Oscar Peterson

5 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

This release presents the complete celebrated LP At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (Verve MGV-8024) showcasing Oscar Peterson’s drum-less trio featuring Herb Ellis and Ray Brown live in Ontario, Canada. According to Peterson himself, the group was seldom captured so well on records.

PERSONNEL:

OSCAR PETERSON, piano
RAY BROWN, bass
HERB ELLIS, guitar

Live at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, Ontario, Canada, August 8, 1956.

SIDE A:

01. FALLING IN LOVE WITH LOVE
02. HOW ABOUT YOU?
03. FLAMINGO
04. SWINGING ON A STAR
05. NOREEN’S NOCTURNE

SIDE B:

01. GYPSY IN MY SOUL
02. HOW HIGH THE MOON
03. LOVE YOU MADLY
04. 52nd STREET THEME