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Released
  
1954

Artist
  
Oscar Pettiford

Label
  
Legacy Recordings

Oscar Pettiford Sextet (1954)
  
Oscar Pettiford (1954)

Release date
  
1954

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
March 21, 1954 New York City

Similar
  
Oscar Pettiford albums, Jazz albums

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Oscar Pettiford Sextet is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in 1954 and first issued on the French Vogue label as a 10-inch LP. The material on the original album was rereleased on Prestige in 1963 with additional recordings as The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Album.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow calls it an "excellent session which features Pettiford on occasional bass solos and (on "Rhumblues") overdubbed on cello... easily recommended to bop collectors".

Track listing

All compositions by Henri Renaud except where noted.

  1. "Burt's Pad" - 9:45
  2. "Marcel the Furrier" - 5:59
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 5:08
  4. "E-Lag" (Gerry Mulligan) - 2:33
  5. "Rhumblues" (Jane Feather) - 4:27
  6. "Ondine" (Leonard Feather) - 3:08
  7. "Burt's Pad" [alternate take] - 6:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "E-Lag" (Mulligan) [alternate take] - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

  • Oscar Pettiford - cello, bass
  • Kai Winding - trombone
  • Al Cohn - tenor saxophone
  • Henri Renaud - piano
  • Tal Farlow - guitar
  • Max Roach - drums
  • Songs

    1Burt's Pad9:44
    2Marcel the Furrier5:58
    3Ondine3:07

    References

    Oscar Pettiford Sextet Wikipedia