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

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Release credits

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

Issues

E
Eight Classic Albums
4x CD
12 September 2010