The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75

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Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75
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Live album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1975
RecordedJuly 15, 1975
Genre Jazz
Length65:12
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz
Professional ratings
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Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 is a 1975 live album featuring the jazz trumpeters Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Clark Terry recorded at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival. The rhythm section is led by Oscar Peterson. [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Montreux Blues" (Louis Bellson, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie) – 13:25
  2. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 13:25
  3. "Lullaby of the Leaves" (Bernice Petkere, Joe Young) – 11:29
  4. "On the Alamo" (Jones, Gus Kahn) – 11:36
  5. "Blues for Norman" (Bellson, Eldridge, Gillespie) – 8:00
  6. "(Back Home Again In) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 9:03

Personnel

Performance
Production

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 68. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 555. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 at AllMusic
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