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Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook

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Released
  
May 1960

Artist
  
Oscar Peterson

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
32:18

Release date
  
May 1960

Label
  
Verve Records

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Recorded
  
July 14 – August 9, 1959

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Similar
  
Oscar Peterson albums, Jazz albums

Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook is a 1959 album by Oscar Peterson, of compositions by Jerome Kern.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:32
  2. "Bill" (Hammerstein) – 2:58
  3. "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein) – 3:04
  4. "A Fine Romance" (Fields) – 3:09
  5. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Hammerstein) – 2:45
  6. "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein) – 2:38
  7. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin) – 2:35
  8. "Lovely to Look At" (Fields, McHugh) – 2:48
  9. "Pick Yourself Up" (Fields) – 2:12
  10. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Harbach) – 2:49
  11. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields) – 3:41
  12. "Yesterdays" (Harbach) – 3:17

All music written by Jerome Kern, lyricists indicated.

Performance

  • Ray Brown - double bass
  • Oscar Peterson - piano
  • Ed Thigpen - drums

    • Songs

    1I Won't Dance2:32
    2Bill2:58
    3The Song Is You3:04

    References

    Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook Wikipedia
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