Eight Classic Albums

Compilation by Oscar Peterson

Released 12 September 2010

jazz swing

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Tracklist

CD 1: The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (1–5) / Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook (6–17)
1
Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away)
4:32
3.0 ★
2
Con Alma
6:58
3
Close Your Eyes
5:45
4
The Maidens of Cadiz
7:43
5
My Heart Stood Still
5:43
6
Cotton Tail
2:24
7
Just A‐Sittin’ and A‐Rockin’
2:58
8
Take the ‘A’ Train
3:05
9
John Hardy’s Wife
2:36
10
Sophisticated Lady
2:27
11
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
2:34
12
Rockin’ in Rhythm
2:16
13
Prelude to a Kiss
2:33
14
In a Mellow Tone
3:44
15
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
3:08
16
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good)
3:14
17
Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
2:15
CD 2: Plays the George Gershwin Songbook (1–12) / Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook (13–24)
1
It Ain’t Necessarily So
2:49
2
The Man I Love
3:09
3
Love Walked In
2:49
4
I Was Doing All Right
2:51
5
A Foggy Day
2:55
6
Oh, Lady Be Good
3:02
4.0 ★
7
Our Love Is Here to Stay
2:59
8
They All Laughed
2:32
3.0 ★
9
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off
2:20
10
Summertime
2:58
11
Nice Work If You Can Get It
2:08
12
Shall We Dance?
2:19
4.0 ★
13
As Long as I Live
2:26
14
Come Rain or Come Shine
2:37
15
Ac‐Cent‐Tchu‐Ate the Positive
2:02
16
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
2:43
17
I’ve Got the World on a String
2:29
18
That Old Black Magic
3:01
19
Let’s Fall in Love
2:18
20
Stormy Weather
2:43
21
Over the Rainbow
2:18
22
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
2:13
23
The Man That Got Away
2:39
24
Ill Wind
2:32
CD 3: Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook (1–12) / Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (13–24)
1
I Won’t Dance
2:33
2
Bill
2:58
3
The Song Is You
3:05
4
A Fine Romance
3:10
5
Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man
2:46
6
Old Man River
2:38
7
Long Ago and Far Away
2:36
8
Lovely to Look At
2:48
9
Pick Yourself Up
2:13
10
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
2:50
11
The Way You Look Tonight
3:41
12
Yesterdays
3:20
13
In the Still of the Night
2:53
14
It’s All Right With Me
2:55
15
Love for Sale
3:31
16
Just One of Those Things
2:25
17
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
2:52
18
Every Time We Say Goodbye
2:22
19
Night and Day
2:35
20
You’d Be So Easy to Love
2:38
21
Why Can’t You Behave
3:02
22
I Love Paris
2:13
23
I Concentrate on You
3:13
24
It’s De‐Lovely
2:29
5.0 ★
CD 4: Plays Porgy and Bess (1–10) / A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (11–22)
1
I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
6:26
2
I Wants to Stay Here
6:22
3
Summertime
3:51
4
Oh, Dey’s So Fresh and Fine
0:56
5
Oh, Lawd, I’m on My Way!
2:36
6
It Ain’t Necessarily So
4:02
7
There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
7:14
1.8 ★
8
Oh Bess, Oh Where’s My Bess
4:57
9
Here Come de Honey Man
1:10
10
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
3:32
11
You Make Me Feel So Young
2:40
4.0 ★
12
Come Dance With Me
2:23
4.0 ★
13
Learnin’ the Blues
3:41
14
Witchcraft
3:13
15
(Love Is) The Tender Trap
2:45
16
Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)
2:58
17
Just in Time
1:53
18
It Happened in Monterey
2:58
19
I Get a Kick Out of You
3:03
20
All of Me
3:26
21
The Birth of the Blues
2:39
22
How About You
3:11

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Oscar in Paris: Oscar Peterson Live at the Salle Pleyel

Oscar in Paris: Oscar Peterson Live at the Salle Pleyel 1997

Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore

Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore 1996

Release credits

Ed Thigpen
drums (drum set) [4.1-22, 2.1-16, 2.16-19, 2.19-20, 2.20, 2.22, 2.22-23, 2.23-24, 1.1-2, 1.2-4, 1.4-17, 3.1-16, 3.16-24]
Norman Granz
producer [4.1-10, 2.16, 2.19-24, 1.1-17, 3.13-24]
Oscar Peterson
piano [3.1-16, 3.16-24, 4.1-22, 1.1-2, 1.2-4, 1.4-17, 2.1-16, 2.16-19, 2.19-20, 2.20-22, 2.22-23, 2.23-24, 2.24]
Ray Brown
bass [4.11, 4.13-22, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1-20, 2.22-24, 3.1-24], double bass [3.16, 2.16, 2.19-20, 2.22-23, 1.1-17, 4.1-12, 4.12, 4.17], guest [11-22]

Issues

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Eight Classic Albums
4x CD
12 September 2010