The Paris Concert (Oscar Peterson album)

The Paris Concert is a 1978 live album by Oscar Peterson accompanied by bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and guitarist Joe Pass.^[1]

The Paris Concert
Live album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1978
Recorded	October 5, 1978
Genre	Jazz
Length	89:17
Label	Pablo
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Yessir, That's My Baby (1978) The Paris Concert (1978) The London Concert (1978)
Joe Pass chronology
Quadrant (1977) The Paris Concert (1978) Chops (1978)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the CD reissue "[Peterson] mostly sticks to standards but includes three songs associated with Benny Goodman (including the riff-filled 'Benny's Bugle'), features Pass (who contributed his original 'Gentle Tears') unaccompanied on 'Lover Man' and really romps with his fellow virtuosoes on such numbers as 'Ornithology,' 'Donna Lee' and 'Sweet Georgia Brown.'"^[2]

Track listing

1. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare, Sam H. Stept) – 6:54
2. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 8:09
3. "Benny's Bugle" (Benny Goodman) – 6:09
4. "Soft Winds" (Goodman, Fletcher Henderson) – 8:26
5. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) – 6:19
6. "Place St. Henri" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:01
7. Medley: "Manhã de Carnaval"/"If" (Luiz Bonfá)/(David Gates) – 9:33
8. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) – 4:46
9. "Blue Lou" (Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson) – 3:28
10. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:10
11. "Gentle Tears" (Joe Pass) – 6:33
12. "Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)" (Jimmy Davis, Roger ("Ram") Ramirez, James Sherman) – 5:04
13. "Samba de Orfeu" (Bonfá, Antônio Maria) – 4:36
14. "Donna Lee" (Charlie Parker) – 2:45
15. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 6:24

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Joe Pass – guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass

References

1. The Paris Concert at AllMusic
2. Yanow, Scott. "The Paris Concert > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1155. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.