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OSCAR PETERSON

SINGBOOK: 14 ORIGINAL ALBUMS (10CD)
Label DOCUMENTS
Catalog 600189
Format CD
Discs 10
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2014-10-21
Description
*14 original albums (with their original covers) of the legendary Oscar Peterson Trio
*Some of the best albums Peterson recorded among which “At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival” and “At the Concertgebouw”
*Classics such as “Porgy and Bess” “Swinging Brass” and the song books of Ellington Porter Gershwin Kern and others
*Bonus: the fantastic 1957 album “Anita sings The Most” by Anita O’Day much admired by Peterson
tracklisting
CD1
The Oscar Peterson Trio At The Stratford Shaekespearean Festival (1956):
1. Falling In Love With Love (Rodgers/Hart)
2. How About You? (Lane/Freed)
3. Flamingo (Grouya/Anderson)
4. Swinging On A Star (Van Heusen/Burke)
5. Noreen’s Nocturne (Peterson)
6. Gypsy In My Soul (Boland/Jaffe)
7. How High The Moon (Lewis/Hamilton)
8. Love You Madly (Ellington)
9. 52nd Street Theme (Monk)
Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (guitar) Ray Brown (bass).
Recorded at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival in Ontario August 8 1956

CD2
The Oscar Peterson Trio At The Concertgebouw (1957):
1. The Lady Is A Tramp (Rodgers/Hart)
2. We’ll Be Together Again (Fischer/Laine)
3. Bluesology (Bags‘ Groove) (Jackson)
4. Budo (Davis/Powell)
5. I’ve Got The World On A String (Arlen/Koehler)
6. Daahoud (Brown)
7. When Lights Are Low (Carter)
8. Evrev (Peterson)
Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (guitar) Ray Brown (bass)
Recorded live at the Civic Opera House Chicago September 29 1957
The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson (1959):
9. Liza (Gershwin/Gershwin/Kahn)
10. Con Alma (Gillespie)
11. Close Your Eyes (Petkere)
12. The Maidens Of Cadiz (Delibes)
13. My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers/Hart)
Oscar Peterson (piano) Ray Brown (bass) Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in July/August 1959

CD3
On The Town (1958):
1. Sweet Georgia Brown (Bernie/Casey/Pinkard)
2. Should I? (Freed/Freed)
3. When Lights Are Low (Carter/Williams)
4. Easy Listenin‘ Blues (Robinson)
5. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston/Burke)
6. The Champ (Gillespie)
7. Moonlight In Vermont (Suessdorf/Blackbourn)
Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (guitar) Ray Brown (bass)
Recorded Live at the Town Tavern Club Toronto July 5 1958

CD4
Jazz Giant‘s ‘ 58:
1. Chocolate Sundae (Peterson/Getz/Edison/Mulligan)
2. When Your Lover Has Gone (Swan)
3. Candy (David/Whitney/Kramer)
4. Ballade: Lush Life (Strayhorn) ? Lullaby of the Leaves (Petkere/Young) ? Makin‘ Whoopee (Donaldson/Kahn) ? It never Entered My Mind (Rodgers/Hart)
5. Woodyn‘ You (Gillespie)
Stan Getz (tenor sax) Gerry Mulligan (baritone sax) Harry Edison
(trumpet) Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (guitar) Ray Brown (bass) Louis Bellson (drums)
Recorded in August 1 1957

CD5
The Modern Jazz Quartet And The Oscar PetersonTrio At The Opera House (1957):
1. D & E Blues (Lewis)
2. Now’s The Time (Parker)
3. Round About Midnight (Thelonius Monk)
4. Should I? (Freed/Brown)
5. Big Fat Mama (Millinder/Simon)
6. Indiana (Hanley/MacDonald)
7. Joy Spring (Brown)
8. Elevation (MulliganLawrence)
Milt Jackson (vibraphone) John Lewis (piano) Percy Heath (bass). Connie Kay (drums) (1-3)
Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (guitar) Ray Brown (bass) (4-7)
Recorded at the Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles October 9 1957
Swinging Brass With The Oscar Peterson Trio & Russ Garcia Orchestra:
9. Stockholm Sweetnin‘ (Jones)
10. Blues For Big Scotia (Brown)
11. Close Your Eyes (Petkere)
12. Spirit Feel (Jackson)
13. Cubana Chant (Bryant)
14. Con Alma (Gillespie)
15. O.P. (Garcia/Peterson)
16. Little Pea’s Blues (Peterson)
Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (guitar) Ray Brown (bass) Russell Garcia (conductor arranger) Buds Shank (alto sax on track 16)
Recorded in 1959

