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The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet

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The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
Studio album by
Released1954
RecordedDecember 29, 1953
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelDebut
DLP 8
ProducerLeonard Feather
Oscar Pettiford chronology
The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
(1954)
Oscar Pettiford Sextet
(1954)

The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford which was recorded in late 1953 and first issued on the Debut label as a 10-inch LP.[1][2] The material on the original album was rereleased on Fantasy in 1964 with additional material as My Little Cello.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson states: "most noteworthy of all is the quality of his compositions. 'Pendulum at Falcon's Lair' is a piece of world-class bebop writing, while 'Tamalpais Love Song' is almost classical in its structure, achieving a counterintuitive combination of complexity and simple beauty".[4] In JazzTimes, Duck Baker wrote: "This 1953 date is a highly-arranged, lightly-swinging affair that features nice soloing".[7]

Track listing

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All compositions by Oscar Pettiford, except where noted.

  1. "The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair" – 4:44
  2. "Tamalpais Love Song" – 3:52
  3. "Jack, the Fieldstalker" – 4:34
  4. "Stockholm Sweetnin'" (Quincy Jones) – 4:14
  5. "Low and Behold" – 3:27

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Debut Records Catalog: LP, EP series accessed April 28, 2016
  2. ^ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Début Label discography, accessed April 28, 2016
  3. ^ Edwards, D., Callahan, M., Eyries, P., Watts, R. & Neely, T. Fantasy Album Discography, Part 9: 6000/86000 Debut (Jazz) Series (1962-1971), accessed April 28, 2016
  4. ^ a b Anderson, Rick. The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 162. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1160. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  7. ^ Baker, D. JazzTimes Review, May 2000