Release Date: 01 January 2017
Label: Jazz Images
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8437016248263
Genres: Jazz
Description
"Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook" marked the pianist's second album dedicated exclusively to Porter's compositions (he had first tried a similar concept in 1952 when his trio included Ray Brown on bass and Barney Kessel on guitar).
This 1959 LP, however, is considered one of his best albums ever and features his star trio with Brown again on bass, and Ed Thigpen on drums. In this line of Songbooks by famous composers, Peterson had also recorded a kind of homage to the repertoire of Frank Sinatra that same year, on which he had also included a Cole Porter song, "I Get a Kick out of You", which has been added here as a bonus. Ron Wynn gave Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook a rating of four and a half stars in All Music Guide, stating that, "With Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums, Oscar Peterson reworks Cole Porter and says something original and distinctive. Highlights include 'Love for Sale', 'Night and Day', and 'I Love Paris'."
Tracklisting
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Jackie Mclean
Sonny Rollins
John Coltrane & Johnny Griffin
Art Blakey
Paul Chambers Quintet
John Coltrane
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
