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Tracklist

• CD 1: CD 1 The Oscar Peterson Trio At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival 1956.
• 1
  Falling In Love With Love
  6:16
• 2
  How About You?
  5:53
• 3
  Flamingo
  4:59
• 4
  Swinging On A Star
  5:33
• 5
  Noreen's Nocturne
  5:31
• 6
  Gypsy In My Soul
  6:23
• 7
  How High The Moon
  9:44
• 8
  Love You Madly
  8:02
• 9
  52nd Street Theme
  4:14
• CD 2: CD 2 The Oscar Peterson Trio At The Concertgebouw 1957.
• 1
  The Lady Is A Tramp
  4:51
• 2
  We'll Be Together Again
  2:34
• 3
  Bluesology
  9:23
• 4
  Budo
  4:40
• 5
  I've Got The World On A String
  6:41
• 6
  Daahoud
  7:00
• 7
  When The Lights Are Low
  4:03
• 8
  Evrev
  4:51
• 9
  Liza
  4:32
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Con Alma
  6:58
• 11
  Close Your Eyes
  5:46
• 12
  The Maidens Of Cadiz
  7:43
• 13
  My Heart Stood Still
  5:42
• CD 3: CD 3 On The Town 1958.
• 1
  Sweet Georgia Brown
  7:47
• 2
  Should I?
  5:05
• 3
  When The Lights Are Low
  5:57
• 4
  Easy Listening Blues
  6:49
• 5
  Pennies From Heaven
  7:23
• 6
  The Champ
  5:26
• 7
  Moonlight In Vermont
  5:50
• CD 4: CD 4 Jazz Giant's '58 1958.
• 1
  Chocolate Sundae
  10:10
• 2
  When Your Lover Has Gone
  7:16
• 3
  Candy
  8:00
• 4
  Ballade- Lullaby Of The Leaves, Makin' Whoopee, It Never Entered My Mind.
  11:54
• 5
  Woodyn' You
  9:35
• CD 5: CD 5 The Modern Jazz Quartet And The Oscar Peterson Trio At The Opera House 1957.
• 1
  D & E Blues
  5:01
• 2
  Now's The Time
  4:43
• 3
  Round About Midnight
  3:53
• 4
  Should I?
  5:16
• 5
  Big Fat Mama
  7:34
• 6
  Indiana
  4:07
• 7
  Joy Spring
  5:27
• 8
  Elevation
  3:29
• 9
  Stockholm Sweetnin'
  4:04
• 10
  Blues For Big Scotia
  3:51
• 11
  Close Your Eyes
  4:36
• 12
  Spirit Feel
  4:38
• 13
  Cubana Chant
  4:03
• 14
  Con Alma
  7:00
• 15
  O.P.
  2:53
• 16
  Little Pea's Blues
  4:33
• CD 6: CD 6 Oscar Peterson Plays The Duke Ellington Songbook 1959
• 1
  Cotton Tail
  2:24
• 2
  Just A Sit-in' And A-rockin
  2:59
• 3
  Take The A Train
  3:05
• 4
  John Hardy's Wife
  2:36
• 5
  Sophisticated Lady
  2:27
• 6
  Don't Get Around Much Anymore
  2:34
• 7
  Rockin' In Rhythm
  2:16
• 8
  Prelude To A Kiss
  2:32
• 9
  In A Mellow Tone
  3:44
• 10
  Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  3:08
• 11
  I Got It Bad
  3:14
• 12
  Do Nothing 'Till You Hear From Me
  2:15
• CD 7: CD 7 Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Songbook 1959.
• 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
• 7
  Our Love Is Here To Stay
  2:59
• 8
  They All Laughed
  2:32
• 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
• 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 8: CD 8 Oscar Peterson Plays The Jerome Kern Songbook 1959.
• 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
  Ol' Man River
  2:38
• 7
  Long Ago (and Far Away)
  2:36
• 8
  Lovely To Look At
  2:48
• 9
  Pick Yourself Up
  2:12
• 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 Alright 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
  Ev'ry 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
• CD 9: CD 9 Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy And Bess 1959
• 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 Leaving' Soon For New York
  7:14
• 8
  Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess
  4:57
• 9
  Here Comes De Honey Man
  1:10
• 10
  Bess, You Is My Woman Now
  3:32
• CD 10: CD 10 A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra 1959
• 1
  You Make Me Feel So Young
  2:39
• 2
  Come Dance With Me
  2:23
• 3
  Learnin' The Blues
  3:41
• 4
  Witchcraft
  3:12
• 5
  (Love Is) The Tender Trap
  2:44
• 6
  Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week)
  2:58
• 7
  Just In Time
  1:52
• 8
  It Happened In Monterey
  2:57
• 9
  I Get A Kick Out Of You
  3:02
• 10
  All Of Me
  3:24
• 11
  The Birth Of The Blues
  2:37
• 12
  How About You
  3:14
• 13
  S'Wonderful / They Can't Take That Away From Me
  2:59
• 14
  Tenderly
  3:23
• 15
  Old Devil Moon
  2:54
• 16
  Love Me Or Leave Me
  2:35
• 17
  We'll Be Together Again
  3:40
• 18
  Stella By Starlight
  2:06
• 19
  Taking A Chance On Love
  2:24
• 20
  Them There Eyes
  2:39
• 21
  I've Got The World On A String
  4:01
• 22
  You Turned The Tables On Me
  3:43
• 23
  Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered
  3:56

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Release credits

• Ed Thigpen
  drums (drum set) [2.9-10, 2.10-12, 2.12-13, 7.1-3, 7.5, 7.7, 7.17, 7.19, 7.19-20, 7.20, 7.22, 7.22-23, 7.23-24, 8.1-2, 6.1, 6.6-12]
• Gerry Mulligan
  baritone saxophone [2-5]
• Harry “Sweets” Edison
  trumpet [2-5]
• Herb Ellis
  electric guitar [1-9], guitar [1.5, 1.9, 3.1-7, 4.2-5]
• Louie Bellson
  drums (drum set) [2-5]
• Norman Granz
  producer [2.9-13, 1.1-9, 6.1, 6.6-12, 7.17, 7.19-24]
• Oscar Peterson
  piano [2.9-10, 2.10-12, 2.12-13, 1.1-9, 1.9, 3.1-7, 6.1, 6.6-12, 8.1-2, 4.2-5, 7.1-3, 7.5, 7.7, 7.17, 7.19, 7.19-20, 7.20-22, 7.22-23, 7.23-24, 7.24]
• Ray Brown
  bass [1.9, 2.10, 2.12, 4.2-5, 7.1-3, 7.5, 7.7, 7.19-20, 7.22-24, 8.1-2], double bass [2.9-13, 6.1, 6.6-12, 1.1-9, 3.1-7, 7.17, 7.19-20, 7.22-23]
• Stan Getz
  tenor saxophone [2-5]

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