Oscar Peterson | The Classic Verve Albums Collection (4cd) | 4CD

Oscar Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, born in Montreal in 1925 and died in Mississauga, Ontario, in 2007. He trained in classical piano before turning to jazz, and in 1952 he founded his first trio, whose guitarists included Irving Ashby, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis.

The Classic Verve Albums Collection is a four disc compilation of Oscar Peterson recordings that collects classic Verve albums, issued on Enlightenment in 2018. It is a remastered reissue with a total playing time of 324 minutes. The styles given are hard bop, post bop, swing and bossa nova, and the release date is 7 December 2018.

Track List

Disc 1

1. I Want To Be Happy
2. Pennies From Heaven
3. Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered/Don't Know Why (I Just Do)/How Long Has This Been Going On/I Can't Get Started/Polka Dots And Moonbeams
4. I'm Glad There Is You
5. Tour's End
6. I Was Doing All Right
7. Bronx Blues
8. The Touch Of Your Lips
9. When Your Lover Has Gone
10. Bye Bye Blackbird
11. How Deep Is The Ocean
12. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
13. Sunday
14. This Can't Be Love

Disc 2

1. I've Never Been In Love Before
2. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
3. Chicago
4. The Night We Called It A Day
5. Sometimes I'm Happy
6. Whisper Not
7. Billy Boy
8. (There Is) No Greater Love
9. I Remember Clifford
10. Autumn Leaves
11. Blues For Big Scotia
12. Swamp Fire
13. I Love You

Disc 3

1. Tricrotism
2. On Green Dolphin Street
3. Thag's Dance
4. Ill Wind
5. Kadota's Blues
6. Put On A Happy Face
7. Old Folks
8. Woody 'N' You
9. Yesterdays
10. Diablo
11. Soon
12. The Lonesome One

Disc 4

1. Night Train
2. C Jam Blues
3. Georgia On My Mind
4. Bags' Groove
5. Moten Swing
6. Easy Does It
7. Honey Dripper
8. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
9. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
10. Band Call
11. Hymn To Freedom
12. Corcovado (Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars)
13. The Days Of Wine And Roses
14. My One And Only Love
15. People
16. Have You Met Miss Jones
17. You Look Good To Me
18. The Girl From Ipanema
19. D & E
20. Time And Again
21. Goodbye