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Walking the Line (Oscar Peterson album)

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Walking the Line
Studio album by
Released1971
RecordedNovember 10–13, 1970
GenreJazz
Length44:48
LabelMPS
ProducerHans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Oscar Peterson chronology
Tristeza on Piano
(1970)
Walking the Line
(1971)
Another Day
(1971)

Walking the Line is an album by Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, released in 1971. Recorded at: MPS Tonstudio Villingen.

Critical reception

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AllMusic [1]

AllMusic critic Ken Dryden stated in his review: "Oscar Peterson's series of recordings for Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer during the 1960s and early '70s are one of many high points in his long career... His mastery of the ballad form is heard in his sensitive interpretation of "Once Upon a Summertime,"...[1]

Track listing

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  1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 5:14
  2. "Rock of Ages" (Jack Fascinato, Tennessee Ernie Ford) – 5:32
  3. "Once Upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer) – 5:19
  4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:58
  5. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul) – 5:07
  6. "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 5:04
  7. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:37
  8. "All of You" (Porter) – 5:01

Personnel

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Performance

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References

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  1. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. "Walking the Line > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.