My Little Cello

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My Little Cello
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Studio album by
Oscar Pettiford and His Jazz Groups
Released1960
RecordedJuly 5–6, 1960
Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Label Debut
DEB 132
Producer Ole Vestergaard
Oscar Pettiford chronology
The Essen Jazz Festival All Stars
(1960)		My Little Cello
(1960)		 First Bass
(1953-60)
Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist Cover
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My Little Cello is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in Copenhagen in 1960 and first issued on the Danish Debut label. [1] [2] The album features Pettiford's final studio recordings and was rereleased with additional tracks as Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist and Montmartre Blues. [3] The title was also used for a reissue of The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet on Fantasy in 1964 with additional material. [4]

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "This is a fine set of boppish music that makes one wonder what Oscar Pettiford might have accomplished in the 1960s had he lived". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Oscar Pettiford, except where indicated.

  1. "Montmartre Blues Out" - 6:45
  2. "Laverne Walk" - 5:15
  3. "Two Little Pearls" - 5:40
  4. "Blue Brothers" - 4:00 Additional track on Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist
  5. "Straight Ahead" (Erik Nordström, Jan Johansson) - 4:35 Omitted on Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist
  6. "Why Not? That's What!" - 7:20
  7. "There Will Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 5:48 Additional track on Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist
  8. "Back in Paradise" (Hans Hammerschmidt) - 4:30 Omitted on Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist
  9. "My Little Cello" - 3:35
  10. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) - 3:00
  11. "Montmartre Blues Encore" - 1:00 Omitted on Last Recordings by the Late, Great Bassist

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References

  1. ↑ Debut Records Catalog: LP, EP series accessed April 28, 2016
  2. ↑ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Début Label discography, accessed April 28, 2016
  3. ↑ Riverside Records Catalog: Jazzland series, accessed April 28, 2016
  4. ↑ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Fantasy Album Discography, Part 9: 6000/86000 Debut (Jazz) Series (1962-1971), accessed April 28, 2016
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Montmartre Blues – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 162. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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