Description
DESCRIPTION
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.
TracksCredits
1 It Ain't Necessarily So
2 The Man I Love
3 Love Walked In
4 I Was Doing All Right
5 A Foggy Day
6 Oh, Lady Be Good
7 Love Is Here to Stay
8 They All Laughed
9 Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
10 Summertime
11 Nice Work If You Can Get It
12 Shall We Dance?
13 The Man I Love
14 Fascinating Rhythm
15 It Ain't Necessarily So
16 Somebody Loves Me
17 Strike Up the Band
18 I've Got a Crush On You
19 I Was Doing All Right
20 'S Wonderful
21 Oh, Lady Be Good
22 I Got Rhythm
23 A Foggy Day
24 Love Walked In
25 It Ain't Necessarily So
