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Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Songbook
''Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook'' is a 1959 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by George Gershwin. Peterson had recorded many of the pieces for his 1952 album ''Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin''. Track listing # "It Ain't Necessarily So" – 2:48 # "The Man I Love (song), The Man I Love" – 3:09 # "Love Walked In" – 2:49 # "I Was Doing All Right" – 2:50 # "A Foggy Day" – 2:55 # "Oh, Lady be Good!" – 3:02 # "Our Love is Here to Stay" – 2:59 # "They All Laughed (song), They All Laughed" – 2:31 # "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" – 2:20 # "Summertime (George Gershwin song), Summertime" (DuBose Heyward) – 2:58 # "Nice Work If You Can Get It (song), Nice Work If You Can Get It" – 2:07 # "Shall We Dance? (song), Shall We Dance?" – 2:18 All music composed by George Gershwin, with all lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Other lyricists indicated. Personnel Performance *Oscar Peterson – piano *Ray Brown (musician), Ray Brown – do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing". Biography Early years Peterson was born in Montreal, Quebec, to immigrants from the West Indies (Saint Kitts and Nevis and the British Virgin Islands); His mother, Kathleen, was a domestic worker and his father, Daniel, worked as a porter for Canadian Pacific Railway and was an amateur musician who taught himself to play the organ, trumpet and piano. Peterson grew up in the neighbourh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
