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Author:  David Luebbert Posted:  12/30/03; 8:14:05 PM Topic:  heres that rainy day Msg#:  4024 (in response to 4022) Prev/Next:  4023/4025 Reads:  994

Joel,

A title search for Here's That Rainy Day in the ASCAP ACE repretoire database shows that the tune has been performed by Dave Brubeck, the Ray Brown Trio, George Duvivier, Bill Evans, Dick Hyman, Marian McPartland, Oscar Peterson, Michel Petrucianni, George Shearing, and McCoy Tyner. These are all pianists or bassists who recorded frequently in piano trios.

By doing Advaced searches through Amazon for album titles that include the word "Live" for each of these artists, it looks like Oscar Peterson is the one from this list who loves this song the best. He has recorded the tune at least 3 times in a live recording, and records prolifically in live situations. I think Oscar might be the one to check first. Amazon presents sound clips for lots of the music they offer, so I'd listen for a match. If the pianist improvises in a very florid, ten fingered way and swings very hard at tempo that would lend credence to the idea that the pianist is Oscar.

Dave

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