Released 1980 Length 40:01 | Recorded March 10, 1980 Release date 1980 | |
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The Alternate Blues is a 1980 album featuring the trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard, supported by a quartet led by Oscar Peterson. The tracks were outtakes from The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980).
Contents
Track listing
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate One – 5:33
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate Two – 8:04
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate Three – 9:05
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate Four – 9:36
- "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 8:55
- Ballad Medley: "Here's That Rainy Day"/"The Gypsy"/"If I Should Lose You" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)/(Billy Reid)/(Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 7:37
Performance
Songs
1Alternate OneOscar Peterson5:25
2Alternate TwoOscar Peterson8:04
3Alternate ThreeOscar Peterson9:20
References
The Alternate Blues Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA