Oscar Peterson: Plays the George Gershwin Songbook - COMPACT DISCS

Title: Plays the George Gershwin Songbook
Artist: Oscar Peterson
Label: Essential Jazz Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8436542018661
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2015-03-10
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: SPAIN - IMPORT

EU-only two-fer containing a pair of albums by the Jazz great. Contains the complete original album Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook by the Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. For this extended edition, we have added further Gershwin compositions recorded by Peterson on various occasions, including all of the tunes from a George Gershwin songbook attempt made in 1952 by the Peterson trio with Brown and Barney Kessel on guitar, and originally issued as Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin. A live version of "It Ain't Necessarily So" by the trio of Peterson-Brown-Thigpen taped in 1960 has been added as a further bonus.

Tracks:
1.1 It Ain't Necessarily So
1.2 The Man I Love
1.3 Love Walked In
1.4 I Was Doing All Right
1.5 A Foggy Day
1.6 Oh, Lady Be Good
1.7 Love Is Here to Stay
1.8 They All Laughed
1.9 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
1.10 Summertime
1.11 Nice Work If You Can Get It
1.12 Shall We Dance?
1.13 The Man I Love
1.14 Fascinating Rhythm
1.15 It Ain't Necessarily So
1.16 Somebody Loves Me
1.17 Strike Up the Band
1.18 I've Got a Crush On You
1.19 I Was Doing All Right
1.20 'S Wonderful
1.21 Oh, Lady Be Good
1.22 I Got Rhythm
1.23 A Foggy Day
1.24 Love Walked In
1.25 It Ain't Necessarily So