Night Train

~ Release by The Oscar Peterson Trio (see all versions of this release, 16 available)

Annotation

Notes

Recording Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Recording Date: 1962/12/15&16
This is Peterson best-seller, and is considered a classic.
Note that later edition for some reasons swapped the first two tracks.
Nowadays, the commonly available reissue restores the initial order and features 6 additional cuts.

Annotation last modified on 2007-12-28 12:27 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ 12" Vinyl 1
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1Night Train
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (PolyGram Records, Incorporated, not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1963)
recording of:
Night Train (Jimmy Forrest’s original instrumental version) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
composer:
Jimmy Forrest
is based on:
Happy Go Lucky Local
4:50
2C Jam Blues
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
recording of:
“C” Jam Blues (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
composer:
Barney Bigard and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1942)
3:24
3Georgia on My Mind
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
instrumental recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
3:46
4Bags’ Groove
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
recording of:
Bags’ Groove (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
composer:
Milt Jackson
5:41
5Moten Swing
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
recording of:
Moten Swing (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
writer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist)
composer:
Bennie Moten (jazz pianist), Ira E. "Buster" Moten, Count Basie (pianist) (in 1930) and Eddie Durham (American guitarist, trombonist, composer and arranger.) (in 1930)
2:55
6Easy Does It
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
recording of:
Easy Does It (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
writer:
James Oliver Young and Sy Oliver
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) and Warock Corp.
2:45
7Honey Dripper
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1962-12-15, from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1962-12-15, from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1962-12-15, from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1962-12-15, from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
instrumental recording of:
The Honeydripper (on 1962-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Liggins
recording of:
The Honeydripper (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Liggins
2:24
8Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
instrumental recording of:
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
lyricist:
Ted Persons
composer:
Mercer Ellington (in 1942)
publisher:
Tempo Music, Inc. (Duke Ellington’s music publishing company)
4:39
9I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
instrumental recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
5:07
10Band Call
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
recording of:
Band Call (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)
3:54
11Hymn to Freedom
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
recording of:
Hymn to Freedom (from 1962-12-15 until 1962-12-16)
composer:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
5:31

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Germany
photography:Pete Turner (photographer)
liner notes:Benny Green (jazz pianist)
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/4488028 [info]