Montreux '77

Oscar Peterson

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Montreux '77 Review

by Scott Yanow

One of many Pablo albums taken from the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, this outing teams pianist Oscar Peterson, bassist Niels Pedersen, and drummer Bobby Durham with tenorman Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and trumpeters Clark Terry and Dizzy Gillespie. The talented (and very competitive) players really dig into the opening uptempo blues ("Ali and Frazier") and they continue cooking on "If I Were a Bell," "Bye Bye Blues," "Things Ain't What They Used to Be," and "Just in Time." As often happens in this type of situation, the musicians mutually inspire each other. This is one of Dizzy Gillespie's better sessions of the '70s; in fact, there are no losers during these battles.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Ali and Frazier Oscar Peterson	Oscar Peterson	09:20	Spotify Amazon
2	If I Were a Bell Frank Loesser	Oscar Peterson	10:39	Spotify Amazon
3	Things Ain't What They Used to Be Mercer Ellington / Ted Persons	Oscar Peterson	12:42	Spotify Amazon
4	Just in Time Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne	Oscar Peterson	09:49	Spotify Amazon
5	Bye Bye Blues David Bennett / Chauncey Gray / Frederick Hamm / Bert Lown	Oscar Peterson	08:06	Spotify Amazon