Oscar Peterson Trio - With Respect to Nat
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Artist: Oscar Peterson TrioEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-07-21
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
- When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
- It's Only A Paper Moon
- Walkin' My Baby Back Home
- Sweet Lorraine
- Unforgettable
- Little Girl
- Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?
- Orange Colored Sky
- Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Calypso Blues
- What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?
- Easy Listening Blues (Instrumental)
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Free Music Review: "What Can I Say After I Say . . . I'm Sorry?"
Hit: 4 Stars
This album, Oscar Peterson's "With Respect To Nat" is a novelty. It is the first ever and only Peterson album that spotlights his vocal flair. And the genius of jazz piano can sing! He's not only playing his favorite instrument here, but he is singing his heart out. I don't like comparisons, but I can't help it, if you listen closely he really sounds like Nat King Cole with his remarkable interpretations of songs that Cole made his own. The arrangements are some of the best ever that were written for this material.
Recorded and released in 1965 soon after the death of Cole, this album is Peterson's heartfelt tribute to the greatness of the legendary jazz singer/pianist. He is backed by a Big Band conducted by Manny Albam with a winning team of great musicians such as Phil Woods (sax), Hank Jones (piano), Richard Davis (bass), Mel Lewis (drums), among others. He also has the enduring support of his original sidemen, Ray Brown (bass) and Herb Ellis (guitar).
My choicest cuts include ingenious renditions of "Unforgettable," "Orange Colored Sky," "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," "Calypso Blues" (loved its exotic rhythm and amused by its lyric) and a rarity...a song written by Walter Donaldson and Abe Lyman, "(What Can I Say) After I Say I'm Sorry?"
"What can I do to prove it to you that I'm sorry?
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like I do."
Listening to this unique recording is such a delightful experience. If you haven't heard Peterson's vocal flair yet, this is the perfect CD to own. It's a welcome addition to your Peterson collection.
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." ~ Victor Hugo ~
With Respect to Nat Poster
Though he made vocal recordings in the early 1950s, Oscar Peterson would seldom sing later in his career. His reluctance was caused by something that would deter few others: his voice sounded remarkably like Nat "King" Cole's. It's a talent that dovetails with Peterson's piano playing and shared roots to make this tribute, recorded in 1965 after Cole's death, especially effective. For seven of the tracks, Peterson reassembles his great trio, including bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis, a group originally modeled on Cole's trios of the 1940s. It's a wonderful mating of approach and material, a group that can swing both mightily and lightly, and which does so superbly on such tunes as "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You," "Straighten Up and Fly Right," and the instrumental "Easy Listening Blues." The other five tracks feature an all-star big band (the pianist is Hank Jones), with arrangements by Manny Albam. Peterson pays tribute to the popular vocalist of the '50s, singing Cole's signature "Unforgettable" and the witty "Calypso Blues" with evident regard for the original, but with his own distinctive phrasing. --Stuart BroomerJazz Music CDs
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