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When Oscar Peterson arrived for a two-week engagement at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960, the pianist's year-old trio, featuring bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, was ascending to new artistic peaks. Intended at the time as a live album for Verve but never released, the music on 'At Baker's Keyboard Lounge' features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo, rhythm, or complexity of the arrangement, the three players breathe as one on these recordings, phrasing as if controlled by a single heartbeat. These new-to-the-world recordings, made in Peterson's prime at the longest continuously operating jazz club in the US, remind you that there will never be anyone else like Oscar Peterson. Album Tracks 1. Autumn Leaves 2. Django 3. Confirmation 4. Whisper Not 5. Billy Boy 6. The Touch of Your Lips 7. Ill Wind 8. Chicago 9. I Love You 10. Closing 11. Dancing on the Ceiling 12. Politics & Poker 13. Where Do I Go from Here? 14. I Didn't Know What Time It Was 15. Liza (All the Clouds Roll Away) 16. Yesterdays 17. Softly As a Morning Sunrise 18. S'posin 19. I Remember Clifford 20. Let There Be Love 21. Swamp Fire 22. Closing Blues Announcement 23. Satin Doll 24. Woody N You 25. My Funny Valentine 26. Scrapple from the Apple 27. Closing Announcement
