Album producer Norman Granz had sold the record label Verve, but remained Peterson's manager, and so supervised the Night Train recording session.
The brief duration of many of the tracks has been attributed to a desire to have them played on commercial radio, which was reluctant to play any tracks longer than a few minutes.
The cover art photograph is by Pete Turner and original sleeve notes were by Benny Green.
On the title track, "After the opening theme choruses, Peterson slips into a 2-chorus solo. Then the theme returns, and we realize that all the while, the band has gotten softer and softer. This leads into Brown's solo, which is unaccompanied to start, and then adds, in turn, Peterson and Thigpen. When Peterson comes in for another chorus of solo, everything starts to build again. Peterson plays a boogie figure in the bass to build the intensity, and then the trio plays a simple but effective shout chorus and then goes back to the theme with a strong crescendo to nearly the end, with a traditional Count Basie tag to close the track. By using the basic elements of crescendo and diminuendo, and arranged sections to set off the parts, Peterson turns what could have been a throwaway into a minor masterpiece."
Ed Thigpen's rivet cymbal, recorded at very close range, is prominent on all issues of the album.
Tracklist
01. Night Train - 4:50
02. C Jam Blues - 3:23
03. Georgia On My Mind - 3:42
04. Bags Groove - 5:12
05. Moten Swing - 2:52
06. Easy Does It - 2:45
07. Honey Dripper - 2:23
08. Things Ain´t What They Used To Be- 4:35
09. I Got It Bad And That Ain´t Good - 5:05
10. Band Call 3:51
11. Hymn To Freedom 5:30
Personnel
Technical personnel
- Norman Granz – production
- Val Valentin – recording engineering
- Pete Turner – cover photography
- Benny Green - sleeve notes
Notes
Released: 1963
Recorded: December 15 & 16, 1962 Studio Los Angeles, California
Genre: Jazz
Length: 44:58
Label: Verve Records
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