At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge: Vinyl LP testing SW and drummer Louis Hayes

and drummer Louis Hayes

Cassandra Wilson’s New Moon Daughter had been a favourite album of Norah’s and was a big inspiration for the kind of record she wanted to make so she asked Lundvall if she could work with producer Craig Street

Elvin Jones

Here's That Rainy Day

Herbie Hancock

At Baker’s Keyboard Lounge: Vinyl LP testing SW and drummer Louis HayesWhen Oscar Peterson arrived at Bakers Keyboard Lounge in Detroit in early August 1960 for a two week engagement, the pianists year old trio, featuring bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, was ascending to new artistic peaks. Intended at the time as a live album for Verve but never released, the music recorded at Bakers Keyboard Lounge features remarkable, previously unissued performances, all taped on a single Friday night. No matter the tempo,