Oscar Peterson

‘Oscar Peterson Trio + One’ is an album (featuring Clark Terry) recorded on August 17, 1964 and released In October 1964 by Mercury. Track Listing : 1.Brotherhood Of Man (Frank Loesser) – 03:32 . 2.Jim (Caesar Petrillo, Milton Samuels, Nelson Shawn) – 03:01 . 3.Blues For Smedley (Oscar Peterson) – 06:56 . 4.Roundalay (Oscar Peterson) […]

‘Ella and Louis’ by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong is a studio album recorded on August 16, 1956 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Track Listing : 1.Can’T We Be Friends? (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 03:47 . 2.Isn’T This A Lovely Day? (Irving Berlin) – 06:16 . 3.Moonlight In Vermont (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – […]

Oscar Peterson’s ‘At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival’ is a live album recorded on August 8, 1956, with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis and released the same year In 1956 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Falling In Love With Love (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 06:15 . 2.How About You? (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) – 05:53 […]

Oscar Peterson’s ‘The Trio’ is a live album recorded with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen on July 28 and 29, 1961 at the London House jazz club in Chicago and released the same year by Verve. Track listing : 1.I’ve Never Been in Love Before (Frank Loesser) – 05:35 . 2.In the Wee Small Hours […]

‘Ella and Louis Again’ by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong is a studio (sequel to their 1956 ‘Ella and Louis’) album recorded on July 23 & 31 and August 13, 1957 In 1957 and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Don’T Be That Way (Benny Goodman, Mitchell Parish, Edgar Sampson) – 05:01 […]

July 15, 1977 – Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Ray Brown (b), Jimmy Smith (d) share the stage at “Montreux Jazz Festival” in Switzerland

Michel Petrucciani, Keith Jarrett, Count Basie, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chucho Valdés, Herbie Hancock, Danilo Pérez, Chano Dominguez , Eliane Elias, Oscar Peterson, Bud Powell, Joe Zawinul. They are the “Jazz Legends (Special Pianists)” performers selected among the 280 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Michel […]

‘Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song book’ is an album recorded between July 14 and August 9, 1959 with Ray Brown on double bass and Ed Thigpen on drums and released the same year by Verve. Track listing : 1.Cotton Tail (Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington) – 03:24 . 2.Just A-Sittin’ and A-Rockin’ (Lee Gaines, […]

July 10, 2004 – Oscar Peterson, even though he can only use his right hand, will play at “Montreal Jazz Festival,” Canada

Stan Getz Quartet, Pat Metheny Group, Astor Piazzolla, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, Buddy Rich, Modern Jazz Quartet, Louis Armstrong, Jaco Pastorius, Lionel Hampton, Billy Cobham, George Duke Band, John Coltrane, Don Ellis. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 297 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited […]

‘Skol’ by Oscar Peterson & Stéphane Grappelli. is a live album recorded on July 6, 1979 and released the same year by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Nuages (Jacques Larue, Django Reinhardt) – 08:18 . 2.How About You? (Arthur Freed, Burton Lane) – 05:19 . 3.Someone To Watch Over Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 06:50 […]

‘On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio’ is a live album recorded on July 1-5 1958 with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.Sweet Georgia Brown (Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Maceo Pinkard) – 07:47 . 2.Should I? (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed) – 05:04 . […]

This day (July 2, 2002), in Indianapolis, Indiana, died Ray Brown, an American jazz double bassist,

Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song book’ is a studio album recorded with the Duke Ellington Orchestra on June 25 and October 17, 1957 and released the same year By Verve Records. Track Listing : 1.Rockin’ In Rhythm (Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 05:17 . 2.Drop Me Off In Harlem (Nick Kenny) […]

Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Jazz at Santa Monica ’72’ is a live album recorded on June 2, 1972 with the Tommy Flanagan trio and the Count Basie Orchestra and released on August 2, 1972 by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Introductions By Norman Granz – 01:00 . 2.Basie Power (Ernie Wilkins) – 03:07 . 3.The Spirit Is Willing […]

This day (May 23, 1994), in Los Angeles, California, died Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua a.k.a Joe Pass, an Italian-American jazz guitarist.

Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘Ella and Oscar’ is an album recorded with Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown, on May 19, 1975 and released .the same year by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Mean To Me (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 03:30 . 2.How Long Has This Been Going On? (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 04:59 . 3.When […]

This day (May 6, 2004), in San Diego, California, died Barney Kessel, one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century.

This day (April 26, 1984), in Hollywood, Florida, died William ‘Count’ Basie a.k.a Count Basie, an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader and composer.

Ella Fitzgerad’s ‘Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert’ is a live album recorded on April 25, 1958 with a trio led by Lou Levy and released in 1988 by Verve. Track Listing : 1.St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) – 05:57 . 2.These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – […]