Oscar Peterson: Affinity (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) 1LP ETJS-Dec-2023-shells in-the-pocket rhythms and Dorothy’s virtuosity

in-the-pocket rhythms and Dorothy’s virtuosity take it far beyond jazzy mood music and made it a favorite of beat heads and producers

drummer Zack O’Farrill

Sabir Khan on sarangi

LP6: WILD IS THE WIND (1966)

Oscar Peterson: Affinity (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) 1LP ETJS-Dec-2023-shells in-the-pocket rhythms and Dorothy’s virtuosityVerve, 1962 Affinity captures a studio session from September 1962 in Chicago, featuring Peterson on piano alongside his long time trio partners Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums). The album offers a refined selection of standards delivered with the assured interplay that defined the Peterson Brown Thigpen trio. Petersons first recorded take on the Bill Evans classic Waltz For Debby is a lyrical, nuanced performance and Gravy Waltz, co written by