Oscar Peterson & Count Basie - Together In Concert 1974 (2008)

This long-unseen concert film depicts the meeting of two - jazz giants: Count Basie and Oscar Peterson - at the Prague Jazz Festival in November 1974. It features numerous selections performed by Basie's big band (with guest stars Curtis Fuller and Al Grey), Peterson (by himself and with accompaniment) and Danish bassist Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, plus various combinations of the said artists. Selections include "Just Friends," "I Love You," "Mack the Knife," and many more.





ON DVD FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!

OSCAR PETERSON, piano solo

01 Medley: OLD FOLKS /WE'LL BE TOGETHER AGAIN 6:13
(Hill-Robison)/(Fischer-Laine)

OSCAR PETERSON (p), NIELS-HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN (b).

02 JUST FRIENDS 5:44
(Klenner-Lewis)
03 I LOVE YOU 6:50
(Cole Porter)
04 MACK THE KNIFE 6:56
(Brecht-Weill)

OSCAR PETERSON & COUNT BASIE (pianos), NIELS-HENNING ORSTED PEDERSEN (b), BUTCH MILES (d).

05 ROYAL GARDEN BLUES 3:45
(Clarence & Spencer Williams)
06 SLOW BLUES IN G 4:57
(Basie-Peterson)
07 JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE 3:19
(Count Basie)

COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA:
Sonny Cohn, Frank Szabo (tp, flhrn), George "Pete" Minger, Dave Stahl, Bob Mitchell (tp), Al Grey, Curtis Fuller, Mel Wanzo (tb), Bill Hughes (b-tb), Curtis Peagler (as), Bobby Plater (as, fl), Jimmy Forrest (ts), Eric Dixon (ts, fl), Charlie Fowlkes (bar), Count Basie (p), Freddie Green (g), John Duke (b), Butch Miles (d). Big Joe Turner (vcl on 6 only).

08 FUN TIME 2:40
(Sammy Nestico)
09 WHY NOT [featuring Pete Minger] 4:37
(Neal Hefti)
10 BODY AND SOUL
[featuring Jimmy Forrest] 5:44
(Green-Heyman)
11 BLUES IN G [featuring Al Grey] 5:25
(Count Basie)
12 BLUES IN B [featuring Curtis Peagler] 7:45
(Count Basie)
13 OH BOY [featuring Big Joe Turner] 3:23
(Big Joe Turner)
14 JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE 3:49
(Count Basie)

Recorded live at the Prague Jazz Festival, Prague, Czech Republic, November 8, 1974
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Many thanks to the original uploader: novro