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Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

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Released
  
December, 1952

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Release date
  
December 1952

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
December, 1952

Artist
  
Oscar Peterson

Label
  
Clef Records

Similar
  
Oscar Peterson albums, Jazz albums

Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin is a 1952 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of popular songs written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Several tracks were included on the 1959 album Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook.

Contents

In 1956, Columbia released a series of individual "clef series" 45rpms under the same title with 4 selected tracks from the original LP record.

Verve Records reissued the album in 1985 under the title "Oscar Peterson - The George Gershwin Songbook" in Germany through Polygram Records.

Track listing

  1. "The Man I Love"
  2. "Fascinating Rhythm
  3. "It Ain't Necessarily So"
  4. "Somebody Loves Me
  5. "Strike Up The Band"
  6. "I've Got a Crush On You"
  7. "I Was Doing All Right"
  8. "S'Wonderful"
  9. "Oh, Lady be Good!"
  10. "I Got Rhythm"
  11. "A Foggy Day"
  12. "Love Walked In"

Credits

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

    • References

    Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin Wikipedia
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