Night Rider_音乐专辑
Night Rider
表演者: Count Basie & Oscar Peterson
专辑类型: Original Recording Remastered
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 02/17/1992
唱片数: 1
出版者: Concord (Universal)
条形码: 0025218668828
专辑简介
Personnel: Count Basie (piano, organ); Oscar Peterson (acoustic & electric pianos); John Heard (bass); Louis Bellson (drums). Recorded in February 1978. Orignally released on Pablo (2310 843). Includes original release notes by Nat Hentoff. Digitally remastered by Phil De Lancie (1992, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). At first blush, an album featuring both Count Basie and Oscar Peterson seems suspicious. Indeed, the two pianists' styles fall on opposite sides of the musical spectrum. Basie's approach has sometimes been described as minimalist, non-pianistic, and certainly bluesy. In contrast, Peterson is known for his technical wizardry, pianistic exhibitionism, and hard-bop vigor. The two piano legends actually develop a strong simpatico on NIGHT RIDER, and the album defies any attempts at stereotyping. In fact, Basie's playing is slightly more extroverted than usual, while Peterson's playing is more understated and economical. On "It's a Wonderful World," the two musicians' styles blend until the music almost sounds like the work of a four-handed pianist. Peterson refrains from his trademark two-handed-octave flourishes and embraces the blues instead. Conversely, Basie unlocks his reserves of pianism and infuses the music with more urgency and intensity. Bassist John Heard and drummer Louis Bellson support the two icons with an unerring sense for the idiom.
曲目
1. Night Rider
2. Memories of You
3. 9:20 Special
4. Sweet Lorraine
5. It's a Wonderful World
6. Blues For Pamela
