At Baker's Keyboard Lounge

When Oscar Peterson arrived at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960 for a two-week engagement, 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.

A1 Politics And Poker 3:42
A2 Dancing On The Ceiling 5:19
A3 S’posin’ 6:21
A4 Django 7:30
B1 Lize (All The Clouds’ll Roll Away) 4:26
B2 Where Do I Go From Here? 4:37
B3 Yesterdays 5:20
B4 Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise 5:16
B5 The Touch Of Your Lips 4:00