Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

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Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1952
RecordedDecember 1952
GenreJazz
LabelClef Records
ProducerNorman Granz
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]

Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin is a 1952 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of popular songs written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin.

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.[2]

Track listing[edit]

  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"[3]

Credits[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1151. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. ^ "Oscar Peterson: The George Gershwin Songbook". discogs.com. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin". discogs.com. Retrieved August 22, 2016.