Night Train (album)
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| Studio album by The Oscar Peterson Trio | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Recorded | December 16, 1962 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 67:40 (1997 re-release) | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
| The Oscar Peterson Trio chronology | ||||
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Night Train is a jazz album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, released in 1962, (see 1962 in music). It was one of Peterson's most commercially successful recordings.
[edit] Track listing
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Happy Go Lucky Local (A.K.A. Night Train)" | Duke Ellington | 4:52 | ||||||
| 2. | "C Jam Blues" | Barney Bigard, Ellington | 3:26 | ||||||
| 3. | "Georgia on My Mind" | Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell | 3:46 | ||||||
| 4. | "Bags' Groove" | Milt Jackson | 5:43 | ||||||
| 5. | "Moten Swing" | Benny Moten | 2:55 | ||||||
| 6. | "Easy Does It" | Sy Oliver, Trummy Young | 2:45 | ||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 7. | "The Honeydripper" | Joe Liggins | 2:24 | ||||||
| 8. | "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" | Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons | 4:38 | ||||||
| 9. | "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" | Ellington, Paul Francis Webster | 5:08 | ||||||
| 10. | "Band Call" | Ellington | 3:55 | ||||||
| 11. | "Hymn to Freedom" | Oscar Peterson | 5:38 | ||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 12. | "Happy Go Lucky Local (A.K.A. Night Train) (alternate take)" | Ellington | 5:00 | ||||||
| 13. | "Volare" | Francesci Migliacci, Domenico Modugno, Mitchell Parish | 2:49 | ||||||
| 14. | "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | Cole Porter | 3:57 | ||||||
| 15. | "Moten Swing (rehearsal take)" | Moten | 3:36 | ||||||
| 16. | "Now's the Time" | Charlie Parker | 2:36 | ||||||
| 17. | "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" | Steve Allen | 5:11 | ||||||
(Tracks 12 through 17 are CD bonus tracks, not included on the original LP issue)
[edit] Personnel
[edit] References
- ^ Bush, John. "Review: Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r276581/review. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
