| Walking the Line | ||||
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | November 10–13, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:48 | |||
| Label | MPS | |||
| Producer | Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer | |||
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Walking the Line is an album by Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, released in 1971. Recorded at: MPS Tonstudio Villingen.
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
AllMusic critic Ken Dryden stated in his review: "Oscar Peterson's series of recordings for Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer during the 1960s and early '70s are one of many high points in his long career... His mastery of the ballad form is heard in his sensitive interpretation of "Once Upon a Summertime,"... [1]
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