I Don't Usually Like Oscar Peterson, But...

[JSngry]

...heard this on the radio while driving around this afternoon and really enjoyed the "hip elevator music" chillout vibe it delivered, very much appreciated while dealing with old white people in SUVs and either a total lack of sentience and/or a total possession of some weird combination of road rage and road entitlement.

Some guy pulls out of a parking lot into half of the right turn island and half on the sidewalk, drives up to the light, waits for it to turn green, then swerves over into the straight ahead lane, hey, in the face of that, I willingly say, "thanks, Oscar!".

 

[Big Beat Steve]

You mean this music relaxes you so much that instead of working up a steam behind your wheel about those road hogs out there you just ease back in your seat and sigh to yourself "WTF??"

I need some of that sometimes! 

 

[king ubu]

hm, thought OP was raging (S)angry all the time ...

[paul secor]

Sounds like I could use some OP when I'm out driving this time of year.

[JSngry]

Just saying, that one song brought me a level of satisfaction that I appreciated then, and still appreciate today. I really really like the changes and the arrangement, and do not use "hip elevator music" as anything but a compliment. Those of you who know my darker secrets know that I dig hip elevator music.

[Teasing the Korean]

22 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Those of you who know my darker secrets know that I dig hip elevator music.

You would probably like OP's MPS album "Motions and Emotions," as well as his Limelight album "Soul Espanol," a poorly-titled album of Brazilian tunes. 

[JSngry]

Actually know both, and actually...don't like either one too much. What I like about this one is the constant sparseness.

And it's funny - I really, as a rule, do not like Peterson at all, but can readily identify him. Touch, time, everything. So when I heard him play the first few notes of this one, I was like, uh-oh, get ready. But it never came, it stayed nice, sparse, mellow, totally in the pocket. And yeah, that was nice.

[Teasing the Korean]

Did you ever hear his solo album on MPS? Recorded int the home of the guy with amazing Bosendorfer grand?  

[JSngry]

I've heard the Oscar Peterson that I enjoy enough to post as a recommendation. I'm good now.

[Teasing the Korean]

OK.  I say this as someone who admires OP's abilities and technique, but I feel like he rarely makes a record that particularly engages me. 

[Daniel A]

2 hours ago, Teasing said:

You would probably like OP's MPS album "Motions and Emotions," as well as his Limelight album "Soul Espanol," a poorly-titled album of Brazilian tunes. 

Those two OP albums are the ones I listen to regularly. I think "Motions and Emotions" is super hip.

[Teasing the Korean]

17 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

Those two OP albums are the ones I listen to regularly. I think "Motions and Emotions" is super hip.

Yes.   I also like the album he did with Singers Unlimited. 

[Daniel A]

20 hours ago, Teasing said:

Yes.   I also like the album he did with Singers Unlimited. 

Yes, that one is also enjoyable. Interestingly, I find that his technique falters here and there on the Singers Unlimited album, like he wasn't prepared, didn't care to do another take, or was just in lesser form on the day of the session. And I think that it's all the better for it, because it sounds honest and relaxed.