Mellow Mood
Mellow Mood | ||||
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Studio album by Oscar Peterson | ||||
Released | 1968 | |||
Recorded | April 1968 at Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen, West Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:38 | |||
Label | MPS | |||
Producer | Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer | |||
Oscar Peterson chronology | ||||
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Mellow Mood is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). The session was recorded in Germany at the private studio of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer and released on the German MPS label.[1] This album was the fifth part of Peterson's Exclusively for My Friends series on MPS. The series was reissued as a box set in 1992 by MPS (and later expanded with The Lost Tapes). A remastered SACD was issued in 2003 on Verve Records.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Writing for AllMusic, critic Ken Dryden wrote "The fifth volume of Oscar Peterson's Exclusively for My Friends series is another lively trio affair with Sam Jones and Bobby Durham, though the album title Mellow Mood is a bit deceptive."[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz includes the album in its selected "Core Collection".[4]
Track listing
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 6:07
- "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) – 7:56
- "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington) – 6:27
- "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 5:30
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 5:12
- "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 6:26
Personnel
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Sam Jones – double bass
- Bobby Durham – drums
References
- ^ MPS was distributed in the UK by Polydor. In the U.S. the album was issued by Pausa Records the same year.
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. "Mellow Mood > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
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co-leader
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1955–58 |
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Plays the Songbook (1959) | |
The London House Sessions (1961) |
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Trio & Guests |
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Exclusively for My Friends |
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1969–79 |
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With The Trumpet Kings |
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1980–2004 |
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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)
Benny
Carter
- Alone Together (1952)
- Cosmopolite (1952–54)
- Plays Pretty (1954)
- New Jazz Sounds (with Bill Harris & Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)
Roy
Eldridge
- Rockin' Chair (with Roy Eldridge, 1951–52)
- Dale's Wail (Eldridge, 1953)
- Little Jazz (Eldridge, 1954)
- Roy and Diz (Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Happy Time (Eldridge, 1974)
- Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (and Gillespie, 1975)
- Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
Ella
Fitzgerald
- At the Opera House (1957)
- Ella and Louis (and Louis Armstrong, 1956)
- Ella and Louis Again (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
- Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
- Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
- Ella and Oscar (1975)
Hawkins
and/or Ben
Webster
- Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)
- Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
- The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
- Soulville (with Webster, 1957)
- Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (with Webster, 1959)
Buddy
Rich
- The Drum Battle (and Gene Krupa, 1952)
- Sing and Swing (1955)
- The Wailing Buddy Rich (1955)
- Krupa and Rich (1955)
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)
soundtracks
- The Silent Partner (1978)