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Tracks
Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1970
RecordedNovember 10–13, 1970, Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany
Genre Jazz
Length42:02
Label MPS
ProducerMatthias Kunnecke
Oscar Peterson chronology
Another Day
(1970) 		Tracks
(1970) 		In Tune
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

Tracks is a 1970 album by Oscar Peterson. [4]

Track listing

  1. "Give Me the Simple Life" ( Rube Bloom, Harry Ruby) – 3:59
  2. " Basin Street Blues" ( Spencer Williams) – 4:14
  3. " Honeysuckle Rose" ( Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) – 3:05
  4. " Dancing on the Ceiling" ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 5:07
  5. "A Child Is Born" ( Thad Jones) – 2:35
  6. " If I Should Lose You" ( Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:19
  7. "A Little Jazz Exercise" ( Oscar Peterson) – 2:43
  8. " Django" ( John Lewis) – 5:16
  9. "Ja-Da" ( Bob Carleton [5]) – 4:17
  10. " Just a Gigolo" (Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar, Leonello Casucci) – 5:27

Analysis

  1. " Give Me the Simple Life" starts the album with a [block chord] technique.
  2. " Basin Street Blues" is a slow stride addition to the album
  3. " Honeysuckle Rose" utilizes an up-tempo rendition of the original song
  4. " Dancing on the Ceiling" is the second slow-stride addition to the album,
  5. " A Child Is Born" is a slow ballade-style setting, stating the melody, then improvising slightly on that melody.
  6. If I Should Lose You" the improvisation is approached in a similar way to Basin Street Blues
  7. " A Little Jazz Exercise" is the only original composition by Oscar Peterson. It is based on the standard "I Want To Be Happy" (Irving Caesar- Vincent Youmans) chord changes.
  8. " Django" begins very close to the original version, and veers off into a Db improvisation
  9. "Ja-Da" continues the slow stride technique started by track #1, 4, & 6
  10. " Just a Gigolo another slow stride interpretation.

Personnel

Performance

Production

  • Willi Fruth - recording director
  • Stefan Kassel - artwork, series design
  • Matthias Kunnecke - producer
  • Gene Lees - liner notes
  • Richard Palmer
  • Willem Makkee - digital remastering
  • Hubertus Mall - artwork, cover illustration

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN  0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN  978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Tracks at AllMusic
  5. ^ "Ja da | Details". AllMusic.
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