Night Train (album)

Night Train
Studio album by The Oscar Peterson Trio
Released	1962
Recorded	December 16, 1962
Genre	Jazz
Length	67:40 (1997 re-release)
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
The Oscar Peterson Trio chronology
Put On a Happy Face (1962) Night Train (1962) Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle (1963)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

Night Train is a jazz album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, released in 1962, (see 1962 in music). It was one of Peterson's most commercially successful recordings.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Happy Go Lucky Local (A.K.A. Night Train)"	Duke Ellington	4:52
2.	"C Jam Blues"	Barney Bigard, Ellington	3:26
3.	"Georgia on My Mind"	Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell	3:46
4.	"Bags' Groove"	Milt Jackson	5:43
5.	"Moten Swing"	Benny Moten	2:55
6.	"Easy Does It"	Sy Oliver, Trummy Young	2:45

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"The Honeydripper"	Joe Liggins	2:24
8.	"Things Ain't What They Used to Be"	Mercer Ellington, Ted Parsons	4:38
9.	"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"	Ellington, Paul Francis Webster	5:08
10.	"Band Call"	Ellington	3:55
11.	"Hymn to Freedom"	Oscar Peterson	5:38

CD bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Happy Go Lucky Local (A.K.A. Night Train) (alternate take)"	Ellington	5:00
13.	"Volare"	Francesci Migliacci, Domenico Modugno, Mitchell Parish	2:49
14.	"My Heart Belongs to Daddy"	Cole Porter	3:57
15.	"Moten Swing (rehearsal take)"	Moten	3:36
16.	"Now's the Time"	Charlie Parker	2:36
17.	"This Could Be the Start of Something Big"	Steve Allen	5:11

(Tracks 12 through 17 are CD bonus tracks, not included on the original LP issue)

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson - piano
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Ed Thigpen - drums

References

1. ^ Bush, John. "Review: Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r276581/review. Retrieved 12 May 2010.