Walking the Line

Walking the Line is an album by Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson, released in 1970. Recorded at: MPS Tonstudio Villingen.

This article is about the Oscar Peterson album. For the country music album, see Walking the Line (Merle Haggard, George Jones and Willie Nelson album).

Walking the Line
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1970
Recorded	November 10-13, 1970
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:48
Label	MPS
Producer	Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Oscar Peterson chronology
Tristeza on Piano (1970) Walking the Line (1970) Another Day (1970)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

AllMusic critic Ken Dryden stated in his review: "Oscar Peterson's series of recordings for Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer during the 1960s and early '70s are one of many high points in his long career... His mastery of the ballad form is heard in his sensitive interpretation of "Once Upon a Summertime,"...[1]

Track listing

1. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 5:14
2. "Rock of Ages" (Jack Fascinato, Tennessee Ernie Ford) – 5:32
3. "Once Upon a Summertime" (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer) – 5:19
4. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 3:58
5. "Teach Me Tonight" (Sammy Cahn, Gene DePaul) – 5:07
6. "The Windmills of Your Mind" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 5:04
7. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:37
8. "All of You" (Porter) – 5:01

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• George Mraz – double bass
• Ray Price – drums

References

1. Dryden, Ken. "Walking the Line > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 28, 2015.