The Giants (album)

The Giants is a 1974 album featuring Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, and Ray Brown. At the Grammy Awards of 1978, Peterson won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist for his performance on this album.[3] It was reissued on CD in 1995 by Original Jazz Classics.

The Giants
Studio album by
Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown
Released1977
RecordedDecember 7, 1974
GenreJazz
Length48:17
LabelPablo
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Satch and Josh
(1974)		 The Giants
(1977)		 Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge
(1974)
Joe Pass chronology
Portraits of Duke Ellington
(1974)		 The Giants
(1977)		 Live at Donte's
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

Track listing
  1. "Riff Blues" (Oscar Peterson) – 4:24
  2. "Who Cares?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 6:29
  3. "Jobim" (Joe Pass, Peterson) – 6:29
  4. "Blues for Dennis" (Peterson) – 5:31
  5. "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb) – 4:49
  6. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 7:22
  7. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 6:34
  8. "Eyes of Love" (Quincy Jones, Bob Russell) – 6:53

Personnel

Chart positions
Year Chart Position
1977 Billboard Jazz Albums 33

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1154. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge at AllMusic
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