the great bassist oscar pettiford live in hamburg 1958, second chapter. fine mélange of modern mainstream, cool jazz and hard bop, with jimmy pratt (dr), hans koller (ts), dusko goykovich (tp), michel hausser (vib), attila zoller (g), roger guerin (tp) and armin rusch (p), heard here in a second previously unknown pettiford session from germany. comes as carefully mastered longplay cd and 2-lp vinyl set (gatefold), including photos of the event by susanne schapowalow and new liner notes by arne reimer, with goykovich and hausser sharing their memories of the time. certainly pettiford s best recorded live performance on the european jazz scene in excellent sound quality! recorded december 22, 1958 in hamburg at studio 10, produced by hans gertberg.