Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty

by Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1952
  • Label: Clef
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 23:55
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Deliberately reigning in his famously blinding speed, the virtuosic pianist focuses entirely on melodic elegance and harmonic richness on 'Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty'. Supported by Ray Brown and Barney Kessel, his interpretations of romantic ballads are incredibly polished and deeply swinging. The session proves his immense capability for restraint and lyrical sensitivity within the modern jazz idiom.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. You Go To My Head (3:52)
  2. There's A Small Hotel (2:25)
  3. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (3:20)
  4. Blue Moon (2:37)
  5. They Can't Take That Away From Me (2:37)
  6. You Turned The Tables On Me (3:07)
  7. I Can't Get Started (2:56)
  8. East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon) (2:57)

Credits

  • The Marshes - primary artist, music by
  • Ken Weevil - band [the feds are:]
  • Louie - band [the feds are:]
  • Mark Piss - band [the feds are:]
  • Colin Sears - band [the marshes are:]
  • Emil Busi - band [the marshes are:], words by
  • Steven Wardlaw - band [the marshes are:]
  • Billy Steinberg - written-by

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