Oscar Peterson - At Bakers Keyboard Lounge [CD]
At Bakers Keyboard Lounge
Oscar Peterson
CD Rel Date: 2026-04-17
When Oscar Peterson arrived for a two-week engagement at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960, the pianist's year-old trio, featuring bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, was ascending to new artistic peaks. Intended at the time as a live album for Verve but never released, the music on 'At Baker's Keyboard Lounge' features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo, rhythm, or complexity of the arrangement, the three players breathe as one on these recordings, phrasing as if controlled by a single heartbeat. These new-to-the-world recordings, made in Peterson's prime at the longest continuously operating jazz club in the US, remind you that there will never be anyone else like Oscar Peterson.
TRACKLIST:
| 1 | Politics And Poker | 3:42 | |
| 2 | Dancing On The Ceiling | 5:19 | |
| 3 | S'posin' | 6:21 | |
| 4 | Django | 7:30 | |
| 5 | Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) | 4:26 | |
| 6 | Where Do I Go From Here? | 4:37 | |
| 7 | Yesterdays | 5:20 | |
| 8 | Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise | 5:16 | |
| 9 | The Touch Of Your Lips | 4:00 |