In Tune - The Singers Unlimited

Release Date : 1971 (With Oscar Peterson Trio)

A Classic Reissued! Legendary vocal group The Singers Unlimited, for their third album on Germany's MPS label, recorded a collaboration with the Oscar Peterson Trio. Grammy-winning arranger Gene Puerling wrote the charts and the musicians recorded this remarkable session in 1971 at the storied Villingen studios in the Black Forest. The-then latest breakthroughs in studio technology, and the masterful engineer and MPS Records owner Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, allowed the artists to overdub vocals creating the layered vocals the Singers Unlimited are famous for. Using a sixteen-track deck Brunner-Schwer had bought for the occasion, the group layered on chords, melody lines and solos which we often sung in four or eight part pieces that were later assembled almost magically. The CD sleeve includes rare photos from the session plus both the original LP liner notes and extensive new notes, including many new quotes from Puerling, by noted jazz musicologist James Gaven. A gem of a recording!

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Track List :

01 - Sesame Street
02 - It Never Entered My Mind
03 - Children's Game
04 - The Gentle Rain
05 - A Child Is Born
06 - The Shadow Of Your Smile
07 - Catherine
08 - Once Upon A Summertime
09 - Here's That Rainy Day

The Oscar Peterson Trio :

• Oscar Peterson - Piano
• Jiri Mraz - Bass
• Louis Hayes - Drums