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Born in Canada Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) was convinced by producer Norman Granz to travel to the United States. As Granz was being taken to the Montreal airport by cab the radio was playing a live broadcast of Peterson at a local night club. Granz was so smitten by what he heard that he ordered the driver to take him to the club so that he could meet the pianist. In 1949 Granz introduced Peterson at a Carnegie Hall Jazz at the Philharmonic show in New York. A lasting relationship was born and Granz remained Peterson’s manager for most of his career. This was more than a managerial relationship; Peterson praised Granz for standing up for him and other black jazz musicians in the segregationist south of the 1950s and 1960s. In the course of his career Peterson developed a reputation as a technically brilliant and melodically inventive jazz pianist and became a regular on Canadian radio from the 1940s. His name was already recognized in the United States. However his 1949 debut at Carnegie Hall was uncredited; owing to union restrictions his appearance could not be billed. Through Granz’s Jazz at the Philharmonic he was able to play with the major jazz artists of the time. Peterson recorded as an accompanist for many other stars and also as the leader of his trio which at the time these recordings were made consisted of Ray Brown on bass plus Irving Ashby or Herb Ellis on guitar.

OSCAR PETERSON piano [also vocals on B8]
IRVING ASHBY guitar [on Side A]; HERB ELLIS guitar [on Side B]; RAY BROWN bass.
SIDE A: Los Angeles January 26 1952.
SIDE B: New York April 27 1954.
Original sessions produced by NORMAN GRANZ.

SIDE A:
1. YOU GO TO MY HEAD (J. Fred Coots-Haven Gillespie)
2. THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (George & Ira Gershwin)
3. THERE’S A SMALL HOTEL (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
4. YOU TURNED THE TABLES ON ME (Louis Alter-Sidney Mitchell)
5. THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU) (Harry Link-Holt Marvell-Jack Strachey)
6. I CAN’T GET STARTED (Vernon Duke-Ira Gershwin)
7. BLUE MOON (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart)
8. EAST OF THE SUN (Brooks Bowman)
SIDE B:
1. MY OLD FLAME (Arthur Johnston-Sam Coslow)
2. I DON’T STAND A GHOST OF A CHANCE (Bing Crosby-Ned Washington-Victor Young)
3. SERENADE IN BLUE (Harry Warren-Mack Gordon)
4. SWEET LORRAINE (Clifford R. Burwell-Mitchell Parish)
5. ANGEL EYES (Earl Brent-Matt Dennis)
6. UNFORGETTABLE (Irving Gordon)
7. MOONGLOW (Eddie DeLange-Irving Mills-Will Hudson)
8. THESE FOOLISH THINGS (REMIND ME OF YOU) (Harry Link-Holt Marvell-Jack Strachey) [vocal version] *
*BONUS TRACK: From the same sessions but not included on the original LP.