The Best of Oscar Peterson

~ Release by Oscar Peterson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Night Train
recording of:
Night Train (Jimmy Forrest’s original instrumental version)
composer:
Jimmy Forrest
is based on:
Happy Go Lucky Local
4:52
2Someone to Watch Over Me
engineer:
Stig Kreutzfeldt (Danish vocalist, guitarist, composer and producer)
producer:
Norman Granz
double bass:
Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Danish jazz upright bassist) (on 1979-07-06)
drums (drum set):
Mickey Roker (Drummer) (on 1979-07-06)
guitar:
Joe Pass (jazz guitarist) (on 1979-07-06)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1979-07-06)
violin:
Stéphane Grappelli (jazz violinist) (on 1979-07-06)
live instrumental cover recording of:
Someone to Watch Over Me (Oh, Kay!) (on 1979-07-06)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1926)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28), Harms, Inc. (in 1926) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 until 2022-01-01)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Oh, Kay! (1926 musical)
7:03
3Don't Get Around Much Anymore
recording of:
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
lyricist:
Bob Russell (US songwriter/lyricist Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell) (in 1942)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1940)
publisher:
EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Harrison Music Corp. and Sony/ATV Harmony
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
version of:
Never No Lament
3:14
4Autumn Leaves
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
instrumental cover recording of:
Autumn Leaves (jazz standard, English lyrics) (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
lyricist:
Jacques Prévert (in 1945)
composer:
Joseph Kosma (composer) (in 1945)
translator:
Johnny Mercer (in 1947)
publisher:
Ardmore Music Corp., Enoch & Cie., Morley Music Corp. and MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
translated version of:
Les Feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)
7:25
5Alone Together
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
trumpet:
Dizzy Gillespie (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
recorded at:
Advision Studios in Fitzrovia, Camden (London Borough of Camden), Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
instrumental cover recording of:
Alone Together (from 1974-11-28 until 1974-11-29)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:16
6Limehouse Blues
recording of:
Limehouse Blues
lyricist:
Douglas Furber
composer:
Philip Braham
publisher:
Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Mus. (ASCAP) (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
6:06
7Misty / Waltz for Debby - Medley (live at Montreux)
8:32
8Straight No Chaser
recording of:
Straight, No Chaser
composer:
Thelonious Monk
publisher:
Thelonious Music
9:04
9Get Happy
recording of:
Get Happy
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
2:31
10Night and Day
producer:
Norman Granz
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-07-21 until 1959-08-01)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (from 1959-07-21 until 1959-08-01)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1959-07-21 until 1959-08-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Records, Inc. (credited often as just "Verve Records" for manufacturing/marketing, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, of PolyGram Records, Inc.)
recorded at:
Universal Recording Studios (Chicago, IL, USA) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (from 1959-07-21 until 1959-08-01)
instrumental recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (from 1959-07-21 until 1959-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
2:34
11In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
engineer:
Val Valentin
producer:
Russell Garcia
bass:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (on 1959-11-06)
drums (drum set):
Ed Thigpen (on 1959-11-06)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1959-11-06)
tenor saxophone:
Ben Webster (on 1959-11-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Verve Records, Inc. (credited often as just "Verve Records" for manufacturing/marketing, a division of PolyGram Classics and Jazz, of PolyGram Records, Inc.)
recorded at:
United Recorders (@ 6050 Sunset Blvd., part of United Western Recorders studio complex 1957–1985) in Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1959-11-06)
instrumental recording of:
In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (on 1959-11-06)
lyricist:
Bob Hilliard
composer:
David Mann (American songwriter)
publisher:
Better Half Music Company, Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne Music Ltd., Redd Evans Music Company and Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP)
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label), ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM)) and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
3:12

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