Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Song Book (1959/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 30:24 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © High Definition Tape Transfers

In the 1950s and early ’60s, producer Norman Granz perfected the songbook approach to album production by having vocalist Ella Fitzgerald interpret large segments of the standard jazz repertoire. In a frankly stated effort to expand the listening audience for this great body of work, Granz also asked Canadian pianist Oscar Peterson to churn out numerous instrumental songbooks albums under his own name with various combos. By the end of the decade, these included Oscar’s newly reconfigured trio with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen. Like its companion albums, Peterson’s Richard Rodgers Song Book was never intended as a set of exercises in soul-searching profundity. Instead what you get are simple, straightforward, well-played appreciations of great American songwriting. Most of the melodies on this album resulted from Rodgers’ extraordinary collaborative relationship with lyricist Lorenz Hart, and a couple of Oscar Hammerstein numbers were thrown in as well. Those who enjoy this pleasant offering may wish to investigate Peterson’s songbook salutes to Duke Ellington, Vincent Youmans, Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, and numerous others.
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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Song Book (1959)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:59 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Cole Porter’s tunes are great enough on their own, but Oscar really opens them up on this set – picking up the inherent rhythms in the numbers and really working them over – in a way that makes the outing one of the most lively in Peterson’s songbook series for Verve! Oscar’s fluid touch on the keys is perfect throughout – taking lots of chances, but always strongly following the melody – and rhythm accompaniment is from the usual team of Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums.

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.” –AllMusic Review by Ron Wynn
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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson: Unmistakable – Zenph Re-performance (2011)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:25 minutes | 1,28 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Zenph/Sony Masterworks

Oscar Peterson: Unmistakable is a collection of re-performances® created from unreleased recordings Peterson made during the seventies and eighties. Using ground-breaking sonic engineering techniques, Zenph Sound Innovations’ re-performances® capture the renowned jazz pianist playing at the height of his powers with some tracks never-before-heard by the public.
To create the Peterson re-performances, the Zenph team began with video recordings and several unreleased, private recordings of exceptional performances. Recorded in Studio Two at Abbey Road Studios in London, the Zenph team used a specially-outfitted Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand piano (Peterson was a Bösendorfer artist) to authentically recreate the distinct sounds of Peterson’s artistry. Zenph and Sony assembled world-renowned talent including GRAMMY®-winning producer David Lai, GRAMMY®-winning recording engineer Arne Akselberg, famed piano voicer Marc Wienert, and British electronics wizard Richard Shepherd. The album was recorded in stereo, binaural and surround-sound.
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Oscar Peterson – Tracks (Remastered Anniversary Edition) (1970/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 42:00 minutes | 747 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS

Pianist Oscar Peterson is frequently astounding on this solo set. After nearly 20 years of mostly performing with trios, Peterson sounds quite liberated in this setting, throwing in some hot stride, unexpected changes in tempos and keys, and surprises whenever he thinks of them. “Give Me the Simple Life,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” and the ironically titled “A Little Jazz Exercise” are quite remarkable, yet Peterson also leaves space for some sensitive ballads.
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Oscar Peterson – The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957/2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:29 minutes | 245 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Music Manager

The Oscar Peterson Trio with Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt and Jo Jones at Newport is a 1957 live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt and Jo Jones, recorded at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival.
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Oscar Peterson – The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson (1959/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 34:29 minutes | 1,49 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve

This release of cover songs from Oscar Peterson, recorded and released in 1959, features his trio of the era, Ray Brown on double bass and drummer Ed Thigpen.

Reissue release from the much-recorded Oscar Peterson. Although the pianist is virtually always the lead voice, Brown and Thigpen both make strong (if subtle) contributions to the music. Highlights include “Liza” and “Con Alma”.
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Oscar Peterson – Simply … Peterson! (2019 Remaster) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:00:03 minutes | 968 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jube Legends

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC CQ OOnt was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington, but simply “O.P.” by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.
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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays The Harry Warren And Vincent Youmans Song Books (1959/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:00 minutes | 1,43 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

This 1959 release from Oscar Peterson is dedicated to Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans, one of several Song Book albums the pianist recorded in the 1950s. While not exactly household names, both Warren and Youmans are credited for writing many familiar songs and standards, as demonstrated here by Peterson and his trio of bassist Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen on drums.
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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays The Harold Arlen Song Book (1959/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 30:00 minutes | 1,37 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve

This 1959 release from Oscar Peterson is one of several albums he recorded in the 1950s dedicated to specific composers. On this collection Peterson revisits several of the Harold Arlen songs he included on a previous album years earlier, in a trio configuration here backed by bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen.
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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Song Book (1959/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 32:43 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve

Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson takes on songs by composer George Gershwin. Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook features “Nice Work If You Can Get It”, “Our Love is Here to Stay” and more!
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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy And Bess (1959/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 40:57 minutes | 1,77 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

On this 1959 release, one of several albums Oscar Peterson recorded in the 1950s dedicated to specific composers, the pianist performs music from Gershwin’s opera Porgy And Bess in a trio configuration, backed by Ray Brown on double bass and drummer Ed Thigpen.
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