Timekeepers

Performer: Count Basie/Oscar Peterson
Artist: Louie Bellson
Engineer: Val Valentin
Producer: Norman Granz
Distributor: Fantasy (distributor)

Notes: Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Oscar Peterson (piano); John Heard (bass); Louis Bellson (drums). Recorded at Group IV Studio, Hollywood, California on February 21 & 22, 1978. Includes original liner notes by Norman Granz. Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1987, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). Personnel: Count Basie (piano); Oscar Peterson (piano); John Heard (bass); Louis Bellson (drums). Recorded at Group IV Studio, Hollywood, California on February 21 & 22, 1978. Digitally remastered using XRCD technology. The pairing of pianists Count Basie and Oscar Peterson might seem unlikely, given their stylistic differences. Basie's notoriety resulted from his ability to say a lot with a little, while Peterson has been celebrated as a modern technical master, whose solos were full of riveting phrases, lines, and statements. Yet the duo made effective partners on this reissued 1978 session and often played against their reputations. Basie has several solos where he demonstrates impressive technique, while Peterson, often accused of overkill, shows he can utilize restraint and delicacy with as much flair as bombast and flash. ~ Ron Wynn From the same sessions that resulted in Night Rider and Yessir, this quartet date also features the two pianos of Oscar Peterson and Count Basie collaborating and interacting on swing standards and blues. Any of their five albums together are worth acquiring. ~ Scott Yanow

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