Mellow Mood

Mellow Mood
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1968
Recorded	April 1968 at Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Label	MPS
Producer	Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Way I Really Play (1968) Mellow Mood (1968) Travelin' On (1968)

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Allmusic	[1]

Mellow Mood is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). It was reissued on CD in 2006 by MPS and in 2004 as the fifth part of the Exclusively for My Friends series. The Penguin Guide to Jazz includes the album in its selected "Core Collection."^[2]

Track listing

1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler)
2. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver)
3. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislau Kaper, Ned Washington)
4. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
5. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans)
6. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Sam Jones – double bass
• Bobby Durham – drums

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992] (in English). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.