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Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Considered a virtuoso and one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community, "the King of inside swing". Peterson worked in duos with Sam Jones, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, Irving Ashby, Count Basie, and Herbie Hancock. He considered the trio with Ray Brown (musician) and Herb Ellis "the most stimulating" and productive setting for public performances and studio recordings. In the early 1950s, he began performing with Brown and drummer Charlie Smith as the Oscar Peterson Trio. Shortly afterward Smith was replaced by guitarist Irving Ashby, who had been a member of the Nat King Cole Trio. Ashby, who was a swing guitarist, was soon replaced by Kessel. Their last recording, On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded live at the Town Tavern in Toronto, captured a remarkable degree of emotional as well as musical understanding among three players.Peterson won eight Grammy Awards during his lifetime between 1975 and 1997. He is considered among the best jazz pianists and jazz improvisers of the twentieth century.
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Jazz & New York [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn in New York | 3:43 |
Oscar Peterson and Friends [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Sweet and Lovely | |
Love for Sale | |
Easy to Love | |
Pick Yourself Up | |
They Can't Take That Away from Me |
The Complete Mercury/Clef Recordings [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Oh, Lady Be Good | 12:08 |
Body and Soul | 11:48 |
Stompin at the Savoy | 10:59 |
Just One of Those Things | 3:02 |
Too Marvelous For Words | 2:50 |
But Not For Me | 2:31 |
Dynamic Divas of Jazz: Ella Fitzgerald [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Flying Home | 2:27 |
Legends of Jazz [WG] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Flying Home |
The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of the Oscar Peterson Trio (1951-1953) [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Tea for Two | 12:52 |
Oh, Lady Be Good | 12:08 |
Body and Soul | 11:48 |
Stompin' at the Savoy | 10:58 |
Too Marvelous for Words | 2:50 |
But Not for Me | 2:31 |
Jazz in Paris: 100's Most Beautiful Melodies [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Autumn Leaves | 6:35 |
Let's Dance Jazz [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Love Me or Leave Me | 2:31 |
I Got Rhythm [Pulse] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Stompin' at the Savoy | 11:00 |
Cole Porter Songbook: Night & Day [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Begin the Beguine | 3:05 |
Little Jazz: Trumpet Giant [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Love for Sale | 3:41 |
1948-1952 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Some Other Spring | 3:47 |
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | 2:58 |
Long Ago (And Far Away) | 3:08 |
I've Got the World on a String | 3:21 |
'Round Midnight | 3:19 |
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered | 3:17 |
Cafe Jazz: Precious Ivory [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Sleepy Time Gal | 3:00 |
Kissing Jessica Stein [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Taking a Chance On Love | 2:23 |
From Swing to Bebop: Recordings by the Best Performers of the Greatest Era in Jazz [2000]
Song | Duration |
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Flying Home | 3:10 |
Easy to Love: Cole Porter in the 1930s, Disc Two 1934-1936 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Just One of Those Things | 4:04 |
Compact Jazz: Oscar Peterson and Friends [1988]
Song | Duration |
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You Turned the Tables on Me | 3:41 |
Anita Sings the Most [1957]
Romance (The Vocal Styling of Oscar Peterson) [Bonus Track] [1956]
Song | Duration |
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Too Marvelous for Words | 2:50 |
But Not for Me | 2:30 |
Romance: The Vocal Styling of Oscar Peterson [1956]
Song | Duration |
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Too Marvelous for Words | 2:49 |
But Not for Me | 2:29 |
This Is Oscar Peterson [Bonus Tracks] [1952]
Song | Duration |
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Flying Home | 3:10 |
Anita O'Day's Finest Hour
Song | Duration |
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Them There Eyes | 2:35 |
Jazz 'Round Midnight: Anita O'Day
Song | Duration |
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We'll Be Together Again | 3:37 |
Tenderly | 3:20 |
The Complete Mercury/Clef Recordings
Song | Duration |
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Tea for Two | 12:49 |
The Diva
Song | Duration |
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Love Me or Leave Me | 2:31 |
Time on My Hands
Song | Duration |
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Flying Home | 3:10 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Too Marvelous for Words | 2:50 |
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