If You Could See Me Now (Oscar Peterson album) explained

If You Could See Me Now
Type:	studio
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	PetersonNow.jpg
Recorded:	November 1983
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:56
Label:	Pablo
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	A Tribute to My Friends
Prev Year:	1983
Year:	1983
Next Title:	Hark
Next Year:	1985

If You Could See Me Now is an album by Oscar Peterson's quartet, recorded in November 1983.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "a thin set altogether". A reviewer for The Washington Post highlighted "Limehouse Blues", describing it as "fueled by some of the most dynamic and daring excursions this quartet has ever put on record."^[1] The album won the Juno Award for Best Jazz Album in 1987.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Weird Blues" (Miles Davis) – 6:42
2. "If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 6:18
3. "On Danish Shore" (Oscar Peterson, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) – 8:28
4. "L' Impossible" (Peterson) – 6:00
5. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 7:26
6. "Limehouse Blues" (Philip Braham, Douglas Furber) – 6:02

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Joe Pass – guitar
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
• Martin Drew – drums

Notes and References

1. News: Joyce . Mike . 14 August 1987 . Highest Standards . The Washington Post .
2. Web site: Best Jazz Album 1987 . Junos . 15 November 2018 .