In the mid-'70s, Oscar Peterson recorded duet albums with veteran trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, and Harry "Sweets" Edison. He paid the young Jon Faddis a huge compliment by also recording a set with him. Faddis, very much under Gillespie's influence but already displaying a wide range, clearly enjoyed the challenge, and on a set of standards and basic material, he often tears into the songs with reckless abandon. The Peterson-Faddis encounter is generally quite exciting and a high point in the early career of Jon Faddis.
Tracks
01. Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons)
02. Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert)
03. Take the "A" Train (Billy Strayhorn)
04. Blues for Birks (Jon Faddis, Oscar Peterson)
05. Summertime (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
06. Lester Leaps In (Lester Young)
OSCAR PETERSON piano
JON FADDIS trumpet
Recorded June 5, 1975 at RCA Recording Studios, New York.
Pablo Records – 2310 743
PABLO OJCCD-1036-2