CD6
Oscar Peterson Plays The Duke Ellington Songbook (1959):
1. Cotton Tail
2. Just A- Sittin‘ And A- Rockin
3. Take The ‘A‘ Train
4. John Hardy’s Wife
5. Sophisticated Lady
6. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
7. Rockin‘ In Rhythm
8. Prelude To A Kiss
9. In A Mellow Tone
10. Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
11. I Got It Bad
12. Do Nothing ‘ Till You Hear From Me
All music composed by Duke Ellington
Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in July/August, 1959

CD7
Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Songbook (1959):
1. It Ain’t Necessarily So
2. The Man I Love
3. Love Walked In
4. I Was Doing All Right
5. A Foggy Day
6. Oh, Lady Be Good
7. Our Love Is Here To Stay
8. They All Laughed
9. Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off (Gershwin)
10. Summertime (DuBose/Heyward)
11. Nice Work If You Can Get It (Gershwin)
12. Shall We Dance? (Gershwin)
All music composed by George Gershwin / All Lyrics by Ira Gershwin exept Track 10 (DuBose/Heyward)
Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in July/August, 1959
Oscar Peterson Plays The Harold Arlen Songbook (1959):
13. As Long As I Live (Arlen/Koehler)
14. Come Rain Or Come Shine (Arlen/Mercer)
15. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive (Arlen/Mercer)
16. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Arlen/Koehler)
17. I’ve Got The World On A String (Arlen/Koehler)
18. That Old Black Magic (Arlen/Mercer)
19. Let’s Fall In Love (Arlen/Koehler)
20. Stormy Weather (Arlen/Koehler)
21. Over The Rainbow (Arlen/Harburg)
22. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe (Arlen/Harburg)
23. The Man That Got Away (Arlen/Gershwin)
24. Ill Wind (Arlen/Koehler)
Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in July/August, 1959

CD8
Oscar Peterson Plays The Jerome Kern Songbook (1959):
1. I Won’t Dance (Fields/Hammerstein II/Harbach/McHugh)
2. Bill (Hammerstein)
3. The Song Is You (Hammerstein)
4. A Fine Romance (Fields)
5. Can’t Help Lovin‘ Dat Man (Hammerstein)
6. Ol‘ Man River (Hammerstein)
7. Long Ago (And far Away) (Gershwin)
8. Lovely To Look At (Fields/McHugh)
9. Pick Yourself Up (Fields)
10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Harbach)
11. The Way You Look Tonight (Fields)
12. Yesterdays (Harbach)
All Music composed by Jerome Kern
Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in July/August, 1959
Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook (1959):
13. In The Still Of The Night
14. It’s Allright With Me • 15. Love For Sale
16. Just One Of Those Things
17. I’ve Got You Under My Skin
18. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye • 19. Night And Day
20. You’d Be So Easy To Love
21. Why Can’t You Behave
22. I Love Paris
23. I Concentrate On You
24. It’s De-Lovely
All Titles written and composed by Cole Porter
Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in July/August, 1959

CD9
Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy And Bess (1959):
1. I Got Plenty O’Nuttin
2. I Wants To Stay Here
3. Summertime
4. Oh, Dey’s So Fresh And Fine
5. Oh, Lawd, I’m On My Way
6. It Ain’t Necessarily So
7. There’s A Boat Dat’s Leavin‘ Soon For New York
8. Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
9. Here Come De Honey Man
10. Bess, You Is My Woman Now
All Titels omposed by George
All Lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Dubose Heyward
Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in October 12, 1959

CD10
A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra (1959)
1. You Make Me Feel So Young (Gordon/Myrow)
2. Come Dance With Me (Cain/Van Heusen)
3. Learnin‘ The Blues (Silvers)
4. Witchcraft (Coleman/Leigh)
5. (Love Is) The Tender Trap (Cahn/Van Heusen)
6. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) (Cahn/Styne)
7. Just In Time (Comden/Green/Styne)
8. It Happened In Monterey (Rose/Wayne)
9. I Get A Kick Out Of You (Porter)
10. All Of Me (Simons/Marks)
11. The Birth Of The Blues (Henderson/DeSylva/Brown)
12. How About You (Freed/Lane)
Oscar Peterson (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
Recorded in May 18, 1959
Bonus - Anita O’Day „Anita Sings The Most“:
13. S‘Wonderful/They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Gershwin/Gerswhin)
14. Tenderly (Gross/Lawrence)
15. Old Devil Moon (Harburg/Lane)
16. Love Me Or Leave Me (Donaldson/Kahn)
17. We’ll Be Together Again (Fischer/Laine)
18. Stella By Starlight (Washington/Young)
19. Taking A Chance On Love (Duke/Fetter/Latouche)
20. Them There Eyes (Pinkard/Tauber/Tracey)
21. I’ve Got The World On A String (Arlen/Koehler)
22. You Turned The Tables On Me (Alter/Mitchell)
23. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Hart/Rodgers)
Anita O’Day (vocals) Oscar Peterson (piano) Herb Ellis (Guitar) Ray Brown (bass) John Poole, Milt Holland (drums)
 

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