Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis - Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis (1975)

Tracklist

01. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (10:24)
02. Autumn Leaves (6:52)
03. Take The 'A' Train (7:58)
04. Blues For Birks (7:22)
05. Summertime (7:28)
06. Lester Leaps In (6:25)

personnel :

Oscar Peterson - piano
Jon Faddis - trumpet

In the mid-'70s, Oscar Peterson recorded duet albums with veteran trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry, and Harry "Sweets" Edison. He paid the young Jon Faddis a huge compliment by also recording a set with him. Faddis, very much under Gillespie's influence but already displaying a wide range, clearly enjoyed the challenge, and on a set of standards and basic material, he often tears into the songs with reckless abandon. The Peterson-Faddis encounter is generally quite exciting and a high point in the early career of Jon Faddis.~ Scott Yanow