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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis • Oscar Peterson & Jon Faddis

Review by Scott Yanow
In the mid-'70s, Oscar Peterson recorded duet albums with veteran trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, and Harry "Sweets" Edison. He paid the young Jon Faddis a huge compliment by also recording a set with him. Faddis, very much under Gillespie's influence but already displaying a wide range, clearly enjoyed the challenge, and on a set of standards and basic material, he often tears into the songs with reckless abandon. The Peterson-Faddis encounter is generally quite exciting and a high point in the early career of Jon Faddis.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/oscar-peterson-jon-faddis-mw0000608863

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Reseña de Scott Yanow
A mediados de los 70, Oscar Peterson grabó álbumes a dúo con trompetistas veteranos Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry y Harry "Sweets" Edison. Le hizo un gran cumplido al joven Jon Faddis al grabar también un set con él. Faddis, muy bajo la influencia de Gillespie pero que ya mostraba una amplia gama, claramente disfrutó del desafío, y en un conjunto de estándares y material básico, a menudo desgarra las canciones con abandono imprudente. El encuentro Peterson-Faddis es generalmente bastante emocionante y un punto culminante en los inicios de la carrera de Jon Faddis.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/oscar-peterson-jon-faddis-mw0000608863

Tracks:
1 - Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Written-By – Ellington*, Persons - 10:21
2 - Autumn Leaves
Written-By – Prevert*, Mercer*, Kosma - 6:47
3 - Take The "A" Train
Written-By – Billy Strayhorn - 7:53
4 - Blues For Birks
Written-By – Faddis*, Peterson - 7:18
5 - Summertime
Written-By – Heyward*, Gershwin - 7:24
6 - Lester Leaps In
Written-By – Lester Young - 6:23

Credits:
    Liner Notes – Benny Green (2)
    Photography By – Phil Stern
    Piano – Oscar Peterson
    Producer – Norman Granz
    Remastered By – Kirk Felton
    Trumpet – Jon Faddis

Recorded at RCA Studios,
New York City; June 5, 1975.

Label:    Original Jazz Classics – OJCCD-1036-2, Pablo Records – 2310-743
Country:    US
Released:    2000
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Bop, Swing
https://www.discogs.com/release/9559756-Oscar-Peterson-Jon-Faddis-Oscar-Peterson-Jon-Faddis