Oscar Peterson

Anita O’Day’s ‘Anita Sings the Most’ is an album recorded on January 31, 1957 with Oscar Peterson on piano and released the same year by Verve. Track Listing : 1.’S Wonderful/They Can’T Take That Away From Me (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 02:57 . 2.Tenderly (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 03:20 . 3.Old Devil Moon […]

This day (January 26, 2019), in Paris, France, died Michel Legrand, a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. Tracklist : w/ Sarah Vaughan – Sweet Gingerbread Man (1972) . w/ Meow Meow – Sans Toi (2011) . w/ Natalie Dessay – The Summer Knows (2012) . w/ Oscar Peterson – Watch What Happens . […]

‘Two of the Few’ by Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson is a studio album recorded on January 20, 1983 and released the same year by Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Oh, Lady Be Good! (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 07:54 . 2.If I Had You (Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro) – 04:27 . 3.Limehouse Blues […]

Oscar Peterson’s ‘The More I See You’ is an album (the first since his stroke) recorded on January 15 & 16, 1995 with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown, Lorne Lofsky & Lewis Nash and released the same year by Telarc. Track Listing : 1.In A Mellow Tone (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 04:53 . […]

‘Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie’ is an album of music associated with Count Basie, recorded on December 27, 1955 with Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Buddy Rich and released in 1955 by Clef. Track Listing : 1.Lester Leaps In (Lester Young) – 03:58 . 2.Easy Does It (Sy Oliver, Lester Young) – 06:28 . 3.9:20 […]

Miles Davis, Kenny Garrett, Grover Washington Jr, Milton Nascimento, Wagner Tiso, Tony Bennett, Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef, Arturo O’Farrill, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Brad Mehldau, Cyrus Chestnut, Buster Williams, Lenny White, Michael Brecker, David Liebman, Joe Lovano, Wadada Leo Smith, Ornette Coleman. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 197 Posts […]

This day (December 23, 2007), in Mississauga, Ontario, died Oscar Peterson, a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Tracklist : Cakewalk (2004) . Take the A Train . w/ Count Basie – Jumpin’ At The Woodside . w/ Joe Pass – You Look Good to Me . Sweet Georgia Brown [1985] . C Jam Blues (1964) […]

Dinah Shore, Andy Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Milt Jackson, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Gerry Mulligan, Bob Brookmeyer, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner , Dave Brubeck, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall, Jean Luc Ponty, Herbie Hancock. They are the “Jazz Legends” selected among the 244 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are […]

December 14, 1972 – Ben Webster sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio on NDR Jazz Workshop “Funkhaus Hannover” program in Hannover, Germany.

‘Satch and Josh’ by Oscar Peterson and Count Basie is an album recorded on December 2, 1974 in Los Angeles, CA and released in 1974 By Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Buns (Count Basie, Oscar Peterson) – 04:35 . 2.These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 05:42 . 3.R.B. […]

Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd , Chico Hamilton, Herbie Hancock, Randy Brecker, Michael Brecker, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Kenny Wheeler, Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie , Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Rahsaan Roland Kirk. They are the “Jazz Legends” performers selected among the 243 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in […]

This day ( December 1st, 1997), in Paris, France, died Stéphane Grappelli , a French jazz violinist and founder of Quintette du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt. Digest Tracklist : How High The Moon (1991) . Swing 42 and Minor Swing . 90 Minutes Live . w/ John Etheridge, Julian Bream, George Shearing […]

‘Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie’ is an album recorded on November 28 & 29, 1974 and released in 1974 By Pablo. Track Listing : 1.Caravan (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) – 07:02 . 2.Mozambique (Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson) – 07:08 . 3.Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 07:25 . 4.Close Your […]

Lester Young’s ‘The President Plays’ is a studio album recorded on November 28, 1952 with the Oscar Peterson Quartet and released in June 1954 By Norgran Records. Track Listing : 1.Ad Lib Blues (Oscar Peterson, Lester Young) – 05:54 . 2.I Can’T Get Started (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) – 03:41 . 3.Just You, Just Me […]

Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Keith Jarrett, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Joe Zawinul, Bill Evans, Vijay Iyer, Dave Brubeck, Hiromi, Count Basie, Judy Garland. They are the “Jazz Legends (Special Pianists)” performers selected among the 252 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Herbie […]

Oscar Peterson’s ‘Walking the Line’ is an album recorded on November 10-13, 1970 1970 and released the same year by Mps. Track Listing : 1.I Love You (Cole Porter) – 05:14 . 2.Rock Of Ages (Jack Fascinato, Tennessee Ernie Ford) – 05:32 . 3.Once Upon A Summertime (Eddie Barclay, Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Johnny Mercer) […]

November 8, 1974 – Oscar Peterson, Count Basie and his Orchestra share the bill at the Prague Jazz Festival in Prague, Czechoslovakia

October 30, 1969 – Oscar Peterson (p), Sam Jones (b), Bobby Durham (d) and Dexter Gordon (ts) will tape a TV show at “Jazz in Studio 1” in Copenhagen, Denmark

Oscar Peterson’s ‘With Respect to Nat’ is a studio ( in tribute to Nat King Cole who had died earlier that year) album where Peterson sings on all tracks but one and recorded between October 28 and November 13, 1965 and released the same year by Limelight. Track Listing : 1.When My Sugar Walks Down […]

Cannonball Adderley, Thelonious Monk, Count Basie, Nat king Cole, Illinois Jacquet, Ray Brown, Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Oscar Peterson, Flip Phillips, Herb Ellis, Papa Jo Jones, Art Blakey, The Jazz Messengers, Dave Brubeck, Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Cedar Walton, Micky Roker, Shirley Horn, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington , Gene Krupa, Anita O’Day, Miles […]