Night Train
This 1962 recording represents Oscar Peterson at his most commercially accommodating, yet his trio withRay BrownandEd Thigpennever fails to swing. The program includes such familiar melodies as the title track (which began life asDuke Ellington's "Happy Go Lucky Local"), "Georgia on My Mind," and "The Honeydripper." With the notable exception of the gospel-like original "Hymn to Freedom," most of the tracks clock in at around three minutes. This reissue contains several alternate takes that were wisely left off the original LP, including such unlikely jazz vehicles as "Volare" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy."--Rick Mitchell