Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book

by Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1959
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 33:53
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Continuing his celebrated composer tribute series, the virtuosic pianist applies his breathtaking technical facility to the timeless melodies of Jerome Kern. Accompanied by Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, the trio navigates the elegant material with a deeply swinging, incredibly cohesive interplay. The album perfectly distills his capacity to reinvent standard theatrical repertoire within a modern jazz framework.

Genres

Descriptors: piano, ensemble, virtuosic, melodic, fast

Tracklist

  1. I Won't Dance (2:28)
  2. Bill (2:54)
  3. The Song Is You (3:00)
  4. A Fine Romance (3:05)
  5. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (2:42)
  6. Ol' Man River (2:34)
  7. Long Ago (And Far Away) (2:32)
  8. Lovely To Look At (2:44)
  9. Pick Yourself Up (2:08)
  10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - 1959 Version (2:46)
  11. The Way You Look Tonight (3:37)
  12. Yesterdays (3:17)

Credits

  • Oscar Peterson - primary artist, piano
  • Merle Shore - artwork
  • Ray Brown - bass
  • Ed Thigpen - drums

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