Filled with mutual respect between Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry, with a complete understanding of one another’s humor, and deliciously swinging without being obtrusive, these 10 numbers will get your feet tapping and your fingers snapping. Especially the blues pieces such as "Squeaky’s Blues," "Blues For Smedley" and "Incoherent Blues" are little cases of relaxed swing, freed as they are of the composers’ or producers’ preconceived ideas. In the liner notes, Oscar Peterson mentions how proud he is of the introduction to "They Didn’t Believe." And he deserves to be, but not just of this. A further reason for the relaxed atmosphere may well be that Oscar Peterson was permitted to play his own piano for the first time at a recording session.

Track Listing
1. Brotherhood of Man
2. Jim
3. Blues for Smedley
4. Roundalay
5. Mumbles
6. Mack the Knife
7. They Didn't Believe Me
8. Squeaky's Blues
9. I Want a Little Girl
10. Incoherent Blues

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