If You Could See Me Now (Oscar Peterson album)

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If You Could See Me Now
Studio album by
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)

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

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

Personnel[edit]

Performance[edit]

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.