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Stuff Smith: Stuff Smith & Oscar Peterson
Quest'incisione, prodotta nel 1957 da Norman Granz, lo vede in compagnia del trio di Oscar Peterson. Il risultato è un florilegio di swing, dinamismo e gusto per improvvisazioni che svolgono frasi su frasi senza mai perdere d'occhio la logica narrativa. Ray Brown e Alvin Stoller sono magistrali, Kessel ci regala assolo lucidi e bluesy, Peterson alterna i ruoli di accompagnatore e solista con la ben nota maestria.
Il repertorio è scelto con cura e costituisce un'occasione eccezionale per ammirare il meno celebrato dei grandi violinisti jazz, che seppe tradurre il linguaggio più "nero" su uno strumento condizionato da secoli di tradizione europea. Notevoli anche i quattro brani di sua composizione, due registrati col trio di Carl Perkins poche settimane prima.
Track Listing
01. Desert Sands (Stuff Smith) - 8:14; 02. Soft Winds (Fletcher Henderson) - 6:13; 03. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (M. Ellington; T. Parsons) - 6:21; 04. It Don't Mean a Thing (D. Ellington) - 4:29; 05. Time and Again (SS) - 7:04; 06. I Know That You Know (Youmans; Harbach; Caldwell) - 9:39; 07. In a Mellow Tone (DE) - 9:53; 08. Heat Wave (I. Berlin) - 729: 09. Body and Soul (Green; Heyman: Sour: Eyton); 10. Calypso (SS) - 5:31; 11. I Wrote MY Song (SS) - 3:19.
Personnel
Stuff Smith
violinStuff Smith (violino); Oscar Peterson (pianoforte, brani da 01 a 09); Barney Kessel (chitarra, brani da 01 a 09); Ray Brown (contrabbasso, brani da 01 a 09); Alvin Stoller (batteria, brani da 01 a 09); Carl Perkins (pianoforte, brani 10 e 11); Red Callender (contrabbasso, brani 10 e 11); Oscar Bradley (batteria, brani 10 e 11).
Album information
Title: Stuff Smith & Oscar Peterson | Year Released: 2011 | Record Label: Spiegeltent
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