Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite

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Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000
RecordedApril 12, 13, 2000
Genre Jazz
Label Telarc
Producer Robert Woods, Elaine Martone
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Very Tall Band: Live at the Blue Note
(1999)
Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite
(2000)
A Night in Vienna
(2004)
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Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite is a 2000 studio album by Oscar Peterson. The album is a suite dedicated to Peterson's native Canada, arranged by Michel Legrand. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Open Spaces" – 7:13
  2. "Morning in Newfoundland" – 3:55
  3. "The Okanagan Valley" – 4:37
  4. "Dancetron" – 4:02
  5. "Ballad to P.E.I." – 3:00
  6. "Cookin' on the Trail" – 4:06
  7. "Banff the Beautiful" – 5:40
  8. "Lonesome Prairie" – 3:35
  9. "The French Fiddler" – 3:05
  10. "Harcourt Nights" – 5:12
  11. "Manitoba Minuet" – 5:25
  12. "Anthem to a New Land" – 2:33

All music composed by Oscar Peterson.

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1158. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite at AllMusic