The History Of An Artist by Oscar Peterson (Vinyl record album review)

Record basics

Album name: The History Of An Artist

Artist name: Oscar Peterson

Year: 1974

Number of discs: two

Label: Pablo Records

Collection: Selman

Buy it:

Amazon (Vinyl): $27.98

Amazon (CD): $19.98

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I’ve never heard of Oscar Peterson at all.

What I expected

A lot of the song titles have references to the blues, so I’ll guess this is a blues album.

What it was actually like

This was not a blues album. It was a jazz album, and it was the kind of jazz that is not so arhythmic as to be intolerable, but was definitely not melodic, danceable and enjoyable. I would not recommend it.

Grade

2/5: weak, but I was able to listen to the whole thing