Oscar Pettiford - Oscar Pettiford Volume 2 - Pure Pleasure LP

Limited Edition 180g Vinyl, Pressed at Pallas in Germany

A major influence on jazz bassists alongside Jimmy Blanton and Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford recorded this 1955 date (his third as a leader for Bethlehem) with a stellar cast including Donald Byrd, Ernie Royal, Bob Brookmeyer, Gigi Gryce, and Jerome Richardson. Highlights include the standard "Bohemia After Dark," a poetic reading of "Stardust," and "Minor Seventh Heaven," on which Pettiford switches to cello. Ranging beyond bebop into Ellington-influenced and calypso colors, it's a full, lyrical band session reissued on audiophile vinyl.

Features

• 180g vinyl
• Pressed at Pallas in Germany
• Analogue limited edition
• Label: Pure Pleasure Records

Track Listing

1. Kamman's A'Comin'
2. Minor Seventh Heaven
3. Stardust
4. Bohemia After Dark
5. Oscalypso
6. Scorpio
7. Titoro
8. Don't Squawk
9. Another One