lyricism and emotional expression. On "Give Me the Simple Life",Peterson is in full-flight,swinging as hard as any pianist ever has. I defy you to listen to this cut and NOT tap your foot. As a pianist myself,I listen to cuts like "Honeysuckle Rose",with it's awesome combination of runs and rhythm,and just shake my head--it's enough to make me want quit the piano and just be content to listen to this genuis! Well,I've just about run out of adjectives to describe Oscar's playing on this album. If you love jazz piano,this is a must-have for your collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Peterson knows his Debussy, August 14, 2000

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MICHAEL MCCANLES (WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tracks (Audio CD)

First, I want to second Kent Stallard's enthusiasm for this album. I too came to know it in its vinyl form, and also waited a long time to see it in digital format. My main interest is in classical music, and I play, too, mainly Bach and Debussy. In the quieter pieces I can hear chordal progressions that only Debussy could have composed, something that occurs also in the music of 1940s lounge pianist Frankie Carle. So I suspect that the Debussy connection has had some viability with jazz pianists, though I don't know either the field or the history all that well. Tracks was the first thing by Peterson I ever heard, and like Stallard, I too have been disappointed when comparing that disk with some of the trio performances. Though I appreciate Chick Corea--in some of his reincarnations--and McCoy Tyner, Tracks seems to me an inexhaustible musical experience.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Showcase of Jazz Piano, February 7, 2004

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Gontroppo "Music and Theology Lover" (Bathurst, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tracks (Audio CD)

It is hard to believe that this album was recorded live, as the right and left hands sound so amazingly independent. This is oen of the earliest jazz piano recordings I heard, and I still think it is one of the best.

It is a great introduction to Oscar if you are not yet aquainted with him.

Each track is a gem, but I especially love
Give Me the Simple Life
A Child Is Born
and
Just a Gigolo

My other Oscar Peterson recommendation is Night Train, where he plays with a trio [his more usual mode of expression].

Highly recommended