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Night Child

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Released
  
1979

Label
  
Pablo

Night Child (1979)
  
Northsea Nights (1979)

Release date
  
1979

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:54

Night Child (1979)
  
Skol (1979)

Artists
  
Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass

Producer
  
Norman Granz

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Recorded
  
April 11-12, 1979 at Sounds Interchange, Ltd, Toronto, Canada

Nominations
  
Juno Award for Traditional Jazz Album of the Year

Similar
  
Time After Time, If You Could See Me Now, Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass, Oscar Peterson + Harry Edi, The Paris Concert

Night Child is an album by Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Louie Bellson. It is notable in that all compositions are by Peterson and he plays the majority of the songs on electric piano. The album cover depicts his son Jole Peterson, to whom the album is dedicated.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Solar Winds" – 6:50
  2. "Dancin' Feet" – 6:20
  3. "Soliloquy (Blues for Dr. John)" – 9:13
  4. "Night Child" – 11:35
  5. "Charlie" – 3:09
  6. "Teenager" – 5:47

All music written by Oscar Peterson.

Performance

  • Oscar Peterson – piano (acoustic and electric)
  • Joe Pass – guitar
  • Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
  • Louie Bellson – drum kit

    • Songs

    1Solar Winds6:50
    2Dancin' Feet6:20
    3Soliloquy (Blues for Dr John)9:13

    References

    Night Child Wikipedia
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