| Great Connection | ||||
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| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | October 1971 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:47 | |||
| Label | MPS | |||
| Producer | Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer | |||
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Great Connection is a 1974 album by Oscar Peterson. [2]
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, was a Canadian jazz pianist, virtuoso and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing". He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of history's great jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.
Canadiana Suite is a 1964 album by Oscar Peterson.
Oscar Peterson Trio + One is a 1964 album by Oscar Peterson, featuring Clark Terry.
We Get Requests is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1964. It was recorded at RCA Studios New York City over October 19, October 20 and November 19 or 20. This album is Peterson's last of his fourteen-year work with Verve.
"Just Squeeze Me " is a 1941 popular song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Lee Gaines. The song has been recorded numerous times by a number of artists in the years since, having become a jazz standard. Hit recordings have been by Paul Weston & His Orchestra and by The Four Aces.
Satch and Josh is a 1974 album by Oscar Peterson and Count Basie.
Oscar Peterson in Russia is a 1974 live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, recorded in the Soviet Union.
Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts is a 1974 album by Oscar Peterson, consisting of duets with the trumpeters Harry "Sweets" Edison, Jon Faddis, Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie. Peterson had recently recorded individual albums with each of the trumpeters, released as Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974), Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge (1974), Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison (1974), Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry (1975), and Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis (1975).
Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison is a 1974 album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Harry "Sweets" Edison.
Freedom Song is a 1982 live album by Oscar Peterson, recorded in Japan.
Skol is a 1979 live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Stéphane Grappelli.
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson is an album by the jazz pianist Oscar Peterson accompanied by trumpeters Harry "Sweets" Edison and the alto saxophonist Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson that was recorded in 1986.
Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness is a live album that was released in 1983. The album includes Louie Bellson, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Ella Fitzgerald, Al Grey, J. J. Johnson, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Oscar Peterson, Zoot Sims, and Clark Terry.
Hark is a 1985 album by clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, featuring the pianist Oscar Peterson.
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson is a 1975 live album by the tenor saxophonists Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, featuring the pianist Oscar Peterson.
Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio is a 1954 studio album by Lester Young, accompanied by Oscar Peterson's working trio of the time, plus drummer J. C. Heard. The music on this album was originally released as three separate albums: Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1 and Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2, both released in June 1954, and The President. It was collated for this 1997 reissue by Verve Records.
A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall is a 1997 live album by Oscar Peterson, and featuring various artists paying tribute to Peterson.
Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77 is a 1977 live album by Oscar Peterson.
The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 is a 1972 studio album by Oscar Peterson, the first of two albums so titled to provide a retrospective of his career.
Going For Myself is a 1957 jazz album by Harry "Sweets" Edison and Lester Young, accompanied by Oscar Peterson. The album is one of Young's last studio recordings.
