The Alternate Blues
The Alternate Blues is a 1982 album featuring the trumpeters Clark Terry, and Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie supported by a quartet led by Oscar Peterson. It was recorded at Group IV Studios, Los Angeles on March 10, 1980. With one exception, the tracks were previously unissued recordings from The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4.
Track listing
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate One – 5:33
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate Two – 8:04
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate Three – 9:05
- "Alternate Blues": Alternate Four – 9:36
- "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" – 8:55
- Ballad Medley: "Here's That Rainy Day"/"The Gypsy"/"If I Should Lose You" // – 7:37
Personnel
- Oscar Peterson – piano
- Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet
- Clark Terry – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet, flugelhorn
- Joe Pass – guitar
- Ray Brown – bass
- Bobby Durham – drums