Songbooks (Duke Ellington Songbook/Jerome Kern Songbook/Count Basie Songbook/Harry Warren & Vincent Youmans So - Oscar Peterson

Advantages: The fundamentals - Classic Big Band Style Jazz
Disadvantages: Sound quality was poor

...Duke Ellington composed many interesting traditional jazz music suited at that time for big band style. Amongst the popular music he wrote were Mood Indigo, It Don't Mean A Thing, Caravan, Chelsea Bridge and many more. His compositions in my opinion were very radical compared to those of the traditional era which cause some people to dislike it. It applies more tension chords as ever, bringing in modern jazz concepts and adapting them in a traditional context. He is however one of the legends in the field of jazz and although many do not know him, they have heard of him. Many of his songs are taken today and played in small group bands, trios and quartets and improvised to meet modern expectations. I personally enjoyed the tracks because I am a jazz fanatic. What I didn't enjoy was the poor recording quality which is probably... Read review

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Advantages: very exciting music
Disadvantages: almost never

...I write this because Iam the fanatic Mr Peterson ,He is the master of jazz specially pianist musicians....and my review hope for sharing to my friends in ciao.thank you for everybody for the critical to my review and I learn to written in english one by one and I try can write this review about my master piano oscar peterson. the first, I like this musician cause he is (Mr Peterson) is the greatest at the moment forever.Oscar peterson can jazz lover be histerical when hear the petersons fingers dance in the tuts piano.very very amazing and attractive.everybody must be agree when peterson is the genius man beside the master piano,like duke ellington together make into the jazz can be the famous music in the world.the improvisations skill can do taste for the jazz lover.one thing I can tell that the super genius for improvisations... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic album, range of pieces
Disadvantages: Perhaps a bit expensive for a 30 year old album

...I only got into jazz very recently myself and I thought I'd use the platform of ciao to try and persuade others who may not have listened to it before to give it a go too. The CD I'm reviewing was chosen by me purely on the basis on the fact that I vaguely knew the name of the pianist from other jazz articles I'd read and the fact that I love jazz music where the piano is the main solo instrument. The CD Oscar Peterson's 'Tracks' is not a new release. In fact it was originally released in 1971. The actual CD I'm reviewing has been digitally remastered and the tracks in no way sound dated; either in quality or in musical style. But this is something I will come on to in more detail later on in this review? I have to say the cover to this CD seems uninspiring. Simply showing a side profile of a face (perhaps Peterson... Read review

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