Oscar Peterson

• 3 ORIGINAL ALBUMS ON 2-CD SET

• INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

• 12-PAGE BOOKLET

This edition presents the complete original 1959 album Oscar Peterson Plays the Harry Warren & Vincent Youmans Songbooks (Verve MG V6-2059), for the first time ever on CD. The LP features Oscar Peterson’s classic trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. For this extended edition, it have been added all of the Warren & Youmans compositions recorded during 1953-1954 by the Peterson trio with Brown and Barney Kessel or Herb Ellis on guitar (which were originally issued on two separate 10” LPs) plus an additional extended version of Tea for Two by the Oscar Peterson Quartet.

PERSONNEL:

• CD 1 [1-12]: PLAYS THE HARRY WARREN & VINCENT YOUMANS SONGBOOK
• OSCAR PETERSON, piano
• RAY BROWN, bass
• ED THIGPEN, drums

Chicago, July 21 & August 1, 1959.

• BONUS ALBUMS
• CD1 [13-20] & CD2 [1-2]:PLAYS VINCENT YOUMANS
• OSCAR PETERSON, piano
• BARNEY KESSEL or HERB ELLIS, guitar
• & RAY BROWN, bass
• Los Angeles, December 6-10, 1953.
• CD2 [3-13]: PLAY S HARRY WARREN
• OSCAR PETERSON, piano
• HERB ELLIS, guitar
• RAY BROWN, bass
• Los Angeles, November 15, 1954.

• BONUS TRACK
• CD2 [14]: OSCAR PETERSON QUARTET:
• OSCAR PETERSON, piano
• BARNEY KESSEL, guitar
• RAY BROWN, bass
• ALVIN STOLLER, drums.
• Los Angeles, February 26, 1952.

TRACKS:

• CD 1: TOTAL TIME: 60:59 Min.
• 01. Lullaby Of Broadway
• 02. Serenade In Blue
• 03. You’ll Never Know
• 04. I Had The Craziest Dream
• 05. I Only Have Eyes For You
• 06. Chattanooga Choo-Choo
• 07. More Than You Know
• 08. Carioca
• 09. Without A Song
• 10. Drums In My Heart
• 11. Time On My Hands
• 12. Great Day
• 13. Tea For Two
• 14. Time On My Hand
• 15. I Know That You Know
• 16. Sometimes I’m Happy
• 17. Great Day
• 18. More Than You Know
• 19. Hallelujah
• 20. Carioca

• CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 61:26 Min.
• 01. Without A Song
• 02. I Want To Be Happy
• 03. Nagasaki
• 04. Serenade In Blue
• 05. Lullaby Of Broadway
• 06. I Found A Million Dollar Baby
• 07. Would You Like To Take A Walk?
• 08. I’ll String Along With You
• 09. I Only Have Eyes For You
• 10. You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
• 11. You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me
• 12. Chattanooga Choo Choo
• 13. You’re My Everything
• 14. Tea For Two