Oscar Peterson Trio - At Baker's Keyboard Lounge (LP)

When Oscar Peterson arrived at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960 for a two-week engagement, the pianist's year-old trio, featuring bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, was ascending to new artistic peaks. Intended at the time as a live album for Verve but never released, the music on 'At Baker's Keyboard Lounge' features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo, rhythm, or complexity of the arrangement, the three players breathe as one on these recordings, phrasing as if controlled by a single heartbeat. These new-to-the-world recordings, made in Peterson's prime at the longest continuously-operating jazz club in the US, remind you that there will never be anyone else like Oscar Peterson.

1 Politics & Poker
2 Dancing On the Ceiling
3 S'posin'
4 Django
5 Liza (All the Clouds Roll Away)
6 Where Do I Go from Here?
7 Yesterdays
8 Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
9 Touch of Your Lips.