At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge: CD #.show-split The Ballad Of Hollis Brown

The Ballad Of Hollis Brown

Dexter Gordon (sax)

this session hits a magical mark with the six-song set being highlighted by the tracks ‘Las Vegas Blues’

and Coltrane’s death in 1967

it still bears repeating that Bill Charlap is one of the great jazz piano players

At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge: CD #.show-split The Ballad Of Hollis BrownWhen Oscar Peterson arrived at Bakers Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960 for a two week engagement, the pianists 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 recorded at Bakers Keyboard Lounge features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo,