• For the first time on DVD, this is a typical Peterson bravura performance, which was beautifully filmed in colour at Ronnie Scott’s in London, in 1974. Peterson is joined here by two of his most frequent collaborators, guitarist Barney Kessel (who first recorded with Peterson in 1951) and bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen.
• Oscar plays a couple of unaccompanied numbers: “I Should Care” (which he had recorded as a piano solo in 1968 for the LP ‘My Favourite Instrument’), and a particularly impressive version of “This Nearly Was Mine” (a not so well known composition by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II which Peterson would only record on one other occasion. NHO Pedersen joins the pianist for a duet on “On the Trail”, and the rest of the set features the trio with Barney Kessel on guitar.
• As a bonus, we have added a splendid piano solo version of “Indiana” filmed at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland, plus another London broadcast recorded a decade before the Ronnie Scott’s performance. This 1964 set presents one of the best trios Oscar Peterson ever had, with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen.
• Oscar Peterson, piano; Barney Kessel guitar; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, bass - live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, England, November 1974.
• Total Time: 59:35 - 12 tracks - Colour and B&W - Mono sound - compatible with all DVD players |
