The Classic Years

~ Release by Oscar Peterson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Humoresque
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Roland Verdon (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
arranger:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
Humoresque in G-flat major, op. 101 no. 7 (catch-all for arrangements) (in 1945)
composer:
Antonín Dvořák (composer) (in 1894)
arrangement of:
Humoresque no. 7 for Piano in G-flat major, B. 187/7, op. 101 no. 7: Poco lento e grazioso (for piano)
2:50
2Blue Moon
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Dufort (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Blue Moon (in 1946)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1934)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
EMI Catalogue Partnership, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son P/L, J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Robbins Music Corporation, SBK United Partnership Ltd., フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Belgium NV and Francis Day Editions (SABAM)
part of:
New York, New York (1977 musical film soundtrack)
2:52
3Where or When
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Where or When (from “Babes in Arms”) (in 1950)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1937)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Williamson Music Company and Chappell & Co. (in 1937)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
Babes in Arms (full musical)
3:27
4In a Little Spanish Town
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Dufort (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
In a Little Spanish Town (’Twas on a Night Like This) (in 1946)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist) and Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:
Mabel Wayne
3:13
5Oscar’s Boogie
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clarence Jones (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
Oscar’s Boogie (in 1947)
composer:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
2:45
6The C Jam Blues
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Roland Verdon (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
“C” Jam Blues (in 1945)
composer:
Barney Bigard and Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1942)
2:41
7East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Dufort (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Brooks Bowman (in 1934)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music Corp. and Chappell & Co.
3:39
8Time Is on My Hands
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Dufort (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Time on My Hands (in 1946)
lyricist:
Harold Adamson (in 1930) and Mack Gordon (in 1930)
composer:
Vincent Youmans (in 1930)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Harold Adamson Music (in 1930, in 1956, in 1986), Miller Music Corp. (in 1930, in 1956) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (in 1930, in 1956)
2:57
9The Sheik of Araby
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Frank Gariepy (drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
The Sheik of Araby (in 1945)
lyricist:
Harry B. Smith (in 1921) and Francis Wheeler (in 1921)
composer:
Ted Snyder (in 1921)
publisher:
Jerry Vogel Music, Mills Music, Inc., Redwood Music and Salabert
3:03
10Honeydripper
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Dufort (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
The Honeydripper (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Joe Liggins
3:13
11Flying Home
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Roland Verdon (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
Flying Home (instrumental version) (in 1945)
composer:
Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader) and Lionel Hampton
publisher:
Ragbag Music (ASCAP) and Regent Music (BMI)
3:12
12At Sundown
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
guitar:
Ben Johnson (jazz guitarist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
At Sundown (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1927)
publisher:
Donaldson Publishing Co. and Leo Feist, Inc.
3:09
13My Heart Stood Still
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
guitar:
Ben Johnson (jazz guitarist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
My Heart Stood Still (in 1949)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1927)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Laurence Harms, Inc., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
One Dam Thing After Another
3:26
14Sweet Lorraine
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Dufort (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Lorraine (in 1946)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish (in 1928)
composer:
Cliff Burwell (in 1928)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Everbright Music Co. and Mills Music, Inc.
3:09
15My Blue Heaven
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Frank Gariepy (drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
My Blue Heaven (in 1945)
lyricist:
George A. Whiting (popular songwriter) (in 1924)
composer:
Walter Donaldson (in 1924)
publisher:
Leo Feist, Inc.
composed at:
New York Friars Club in New York, New York, United States (in 1924)
3:01
16Tenderly
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Tenderly (in 1950)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
3:45
17I Surrender Dear
double bass [bass]:
Albert King (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Mark ‘Wilkie’ Wilkinson (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
I Surrender Dear (in 1947)
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
3:23
18Sweet Georgia Brown
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clarence Jones (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Sweet Georgia Brown (in 1949)
lyricist:
Kenneth Casey (in 1925)
composer:
Ben Bernie (in 1925) and Maceo Pinkard (in 1925)
publisher:
Francis Day (publisher), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23)
3:03
19Somebody Loves Me
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
guitar:
Ben Johnson (jazz guitarist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Somebody Loves Me (in 1949)
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Ballard MacDonald
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin) and Stephen Ballentine Music Publishing Co.
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
2:38
20I Got Rhythm
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Frank Gariepy (drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
I Got Rhythm (in 1945)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
3:02
21Laura
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Laura (1945 song) (in 1951)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1945)
composer:
David Raksin (in 1944)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd., Robbins Music Corp., Twentieth Century Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
version of:
Laura (original 1944 film theme)
3:32
22These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
guitar:
Irving Ashby
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You) (in 1952)
lyricist:
Holt Marvell (in 1935)
additional composer:
Harry Link (US vaudeville actor & songwriter)
composer:
Jack Strachey (in 1935)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes), Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd, Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Bourne, Inc., E.G. Music Inc. and Lafleur Music Ltd.
