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The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi Fi

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Released
  
1956

Release date
  
1956

Genre
  
Jazz

Artist
  
Oscar Pettiford

Label
  
ABC Records

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Recorded
  
June 11, 12 & 19, 1956 New York City

The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (1956)
  
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (1957)

Similar
  
Oscar Pettiford albums, Jazz albums

The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in 1956 and first issued on the ABC-Paramount label. The album was reissued on CD on Impulse! Records as Deep Passion in 1994 combined with The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Oscar Pettiford except where noted.

  1. "The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair" - 3:04
  2. "The Gentle Art of Love" - 3:41
  3. "Not So Sleepy" (Mat Matthews) - 4:58
  4. "Speculation" (Horace Silver) - 4:10
  5. "Smoke Signal" (Gigi Gryce) - 4:22
  6. "Nica's Tempo" (Gryce) - 3:53
  7. "Deep Passion" (Lucky Thompson) - 3:45
  8. "Sunrise-Sunset" - 4:03
  9. "Perdido" (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) - 4:08
  10. "Two French Fries" (Gryce) - 2:52
  • Recorded in New York City on June 11, 1956 (tracks 6 & 7), June 12, 1956 (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 9) and June 19, 1956 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 10)

    • Personnel

  • Oscar Pettiford - bass, cello
  • Art Farmer, Ernie Royal - trumpet
  • Jimmy Cleveland - trombone
  • David Amram, Julius Watkins - French horn
  • Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger
  • Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone, arranger
  • Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute
  • Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
  • Janet Putnam - harp (tracks 1-5)
  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Whitey Mitchell - bass (track 5)
  • Osie Johnson- drums

    • References

    The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Wikipedia
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