![]() It may not be quite as beguiling or varied as the Time For Love album, but attention should be paid to On A Clear Day. Where Do We Go From Here is a gentle swinger while the concluding On The Trail has the pianist and bassist displaying their awesome skills which threaten to run out of control before Hayes brings order out of approaching chaos with authoritative cymbal thrashings. Starting off at ballad tempo it eventually adopts a compelling stride colouration. Mack The Knife is initially unrecognisable, but OP soon reconstructs the familiar melody. ![]() In his autobiography, A Jazz Odyssey (2002), Oscar writes of the Great Dane “His melodic sense is impeccable, his choice of harmonic sequences is a pure delight to play with, and his time is flawless.” He also expressed affection and admiration for Hayes: “It broke my heart when and I had to part company.”Ī sensitive duet between Oscar & NHØP on the ballad Young And Foolish calms the atmosphere down but a strutting Younger Than Springtime restores the groove, much to the audience’s approval. On the succeeding seven tracks, Oscar and NHØP display their telepathic musical empathy and virtuosity. Hayes opens the proceedings with a short but explosive drum solo followed by NHØP introducing his employer who immediately launches into a staggering and bravura rendition of The Lamp Is Low. Four of the titles from the Zurich concert – Younger Than Springtime, Soft Winds, Where Do I Go From Here? and On The Trail – are also on Great Connection. Oscar and his trio – Niels-Henning Ǿrsted Pedersen (b) and Louis Hayes (d) – came together for the second time after their excellent studio MPS album Great Connection, recorded in the Black Forest a month earlier. Now it is joined by On A Clear Day, recorded in Zurich in 1971 before a wildly enthusiastic audience. It ranks among his finest latter-day performances. The second, a previously unreleased concert in Helsinki in 1987 – A Time For Love – featured a quartet: Oscar, Joe Pass (g), Dave Young (b) and Martin Drew (d). All were played on the cherished Bosendorfer grand piano in his home in Ontario in 2015. The first, the lavishly presented three-disc set Oscar, With Love, featured 38 performances by 17 pianists of compositions created by or associated with the grand master. Since Peterson’s death, his wife Kelly Peterson has done much to burnish and preserve his legacy by producing three tributes to his life and work.
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