When Lights Are Low [Import]

Pete Jolly Trio And Friends, Pete Jolly | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg/RCA
• ASIN: B00003IQL2
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,314,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Skating

2. Ah Moore

3. When Lights Are Low

4. Groovin With Gus

5. Unconcerned

6. Whistle While You Work

7. Broadway

8. My Old Flame

9. Jordu

10. That Old Feeling

11. Five Brothers

12. Thou Swell

Editorial Reviews

This Hollywood piano man is well known among jazz musicians-but his recordings are few and rare. This 1956 RCA Victor gem features his trio's lights-down-low interpretations of songs by Al Cohn, Rodgers & Hart and Gerry Mulligan, plus some of Pete's originals and his appropriately Jolly version of Whistle While You Work ! --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jolly Good, February 10, 2001

By 

William Faust (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: When Lights Are Low (Audio CD)

Pete Jolly was a member of the west coast jazz fraternity in the 1950's and along with his piano contemporaries - Lou Levey, Jimmy Rowles, Marty Paich and others - left his mark on many a recording session from that era and genre. This effort as a leader, one of several on the RCA Jazz label being reissued by BMG Spain, is a very nice trio date with 12 charts that showcase Jolly's flexibility and range. Influences of Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson can be heard throughout this 1956 date supervised by trumpeter and west coast jazz dean Shorty Rogers. The tunes are mostly standards at up tempo swing speeds with a few ballads thrown in for good measure. Supported by Bob Bertaux on bass and Bob Neal on drums this CD is an excellent example of timeless piano jazz. Highly recommended.