Oscar Peterson — 5 Original Albums (2016)

CD1 — Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie (1956) {44:49}

Oscar Peterson — Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie

01. Lester Leaps In (Young) — 3:59

02. Easy Does It (Young-Oliver) — 6:29

03. 9:20 Special (Warren-Engvick) — 3:41

04. Jumpin\’ at the Woodside (Basie) — 5:42

05. Blues for Basie (Peterson) — 3:34

06. Broadway (Woode-McRae-Bird) — 4:31

07. Blue and Senntal (Basie-Livingston-David) — 2:29

08. Topsy (Battle-Durham) — 4:22

09. One O\’Clock Jump (Basie) — 5:50

10. Jive at Five (Basie-Edison) — 4:12

Oscar Peterson — piano

Herb Ellis — guitar

Ray Brown — bass

Buddy Rich — drums

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on December 27, 1955.

CD2 — A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959) {34:50}

Oscar Peterson Trio — A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra

01. You Make Me Feel So Young (Myrow-Gordon) — 2:40

02. Come Dance with Me (Van Heusen-Cahn) — 2:23

03. Learnin\’ the Blues (Silvers) — 3:42

04. Witchcraft (Coleman-Leigh) — 3:13

05. The Tender Trap (Van Heusen-Cahn) — 2:44

06. Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest Night in the Week) (Styne-Cahn) — 2:58

07. Just in (Styne-Comden-Green) — 1:53

08. It Happened in Monterey (Wayne-Rose) — 2:58

09. I Get a Kick Out of You (Porter) — 3:03

10. All of Me (Marks-Simons) — 3:26

11. Birth of the Blues (Henderson-Brown-DeSylva) — 2:39

12. How About You (Lane-Freed) — 3:11

Oscar Peterson — piano

Ray Brown — bass

Ed Thigpen — drums

Recorded in Paris on May 18, 1959.

CD3 — The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (1959) {34:28}

Oscar Peterson — The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson

01. Liza (Gershwin-Gershwin-Kahn) — 4:32

02. Con Alma (Gillespie) — 6:58

03. Close Your Eyes (Petkere) — 5:46

04. Maidens of Cadiz (Delibes-De Musset) — 7:43

05. My Heart Stood Still (Rodgers-Hart) — 5:43

06. Woody\’n You (Gillespie) — 3:46

Oscar Peterson — piano

Ray Brown — bass

Ed Thigpen — drums

Recorded at Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL on July 14 — August 9, 1959.

CD4 — Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess (1959) {41:05}

Oscar Peterson — Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess

01. I Got Plenty o\’ Nuttin\’ (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 6:26

02. I Wants to Stay Here (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 6:22

03. Summer (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 3:52

04. Oh Dey\’s So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman) (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 0:56

05. Oh Lawd, I\’m on My Way (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 2:36

06. It Ain\’t Necessarily So (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 4:01

07. There\’s a Boat Dat\’s Leavin\’ Soon for New York (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 7:13

08. Bess, Oh Where\’s My Bess? (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 4:56

09. Here Come de Honey Man (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 1:11

10. Bess, You Is My Woman Now (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward) — 3:32

Oscar Peterson — piano

Ray Brown — bass

Ed Thigpen — drums

Recorded in Los Angeles, CA on October 12, 1959.

CD5 — West Side Story (1962) {35:19}

Oscar Peterson Trio — West Side Story

01. Something\’s Coming (Bernstein-Sondheim) — 3:57

02. Somewhere (Bernstein-Sondheim) — 5:36

03. Jet Song (Bernstein-Sondheim) — 7:49

04. Tonight (Bernstein-Sondheim) — 4:37

05. Maria (Bernstein-Sondheim) — 4:56

06. I Feel Pretty (Bernstein-Sondheim) — 4:29

07. Reprise (Bernstein-Sondheim) — 3:55

Oscar Peterson — piano

Ray Brown — bass

Ed Thigpen — drums

Recorded in New York on January 24-25, 1962.