Jazz
Recorded: Chicago, July 21 and August 1, 1959. Bonus tracks: * Paris, May 18, 1959 * Los Angeles, February 26, 1952 * Los Angeles, November 25, 1951 and November 25, 1952
Oscar Peterson, piano, on all tracks Ray Brown, bass Ed Thigpen, drums
On bonus tracks: Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d)
The complete original album Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook - by the Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen. For this extended edition, Essential Jazz Classics have added 13 further Porter compositions recorded by Peterson on various occasions, including all of the songs from a Cole Porter songbook attempt made in 1952 by the Peterson trio with Brown again on bass and Barney Kessel on guitar. Includes 8-page booklet. |