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In Tune – The Oscar Peterson Trio + The Singers Unlimited – MPS   

by Audiophile Audition | Feb 13, 2018 | Jazz CD Reviews

In Tune – The Oscar Peterson Trio + The Singers Unlimited – MPS   0212401MSW 32:29****: ( Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson – piano; Jiri Mraz – bass; Louis Hayes – drums; The Singers Unlimited : Gene Puerling; Don Shelton; Len Dresslar; Bonnie Herman ) Between 1963 and 1968 and belatedly in 1995 Oscar Peterson along with several iterations of bassists and drummers recorded a series of trio and one solo album that were produced live by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer for his MPS label, and were held privately by him, and for  contractual reason were not available until 1968. More recently an eight CD box set was released that covered the six individual albums plus two volumes  of ten tracks comprising the unreleased Lost Tapes. In addition to the above noted sessions, Oscar Peterson also recorded a couple of other albums for MPS including Reunion Blues with Milt Jackson and the subject of this review In Tune with The Singers Unlimited( TSU). Peterson discovered TSU and introduced them to MPS as he believed that their intricate vocal harmonization would have a broad audience. The genesis of TSU was the Hi-Lo’s with two of its members Gene Puerling and Don […]