Oscar Peterson - More Classic Verve Albums (CD)

Born in 1925, Oscar Emanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist, virtuoso and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing". He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of history's great jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. This 4CD boxed set features 8 original albums with Oscar Peterson as either bandleader or sidemen, certain to prove a delight for fans old and new, and with it's wide diversity of styles, guest musicians, line-ups and musicianship will prove the ideal collection for anybody with even a modicum of interest in 20th Century, North American Jazz from the golden era.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. That Old Feeling
2. Let's Fall in Love
3. I'll Never Be the Same
4. Blues in the Night
5. How Long Has This Been Going On?
6. I Was Doing All Right
7. What's New?
8. Moon Song
9. Just One of Those Things
10. There's No You
11. You Go to My Head
12. Sweet Lorraine
13. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
14. Con Alma
15. Close Your Eyes
16. Maidens of Cadiz
17. My Heart Stood Still
18. Woody'n You

Disc: 2

1. Will You Still Be Mine?
2. Joy Spring
3. Gal in Calico
4. 52nd Street Theme
5. Jo Jones Introduction
6. Monitor Blues
7. Willow Weep for Me
8. Autumn in New York
9. Roy's Son
10. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
11. Au Privave
12. The Gypsy
13. I'll Remember April
14. Scrapple from the Apple
15. Moten Swing
16. Blues for Pres, Sweets, Ben and All the Other Funky Ones

Disc: 3

1. Sweet Georgia Brown
2. Should I?
3. When Lights Are Low
4. Easy Listenin' Blues
5. Pennies from Heaven
6. The Champ
7. Moonlight in Vermont
8. On Green Dolphin Street
9. Heartstrings
10. The Work Song
11. John Brown's Body
12. Reunion Blues

Disc: 4

1. The Lady Is a Tramp
2. We'll Be Together Again
3. Bluesology
4. Budo
5. I've Got the World on a String
6. Daahoud
7. When Lights Are Low
8. Evrev
9. Blues for Big Scotia
10. West Coast Blues
11. Here's That Rainy Day
12. I Love You
13. Daahoud
14. Tricrotism
15. I'm Old Fashioned
16. Young and Foolish
17. Manteca