OSCAR PETERSON: MONTREUX '77 [UK 1977] LP EN GIRONA

OSCAR PETERSON: Montreux '77 [UK 1977] LP OSCAR PETERSON: Montreux '77 [UK 1977] LP Oscar Peterson Jam   "Montreux '77"   LP (Pablo)   1977 made in UK cat. num.  2308 208 #jazz   Ali And Frazier 9:20 If I Were A Bell 10:39 Things Ain't What They Used To Be 12:42 Just In Time 9:49   One of many Pablo albums taken from the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival, this outing teams pianist  Oscar Peterson, bassist  Niels Pedersen, and drummer  Bobby Durham  with tenorman  Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis  and trumpeters  Clark Terry  and  Dizzy Gillespie. The talented (and very competitive) players really dig into the opening uptempo blues ("Ali and Frazier") and they continue cooking on "If I Were a Bell,"  "Things Ain't What They Used to Be," and "Just in Time." As often happens in this type of situation, the musicians mutually inspire each other. This is one of  Dizzy Gillespie 's better sessions of the '70s; in fact, there are no losers during these battles.