At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge

Independent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

When Oscar Peterson arrived for a two-week engagement at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960, the pianist’s year-old trio, featuring bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, was ascending to new artistic peaks. Intended at the time as a live album for Verve but never released, the music on ‘At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge’ features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo, rhythm, or complexity of the arrangement, the t