Night Train (album)

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Night Train
Night Train cover
Studio album by The Oscar Peterson Trio
Released 1962
Recorded December 16, 1962
Genre Jazz
Length 67:40 (1997 re-release)
Label Verve Records
Producer Norman Granz
Professional reviews
The Oscar Peterson Trio chronology
West Side Story: Oscar Peterson Trio
(1962)		 Night Train
(1962)		 Canadiana Suite
(1964)

Night Train is a 1962 jazz album by the Oscar Peterson Trio. It was one of Peterson's most commercially successful recordings.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Happy Go Lucky Local (A.K.A. Night Train)" (Duke Ellington) – 4:52
  2. "C Jam Blues" (Barney Bigard, Ellington) – 3:26
  3. "Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 3:46
  4. "Bags' Groove" (Milt Jackson) – 5:43
  5. "Moten Swing" (Benny Moten) – 2:55
  6. "Easy Does It " (Sy Oliver, Trummy Young) – 2:45
  7. "The Honeydripper" (Joe Liggins) – 2:24
  8. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Ellington, Ted Persons) – 4:38
  9. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 5:08
  10. "Band Call" (Ellington) – 3:55
  11. "Hymn to Freedom" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:38
  12. "Happy Go Lucky Local (A.K.A. Night Train)" (alternate take) – 5:00
  13. "Volare" (Francesci Migliacci, Domenico Modugno, Mitchell Parish) – 2:49
  14. "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" (Cole Porter) – 3:57
  15. "Moten Swing" (rehearsal take) – 3:36
  16. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker) – 2:36
  17. "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" (Steve Allen) – 5:11

(Tracks 12 through 17 are CD bonus tracks, not included on the original LP issue)

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