Oscar Peterson - The Best Of The MPS Years (LP, Compilation, Stereo)
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Description
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.
Release Info
Artist: Oscar Peterson
Label: MPS Records
Format: LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: Germany
Label: MPS Records
Released: 2022-06-17
Genre: Jazz
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Tracklist
A1 All The Things You Are
A2 Triste
A3 Day By Day
A4 The Windmills Of Your Mind
B1 Wave
B2 Fly Me To The Moon
B3 I've Got A Crush On You - Live
B4 Wandering
C1 Alice In Wonderland - Live
C2 Sometimes I'm Happy - Live
C3 Give Me The Simple Life
C4 A Child Is Born
C5 Eleanor Rigby
D1 Exactly Like You
D2 I Love You
D3 On A Clear Day - Live
D4 Ode To Billy Joe
D5 Children's Game
