Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson & The Greatest Singers - Milestones Of Jazz

Cat. no: 600525
Format: CD
Barcode: 4053796005250
Release Date: 10 Dec 2021
Genre: Jazz

Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) from Montreal, Quebec, is undoubtedly one of the masters of the jazz piano

Classically trained, he was already popular in Canada as a teenager in Canada when Jazz impresario Norman Granz became aware of Peterson in 1949 and hired him for his his extremely popular "Jazz At The Philharmonic" concerts and tours. When Granz founded his own labels such as Norgran or Verve not much later, Peterson was the pianist of choice for his productions.

Among the most popular and artistically rewarding studio encounters with Oscar Peterson on piano are the recordings with Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. Songs like "April in Paris", "Autumn in New York" and many others became immortal in these versions. A four- record musical “biography” of dancer and singer Fred Astaire is a treasure long forgotten. Peterson also shaped the recording sessions with Billie Holiday, which, produced by Granz in the early 1950s, ushered in a new, more mature phase in Lady Day's vocal artistry. The albums with Anita O'Day, the young Toni Harper and the singing drummer Buddy Rich also show why the pianist was on everybody’s first call list. Peterson was a more than acceptable singer himself (and a big fan of Nat "King" Cole), as you can hear on "Soft Sands".

Tracks: Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Puttin' on the Ritz / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - I Used to Be Color Blind / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - The Continental / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Change Partners / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - S Wonderful / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Lovely to Look At / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - They All Laughed / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Cheek to Cheek / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Steppin' Out with My Baby / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - The Way You Look Tonight / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - I've Got My Eyes on You / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Dancing in the Dark / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - The Carioca / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Nice Work If You Can Get It / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - New Sun in the Sky / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - I Won't Dance / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Fast Dances / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Top Hat, White Tie and Tails / Oscar
Peterson, Fred Astaire - No Strings (I'm Fancy Free) / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - I Concentrate on You / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - I'm Putting all My Eggs in One Basket / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - A Fine Romance / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Night and Day / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Fascinating Rhythm / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - I Love Louisa / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Slow Dances / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Medium Dances / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - They Can't Take That Away from Me / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - You're Easy to Dance With / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - A Needle in a Haystack / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - So Near and Yet So Far / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - A Foggy Day / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Oh, Lady be Good! / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - I'm Building Up to an Awful Letdown / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Not My Girl / Oscar Peterson, Fred Astaire - Jam Session for a Dancer / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be Friends? / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Isn't This a Lovely Day? / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Moonlight in Vermont / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - They Can't Take That Away from Me / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Under a Blanket of Blue / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Tenderly / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - A Foggy Day / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Stars Fell on Alabama / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Cheek to Cheek / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - The Nearness of You / Oscar  Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - April in Paris / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Don't Be That Way / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Makin' Whoopee / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - They All Laughed / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Comes Love / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Autumn in New York / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Stompin' at the Savoy / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - I Won't Dance / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - These Foolish Things / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Willow Weep for Me / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - A Fine Romance / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Ill Wind / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Love Is Here to Stay / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - I Get a Kick out of You / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong - Learnin' the Blues / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - In A Sentimental Mood / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Don't Get Around Much Anymore / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Prelude To A Kiss / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - In A Mellow Tone / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Love You Madly / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Lush Life / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Squatty Roo / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - I'm Just A Lucky So- And- So / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - All Too Soon / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Everything But You / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Bli- Blip / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Chelsea Bridge / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington - Portrait Of Ella Fitzgerald / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - It's Alright With Me / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Don'cha Go Away Mad / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - These Foolish Things / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Ill Wind / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Goody, Goody / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Moonlight In Vermont / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Them There Eyes / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Stompin' at the Savoy / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Can't We Be Friends? / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Could Write a Book / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Gone with the Wind / Oscar Peterson, Ella
Fitzgerald - Singin' in the Rain / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Love for Sale / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin' / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - A Foggy Day / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - You Don't Know What Love Is / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Little Girl Blue / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - You Took Advantage of Me / Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald - Like Someone in Love / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - That Old Feeling / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - Let's Fall in Love / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - I'll Never Be the Same / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - Blues in the Night / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - How Long Has This Been Going On? / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - I Was Doing All Right / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - What's New? / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - Moon Song / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - Just One of Those Things / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - There's No You / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - You Go to My Head / Oscar Peterson, Louis Armstrong - Sweet Lorraine / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Stormy Weather / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Lover Come Back to Me / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - My Man / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - He's Funny That Way / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Yesterdays / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Tenderly / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - I Can't Face the Music / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Remember / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Love for Sale / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Moonglow / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Everything I Have Is Yours / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - If the Moon Turns Green / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Autumn in New York / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday -  How Deep Is the Ocean? / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - What a Little Moonlight Can Do / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - I Cried for You / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - I Only Have Eyes for You / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - You Turned the Tables on Me / Oscar
Peterson, Billie Holiday - Blue Moon / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - (In My) Solitude / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - These Foolish Things / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - You'd Be So Easy to Love / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - You Go to My Head / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Soft Sands / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - On the Outside Looking In / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - It Happens Every Spring / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Chanel / Oscar Peterson, Billie
Holiday - You Took Advantage of Me / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Why, Oh Why / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Song to the Stars / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Echoes / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - I've Never Left your Arms / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - I Can't Get Started / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Dream on a Summer Night / Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday - Susquehanna / Oscar Peterson, Anita OÂ ´Day - S Wonderful (They Can't Take that Away from
Me) / Oscar Peterson, Anita O´Day - Tenderly / Oscar Peterson, Anita O´Day - Old Devil Moon / Oscar Peterson, Anita O ´Day - Love Me or Leave Me / Oscar Peterson, Anita O´Day - We'll Be Together Again / Oscar Peterson, Anita O´Day - Stella by Starlight / Oscar Peterson, Anita O ´Day - Taking a Chance on Love / Oscar Peterson, Anita O´Day - Them There Eyes / Oscar Peterson, Anita O´Day - I've Got the World on a String / Oscar Peterson, Anita O´Day - You Turned the
Tables on Me / Oscar Peterson, Anita OÂ ´Day - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered / Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich - Everything Happens To Me / Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich - Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams / Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich - Sure Thing / Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich - Glad To Be Unhappy / Oscar 
Peterson, Buddy Rich - Ballad Medley: Over The Rainbow/You've Changed/Time After Time/This Is Always/My Heart Stood Still/I Hadn't Anyone Till You

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