Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie

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Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedDecember 27, 1955
GenreJazz
Length44:45
LabelClef
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin
(1954)
Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
(1956)
In a Romantic Mood
(1955)
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Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie is a 1956 album by Oscar Peterson, of music associated with Count Basie.[2]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:58
  2. "Easy Does It" (Sy Oliver, Young) – 6:28
  3. "9:20 Special" (William Engvick, Earle Warren) – 3:40
  4. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) – 5:42
  5. "Blues for Basie" (Oscar Peterson) – 3:34
  6. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 4:31
  7. "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 2:29
  8. "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) – 4:22
  9. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 5:49
  10. "Jive at Five" (Basie, Harry "Sweets" Edison) – 4:11

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