Oscar Pettiford Sextet

1954 studio album by Oscar Pettiford From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oscar Pettiford Sextet is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in 1954 and first issued on the French Vogue label as a 10-inch LP.[1] The material on the original album was rereleased on Prestige in 1963 with additional recordings as The Oscar Pettiford Memorial Album.[2]

Released1954
RecordedMarch 21, 1954
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVogue
Swing M 33.326
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Oscar Pettiford Sextet
Studio album by
Oscar Pettiford
Released1954
RecordedMarch 21, 1954
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVogue
Swing M 33.326
Oscar Pettiford chronology
The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
(1953)		 Oscar Pettiford Sextet
(1954)		 Oscar Pettiford
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow calls it an "excellent session which features Pettiford on occasional bass solos and (on "Rhumblues") overdubbed on cello... easily recommended to bop collectors".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Henri Renaud except where noted.

  1. "Burt's Pad" - 9:45
  2. "Marcel the Furrier" - 5:59
  3. "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 5:08
  4. "E-Lag" (Gerry Mulligan) - 2:33
  5. "Rhumblues" (Jane Feather) - 4:27
  6. "Ondine" (Leonard Feather) - 3:08
  7. "Burt's Pad" [alternate take] - 6:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "E-Lag" (Mulligan) [alternate take] - 2:38 Bonus track on CD reissue

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