A Night in Vienna

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A Night in Vienna
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Live album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 2004
RecordedNovember 21, 2003
VenueThe Musikverein, Vienna, Austria
Genre Jazz
Length45:54
Label Verve
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A Night in Vienna is a 2004 live album by Oscar Peterson recorded at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria on Friday, November 21st, 2003 [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. Intro – 0:58
  2. "Night Time" – 8:35
  3. "When Summer Comes" – 7:10
  4. "Cakewalk" – 8:31
  5. "Requiem" – 8:49
  6. "Wheatland" – 9:19
  7. "The Backyard Blues" – 8:13
  8. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 9:48
  9. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 8:23
  10. "Hymn to Freedom" – 7:56

All music written by Oscar Peterson, unless otherwise noted.

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1157. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. A Night in Vienna at AllMusic