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Title: Oscar Peterson - Tracks
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1970, Jazz, Bop and Solo Piano, Montreal, Canada 8/26
Matrix #: MC 20879
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Oscar P (25' - 07')
Cultural Facts:

1. Recording Story: Tracks is a rare solo-piano Peterson album, recorded at the MPS studio in Villingen, Germany, with no rhythm section accompanying him.
2. Personal Struggle: Peterson contracted tuberculosis as a child and spent more than a year hospitalized, while his older brother Fred died from the same disease. Lung damage forced Oscar to abandon trumpet and concentrate on piano.
3. Production Style: Producer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer captured Peterson alone at the keyboard, giving standards such as “Honeysuckle Rose” and “Django” room to showcase his enormous two-handed technique without a trio.