The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet

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]

The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
Studio album by
Oscar Pettiford
Released1954
RecordedDecember 29, 1953
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelDebut
DLP 8
Oscar Pettiford chronology
The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet
(1954)		 Oscar Pettiford Sextet
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Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]

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".[6]

Track listing

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

References
  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. 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. Baker, D. JazzTimes Review, May 2000
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