Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook - Canadá

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (Montreal, 15 agosto 1925 hasta 23 diciembre 2007) fue un pianista de jazz canadiense. Oscar Peterson es considerado por muchos críticos como uno de los más grandes pianistas de jazz de todos los tiempos (Scott Yanow, 2004).

Sus socios son los más constantes bajistas musicales de Ray Brown y Niels-Henning Pedersen Orsted y los guitarristas Herb Ellis y Joe Pass.

Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbookis a 1959 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by George Gershwin. Peterson had recorded many of the pieces for his 1952
album Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin.

Performance

Oscar Peterson – piano
Ray Brown – double bass
Ed Thigpen – drums

"It Ain't Necessarily So" – 2:48
"The Man I Love" – 3:09
"Love Walked In" – 2:49
"I Was Doing All Right" – 2:50
"A Foggy Day" – 2:55 -
"Oh, Lady be Good!" – 3:02
"Our Love is Here to Stay" – 2:59
"They All Laughed" – 2:31
"Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – 2:20
"Summertime" (DuBose Heyward) – 2:58 -
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" – 2:07
"Shall We Dance?" – 2:18
"Man I Love" – 3:05
"Fascinating Rhythm" – 2:55
"It Aint Necessarily So" – 3:13
"Somebody loves me " – 3:19
"Strike Up The Band" – 3:11
"Ive Got a Crush on You" – 2:57
"I Was Doing All Right" – 2:46
"S Wonderful" – 2:39
"Oh,Lady,Be Good!" – 3:54
"I Got Rhythm" – 3:20
"Foggy Day" – 3:41
"Love Walked In" – 3:06