Oscar Pettiford: Studio Recordings Baden-Baden, 1958/59 (LP)
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Label: Arthaus
Cat No: 101724
Format: LP
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2nd April 2013
Contents
Artists
Oscar PettifordDusko Goykovich
Lucky Thompson
Hans Hammerschmid
Hartwig Bartz
Rolf Kuhn
Jimmy Pratt
Hans Koller
Attila Zoller
Kenny Clarke
Helmut Brandt
Helmut Reinhardt
Johnny Feigl
Rudi Flierl
Artists
Oscar PettifordDusko Goykovich
Lucky Thompson
Hans Hammerschmid
Hartwig Bartz
Rolf Kuhn
Jimmy Pratt
Hans Koller
Attila Zoller
Kenny Clarke
Helmut Brandt
Helmut Reinhardt
Johnny Feigl
Rudi Flierl
About
In Stuttgart 15 years later, Pettiford met Joachim-Ernst Berendt, who immediately persuaded him to come and record in Baden-Baden, enlisting the help of the finest soloists Europe had to offer at the time: Hans Koller and Attila Zoller, trumpeter Dusko Goykovich, pianist Hans Hammerschmid, and the first-rate clarinettist Rolf Kühn. Kenny Clarke and Lucky Thompson were brought in from Paris.
Everyone who worked with Pettiford enthused about his bold melodic ideas, the bounce and swing of his playing. Between autumn 1958 and the summer of 1959 these sessions resulted in a set of unique recordings, standards mostly, which provided the alternating ensembles with a harmonic basis from which to launch into improvisation.
Pettiford‘s duet with Goykovich on Gershwin‘s 'But Not For Me' is brisk yet elegiac; Koller lays down a cool interpretation of 'The Nearness Of You', before letting the bass demonstrate its melodic power. And in 'Atlantic', Pettiford uses his cello to safely manoeuvre the wind section of the SWF Big Band through the improvisations.
Oscar Pettiford moved to Baden-Baden, then to Copenhagen, touring and playing frenetically – as if driven by a notion. He died on 8 September 1960, less than two years after arriving in Europe, as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash. His colleagues organised benefit concerts in several countries to provide for his family. As one of fourteen children himself, their welfare had always been his primary concern.
Contents:
Side a:
- But Not For Me
- Sophisticated Lady
- A Smooth One
- O.P.
- Minor Plus A Major
Side b:
- Poor Butterfly
- Amusia
- My Little Cello
- The Nearness of You
- Atlantic
As a bonus for vinyl fans a free download of the entire album is included with the purchase of this LP!
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