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If You Could See Me Now (Oscar Peterson album)

If You Could See Me Now is an album by Oscar Peterson's quartet, recorded in November 1983.[1]

If You Could See Me Now
Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
RecordedNovember 1983
GenreJazz
Length40:56
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
A Tribute to My Friends
(1983) 		If You Could See Me Now
(1983) 		Hark
(1985)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [1]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "a thin set altogether".[1] A reviewer for The Washington Post highlighted "Limehouse Blues", describing it as "fueled by some of the most dynamic and daring excursions this quartet has ever put on record."[3] The album won the Juno Award for Best Jazz Album in 1987.[4]

Track listing edit

  1. "Weird Blues" (Miles Davis) – 6:42
  2. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:18
  3. "On Danish Shore" (Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) – 8:28
  4. "L' Impossible" (Peterson) – 6:00
  5. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 7:26
  6. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 6:02

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 868. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
  2. ^ Yanov, Scott. "If You Could See Me Now". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. ^ Joyce, Mike (14 August 1987). "Highest Standards". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ "Best Jazz Album 1987". Junos. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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