3:25
23Love for Sale
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
guitar:
Barney Kessel
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Love for Sale (in 1951)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
3:11
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1Three O’Clock in the Morning
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Three O'Clock in the Morning (in 1950)
lyricist:
Dorothy Terriss (née Strandberg)
composer:
Julian Robledo
3:35
2Oscar Blues
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
Oscar’s Blues (in 1950)
composer:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
3:15
3Sleepy Time Gal
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clarence Jones (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Sleepy Time Gal (in 1949)
lyricist:
Joseph R. Alden and Raymond B. Egan
composer:
Ange Lorenzo and Richard A. Whiting (composer)
3:00
4Margie
double bass [bass]:
Albert King (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Mark ‘Wilkie’ Wilkinson (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Margie (aka “My Little Margie”) (in 1947)
lyricist:
Benny Davis (US vaudeville performer and songwriter) (in 1920)
composer:
Con Conrad (songwriter and producer) (in 1920) and J. Russel Robinson (in 1920)
2:43
5All the Things You Are
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (in 1950)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
3:34
6Tico Ticco
double bass [bass]:
Major Holley
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Tico-tico no fubá (original Portuguese version) (in 1950)
lyricist:
Aloysio de Oliveira
composer:
Zequinha de Abreu (in 1917)
3:01
7Debut
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
recording of:
Debut (in 1950)
composer:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
2:52
8In the Middle of a Kiss
double bass [bass]:
Major Holley
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
In the Middle of a Kiss (in 1950)
writer:
Sam Coslow
3:13
9I Only Have Eyes for You
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
live instrumental recording of:
I Only Have Eyes for You (in 1950)
lyricist:
Al Dubin
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), B. Feldman Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros. Inc. (not for release label use!)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
42nd Street (full musical)
part of:
Dames (film)
part of:
Twins (1988)
7:13
10Back Home Again in Indiana
double bass [bass]:
Albert King (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Mark ‘Wilkie’ Wilkinson (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) (in 1947)
lyricist:
Ballard MacDonald (in 1917)
composer:
James F. Hanley (in 1917)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946)
3:12
11Stairway to the Stars
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clarence Jones (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Stairway to the Stars (in 1947)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
composer:
Matty Malneck and Frank Signorelli
publisher:
EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
3:05
12Nameless
double bass [bass]:
Major Holley (on 1950-05-08)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (on 1950-05-08)
recording of:
Nameless (on 1950-05-08)
composer:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
2:57
13If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Roland Verdon (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (in 1945)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1926)
composer:
James P. Johnson (in 1926)
3:10
14Lover
double bass [bass]:
Major Holley
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Lover (in 1950)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1932)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Famous Chappell and Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
2:51
15Get Happy
double bass [bass]:
Major Holley
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Get Happy (in 1950)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1929)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1929)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Remick Music Corp., S.A. Music Co. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Summer Stock
part of:
The Nine‐Fifteen Revue (1930)
2:31
16Little White Lies
double bass [bass]:
Major Holley
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Little White Lies (in 1950)
lyricist and composer:
Walter Donaldson
publisher:
Donaldson Publishing Co., Larry Spier Music LLC and Tobago Music Co.
3:10
17Fine and Dandy
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
guitar:
Ben Johnson (jazz guitarist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
live instrumental recording of:
Fine and Dandy (in 1950)
lyricist:
Paul James (Lyricist, aka James Warburg)
composer:
Kay Swift
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
3:49
18Oop-Bop Sh’Bam
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clarence Jones (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
cover recording of:
Oop-Bop Sh’Bam (in 1949)
writer:
Gil Fuller (jazz composer & arranger) and Dizzy Gillespie
2:55
19Poor Butterfly
double bass [bass]:
Austen Roberts (jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
Clarence Jones (jazz drummer)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Poor Butterfly (in 1947)
lyricist:
John L. Golden (in 1916)
composer:
John Raymond Hubbell (composer, co-founder of ASCAP) (in 1916)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
2:49
20Runnin’ Wild
double bass [bass]:
Bert Brown (double bassist)
drums (drum set):
Russ Dufort (drummer)
guitar:
Armand Sampson
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
Runnin’ Wild (in 1946)
lyricist:
Joe Grey (in 1922) and Leo Wood (American songwriter & lyricist; 1882—1929) (in 1922)
composer:
Arthur Harrington Gibbs (in 1922)
2:49
21How High the Moon
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
How High the Moon (in 1951)
lyricist:
Nancy Hamilton (in 1940)
composer:
Morgan Lewis (in 1940)
publisher:
Chappell (company that specialized in library and production music), Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:02
22The Nearness of You
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
The Nearness of You (in 1951)
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1938)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1938)
publisher:
Famous Chappell, Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony, Sony/ATV Harmony UK and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3:17
23They Can’t Take That Away From Me
double bass [bass]:
Ray Brown (jazz bassist)
guitar:
Irving Ashby
piano:
Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer)
instrumental recording of:
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (from “Shall We Dance”) (in 1952)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1937)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Chappell Music Ltd., Ira Gershwin Music, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1937)
part of:
The 10th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1937 nominee)
included in:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Shall We Dance (1937 film soundtrack)
2:38

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Release

liner notes:Keith C. Thomas
design:Glen Leighton
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Prestige Elite Records Limited (in 2006)
remastered at:Peter J. Reynolds Mastering in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom
ASIN:UK: B000HT39A2 [info]