Girl Talk (Oscar Peterson album)

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Girl Talk
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Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1968
RecordedLate 1965,
November 1966,
November 1967,
April 1968
StudioHans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany
Genre Jazz
Length40:21
Label MPS
Producer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Way I Really Play
(1968)		Girl Talk
(1968)		 My Favorite Instrument
(1968)

Girl Talk (also released as Oscar Peterson Plays for Lovers) is a 1968 studio album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, the second volume of his Exclusively for My Friends series. It was compiled from live studio sessions recorded between 1964 and 1966.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Writing for AllMusic, critic Ken Dryden wrote "The title track, an overlooked gem jointly written by Bobby Troup and Neal Hefti, finds the leader in a bluesy mood. The relaxed but jaunty treatment of "Robbin's Nest" follows a powerful medley of "I Concentrate on You" and "Moon River" to wrap up this highly recommended session." [1]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz included the album in its suggested "Core Collection". [3]

Track listing

  1. "On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:27
  2. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 17:22
  3. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) – 5:41
  4. Medley: "I Concentrate on You"/"Moon River" (Cole Porter)/(Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 6:30
  5. "Robbins' Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 6:21

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. "Girl Talk > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  161. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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