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Oscar Pettiford in Baden-Baden & Karlsruhe
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Oscar Pettiford in Baden-Baden & Karlsruhe

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Oscar Pettiford
Format
CD
Label
SWR
Released
May 15, 2020
Catalog #
JAH-419
UPC
730099041959

About

One of Oscar Pettiford’s big fans was Joachim-Ernst Berendt, the jazz editor of the Südwestfunk Baden-Baden, who went straight to work organizing various studio appointments and band members for the American guest, who had decided after an All Star tour of Europe in 1958, to settle in the Old World.

In changing sessions, local talents such as the trumpeter Dusko Goykovich, the clarinetist Rolf Kühn, and the drummer Hartwig Bartz, but also established colleagues such as the saxophonist Hans Koller and the guitarist Attila Zoller, each took his place in the queue. Sometimes American colleagues such as drummer Kenny Clarke or saxophonist Lucky Thompson joined the team and formed exquisite combos that discreetly courted Pettiford. He for his part thanked them on his instrument with eloquent and inspired noblesse.

Thus, over a period of almost two years after 1958, a good dozen recordings were made, consisting mainly of standards, but also of Pettiford hits such as “Blues in the Closet”, all of which document a master of the voluminous, bebop swinging groove bass, who was silenced only by his premature death in Copenhagen on 8 September 8, 1960, as the result of a traffic accident. Oscar Pettiford thus remains a charismatic figure in the background of jazz history, whose art is always worth rediscovering.

Complete Personnel and Recording Details:

Studio Recordings, SWF Baden-Baden: 15.07.1959 (tr.1-2); 14.06.1959 (tr.3-7); 24.02.1959 (tr.8-11); 02.12.1958 (tr.12-14)

Live recordings, SWF-Jazz-Session Stadthalle Karlsruhe: 3.12.1958 (tr.15-16)

Oscar Pettiford (b, cello); Dusko Goykovich (tp) tr. 1; Lucky Thompson (ss) tr. 2; Hans Hammerschmid (p); tr. 2, 13-16; Hartwig Bartz (dr) tr. 2; Rolf Kühn (cl) tr. 3-6; Jimmy Pratt (dr) tr. 3-11; Hans Koller (ts) tr. 4, 7-15; Attila Zoller (g) tr. 8-12, 15, 16; Kenny Clarke (dr) tr. 12-16; Helmut Brandt, Helmut Reinhardt, Johnny Feigl (bs) tr. 13, 14 ; Rudi Flierl (as) tr. 13, 14.


Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Girl Crazy, Act II: But Not for Me 03:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Girl Crazy, Act II: But Not for Me
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    George Gershwin
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Dusko Goykovich
  2. 2 Sophisticated Lady 05:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sophisticated Lady
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Rolf Kühn, Lucky Thompson, Hans Hammerschmid, Hartwig Bartz
  3. 3 A Smooth One 03:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    A Smooth One
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Charlie Christian
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Pratt
  4. 4 O.P. 05:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    O.P.
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Hans Koller
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Pratt, Hans Koller
  5. 5 Minor Plus A Major 04:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Minor Plus A Major
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Rolf Kühn
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Pratt
  6. 6 The Big Show: Poor Butterfly 04:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Big Show: Poor Butterfly
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Raymond Hubbell
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Pratt
  7. 7 Amusia 05:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    Amusia
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Hans Koller
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Jimmy Pratt
  8. 8 My Little Cello 04:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    My Little Cello
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Oscar Pettiford
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Jimmy Pratt
  9. 9 The Nearness of You 04:43
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Nearness of You
    Duration
    04:43
    Composer
    Hoagy Carmichael
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Jimmy Pratt
  10. 10 Roberta: Yesterdays 03:02
    Track
    10
    Title
    Roberta: Yesterdays
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Jerome Kern
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Jimmy Pratt
  11. 11 Very Warm for May: All the Things You Are 04:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    Very Warm for May: All the Things You Are
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Jerome Kern
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Jimmy Pratt
  12. 12 Blues in the Closet 05:33
    Track
    12
    Title
    Blues in the Closet
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Oscar Pettiford
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Kenny Clarke
  13. 13 Big Hassle 02:55
    Track
    13
    Title
    Big Hassle
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Hans Hammerschmid
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Helmut Brandt, Johnny Feigl, Helmut Reinhardt, Rudi Flierl, Hans Hammerschmid, Kenny Clarke
  14. 14 Atlantic 04:09
    Track
    14
    Title
    Atlantic
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    Helmut Brandt
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Helmut Brandt, Johnny Feigl, Helmut Reinhardt, Rudi Flierl, Hans Hammerschmid, Kenny Clarke
  15. 15 Very Warm for May: All the Things You Are (Live at Stadthalle Karlsruhe, 3 December 1958) 03:28
    Track
    15
    Title
    Very Warm for May: All the Things You Are (Live at Stadthalle Karlsruhe, 3 December 1958)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Jerome Kern
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Koller, Attila Zoller, Hans Hammerschmid, Kenny Clarke
  16. 16 Blues in the Closet (Live at Stadthalle Karlsruhe, 3 December 1958) 07:24
    Track
    16
    Title
    Blues in the Closet (Live at Stadthalle Karlsruhe, 3 December 1958)
    Duration
    07:24
    Composer
    Oscar Pettiford
    Performer
    Oscar Pettiford, Hans Hammerschmid, Attila Zoller, Kenny Clarke