The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi is an album by bassist/cellist and composer Oscar Pettiford. It was recorded in 1956 and first issued on the ABC-Paramount label.Edwards, D., Eryies, P. & Callahan, M. ABC-Paramount Album Discography, Part 1: ABC-100 to 199 (1955-1957), accessed April 28, 2016 The album was reissued on CD on Impulse! Records as Deep Passion in 1994 combined with The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two.Impulse! Records Discography: 1956-1959 accessed April 28, 2016
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.
Track listing All compositions by Oscar Pettiford except where noted. "The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair" - 3:04 "The Gentle Art of Love" - 3:41 "Not So Sleepy" (Mat Mathews) - 4:58 "Speculation" (Horace Silver) - 4:10 "Smoke Signal" (Gigi Gryce) - 4:22 "Nica's Tempo" (Gryce) - 3:53 "Deep Passion" (Lucky Thompson) - 3:45 "Sunrise-Sunset" - 4:03 "Perdido" (Juan Tizol, Ervin Drake, Hans Lengsfelder) - 4:08 "Two French Fries" (Gryce) - 2:52 Recorded in New York City on June 11, 1956 (tracks 6 & 7), June 12, 1956 (tracks 3, 5, 8 & 9) and June 19, 1956 (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 10)
Personnel Oscar Pettiford - bass, cello Art Farmer, Ernie Royal - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone David Amram, Julius Watkins - French horn Gigi Gryce - alto saxophone, arranger Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone, arranger Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute Danny Bank - baritone saxophone Janet Putnam - harp (tracks 1–5) Tommy Flanagan - piano Whitey Mitchell - bass (track 5) Osie Johnson- drums
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