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OSCAR PETERSON

PLAYS THE DUKE ELLINGTON SONG BOOK (LP) (LTD)
Label PAN AM RECORDS
Catalog 9152287
Format LP
Discs 1
Category JAZZ/BLUES/COUNTRY
Street Date 2017-02-14
Description
・ LIMITED EDITION CLASSIC LPs
・ HIGH-DEFINITION PREMIUM VINYL PRESSING FOR SUPER FIDELITY
・ 180 GRAM. DIRECT METAL MASTERING. AUDIOPHILE PRESSING.
・ 1 BONUS TRACKS

After the introduction of the LP format in the mid-fifties jazz producer Norman Granz presented the jazz world with conceptual albums based on the compositions of the most famous American songwriters. The most celebrated of these songbooks were the series made by Ella Fitzgerald singing Rodgers & Hart Gershwin Porter etc. The songbooks however weren’t limited to vocal performances. In 1954 Granz tried to make a Cole Porter LP by Charlie Parker but the results weren’t satisfactory due to Bird’s deteriorating health (he would die in March 1955). Born in Canada Oscar Peterson was convinced by Granz to travel to the United States where he became one of the most featured musicians in the “Granz caravan” with respect to both studio recordings and as part of the touring Jazz at the Philharmonic group. Peterson recorded as an accompanist for many other stars and also as the leader of his trio which at the time consisted of Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums. This is the formation of the Oscar Peterson Trio heard on this homage to Duke Ellington. These recordings came about during a series of intense sessions during which Peterson and his band taped many different songbooks by the most renowned American composers. Throughout 1959 Peterson waxed his tributes to Harry Warren & Vincent Youmans Cole Porter the present homage to the Duke Jerome Kern Richard Rodgers Irving Berlin Harold Arlen and Jimmy McHugh. Before all that he had taped his Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra presenting songs from the repertoire of the legendary singer. These massive songbook sessions however weren’t Peterson’s (or Granz’s) first attempts into this territory. In fact Peterson had already made extensive recordings of several composers in 1952 when his regular group consisted of Ray Brown on bass and Barney Kessel on guitar.
tracklisting
SIDE A:
1. DON’T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
2. SOPHISTICATED LADY
3. ROCKIN’ IN RHYTHM
4. PRELUDE TO A KISS
5. IN A MELLOW TONE
6. COTTONTAIL
SIDE B:
1. JUST A SITTIN’ AND A ROCKIN’
2. THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
3. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN
4. I’VE GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD
5. DO NOTHIN’ TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
6. JOHN HARDY’S WIFE
7. TAKE THE “A” TRAIN [1952 version] *


During another set of marathon sessions during November and December 1952, they waxed numerous compositions by the Gershwin brothers, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.

OSCAR PETERSON, piano; RAY BROWN, bass; ED THIGPEN, drums
Chicago, July 21-August 1, 1959.
*BONUS TRACK (B7): OSCAR PETERSON, piano; BARNEY KESSEL, guitar; RAY BROWN, bass. Los Angeles, December, 1952.
Original sessions produced by NORMAN GRANZ.
 

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