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1977 studio album by Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown
The Giants is a 1974
album featuring
Oscar Peterson ,
Joe Pass , and
Ray Brown . At the
Grammy Awards of 1978 , Peterson won the
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his performance on this album.
[3] It was reissued on
CD in 1995 by
Original Jazz Classics .
Track listing
"Riff Blues" (
Oscar Peterson ) – 4:24
"
Who Cares? " (
George Gershwin ,
Ira Gershwin ) – 6:29
"Jobim" (
Joe Pass , Peterson) – 6:29
"Blues for Dennis" (Peterson) – 5:31
"
Sunny " (
Bobby Hebb ) – 4:49
"
I'm Getting Sentimental Over You " (
George Bassman ,
Ned Washington ) – 7:22
"
Caravan " (
Duke Ellington ,
Irving Mills ,
Juan Tizol ) – 6:34
"Eyes of Love" (
Quincy Jones ,
Bob Russell ) – 6:53
Personnel
Chart positions
Year
Chart
Position
1977
Billboard Jazz Albums
33
References
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.
As leader or co-leader
Plays series1955–58 Plays the Songbook (1959)
The London House Sessions (1961)Trio & Guests
Exclusively for My Friends 1969–79
Hello Herbie (1969)
Motions and Emotions (with
Claus Ogerman , 1969)
Another Day (1970)
Tracks (1970)
Tristeza on Piano (1970)
Walking the Line (1970)
Great Connection (1971)
In Tune (and
The Singers Unlimited , 1971)
Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
In Tokyo (1972)
Solo (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
The trio (
Pablo , 1973)
In Russia (1974)
The Giants (1974)
The Good Life (1974)
Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
Porgy and Bess (and
Joe Pass , 1975)
The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
The Tenor Giants (and
Zoot Sims and
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis , 1975)
And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown &
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen , 1977)
Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
The London Concert (1978)
The Paris Concert (1978)
Digital at Montreux (1979)
Night Child (1979)
Skol (with
Stéphane Grappelli , 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings 1980–2004
With
Count Basie or alumni
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
Basie Jazz (
Count Basie , 1952)
Pres and Sweets (
Lester Young and
Harry Edison , 1955)
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
Jazz Giants '58 (
Stan Getz ,
Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
With
Benny Carter With
Roy Eldridge With
Ella Fitzgerald
Coleman Hawkins and/or
Ben Webster With
Buddy Rich With others
The Astaire Story (
Fred Astaire , 1952)
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
Ellis in Wonderland (
Herb Ellis , 1955–56)
Toni (
Toni Harper , 1955–56)
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
Anita Sings the Most (
Anita O'Day , 1957)
Only the Blues (
Sonny Stitt , 1957)
Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
This Is Ray Brown (
Roy Brown , 1958)
Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
Bill Henderson with (1963)
Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (
Sarah Vaughan , 1978)
Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
Film soundtracks