Puneet Varma (Editor)

Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
1952

Artist
  
Oscar Peterson

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
Early December, 1952

Release date
  
1952

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb8

Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington (1952)
  
Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen (1954)

Similar
  
Oscar Peterson albums, Jazz albums

Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, of songs associated with Duke Ellington released in 1952 on Clef Records. Peterson re-recorded much of the music for his 1959 album Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Paul Francis Webster) – 3:17
  2. "In a Mellow Tone" – 3:09
  3. "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'" (Lee Gaines, Billy Strayhorn) – 3:45
  4. "Take the "A" Train" (Strayhorn) – 3:19
  5. "Sophisticated Lady" (Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 3:01
  6. "Cotton Tail" – 3:53
  7. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Mack Gordon, Mills) – 3:19
  8. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 3:16
  9. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Mills) – 2:56
  10. "Never No Lament (Do Nothin' Til You Hear from Me)" (Bob Russell) – 3:01
  11. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Russell) – 4:00
  12. "John Hardy's Wife" (M. Ellington) – 3:24

All music composed by Duke Ellington, with the exception of "Take the "A" Train", "Things Ain't What They Used to Be", and "John Hardy's Wife", other composers and lyricists indicated.

Personnel

  • Oscar Peterson – piano
  • Barney Kessel – guitar
  • Ray Brown – double bass

    • Songs

    1Main Stem5:10
    2In A Sentimental Mood5:09
    3Lady Of The Lavender Mist4:15

    References

    Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA