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Oscar Peterson recorded a remarkable amount of albums during his career but, surprisingly, this was his first full record of unaccompanied piano solos. Some observers consider his MPS recordings to be his best (quite a few are collected in the four-CD reissue Exclusively for My Friends, including this one). The solo album features Peterson (freed from the constraints of his trio) stretching out on nine familiar standards and really tearing into a few of them, including "Perdido," "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Lulu's Back in Town," while giving "Little Girl Blue" a beautiful and lyrical treatment. A prelude to his outstanding Pablo recordings, My Favorite Instrument is one of Peterson's top albums of the 1960s.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
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Oscar Peterson, Performer - George Gershwin, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Juan Tizol, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer - John Green, Composer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Leslie Bricusse, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Ray Henderson, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Axel Stordahl, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Harry Warren, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Richard Rodgers, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Oscar Peterson, Performer - Billy Strayhorn, Composer - Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Producer
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
Album review
Oscar Peterson recorded a remarkable amount of albums during his career but, surprisingly, this was his first full record of unaccompanied piano solos. Some observers consider his MPS recordings to be his best (quite a few are collected in the four-CD reissue Exclusively for My Friends, including this one). The solo album features Peterson (freed from the constraints of his trio) stretching out on nine familiar standards and really tearing into a few of them, including "Perdido," "Bye Bye Blackbird," "Lulu's Back in Town," while giving "Little Girl Blue" a beautiful and lyrical treatment. A prelude to his outstanding Pablo recordings, My Favorite Instrument is one of Peterson's top albums of the 1960s.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:14
- Main artists: Oscar Peterson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: MPS
- Genre: Jazz
2014 Edel Germany GmbH 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
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