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Night Child (album)

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Night Child
Studio album by
Released1979
RecordedApril 11–12, 1979
StudioSounds Interchange, Ltd, Toronto, Canada
GenreJazz
Length42:54
LabelPablo Today
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Silent Partner
(1978)
Night Child
(1979)
Skol
(1979)
Joe Pass chronology
Digital III at Montreux
(1979)
Night Child
(1979)
Northsea Nights
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Night Child is an album by Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Louie Bellson. It is notable in that all compositions are by Peterson and he plays the majority of the songs on electric piano.[3] The album cover depicts his son Joel Peterson, to whom the album is dedicated.

Track listing

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  1. "Solar Winds" – 6:50
  2. "Dancin' Feet" – 6:20
  3. "Soliloquy (Blues for Dr. John)" – 9:13
  4. "Night Child" – 11:35
  5. "Charlie" – 3:09
  6. "Teenager" – 5:47

All music written by Oscar Peterson.

Personnel

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Performance

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Production notes

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Chart positions

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Year Chart Position
1979 Billboard Jazz Albums 23

References

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  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Miller, Mark (March 1, 1980). "Jazz". The Globe and Mail. p. F6.
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