Oscar Peterson
Piano Solo on
You Turned the Tables on Me

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Oscar Peterson delivers a half-chorus piano solo on "You Turned the Tables on Me" at approximately 117 BPM from Anita O'Day's 1957 album Anita Sings the Most. Though brief, his solo over the 32-bar AB form in C demonstrates the concentration of musical ideas he could achieve in a short space, his lines weaving through the changes with characteristic harmonic sophistication and rhythmic drive. As the sole instrumental soloist, Peterson's half-chorus provides a compact but complete statement that exemplifies the natural musical rapport between the pianist and O'Day. The medium tempo creates an ideal framework for the interplay between voice and piano throughout this album.

Oscar Peterson was 31 to 32 years old at the time.