An 84 track set following the early career of one of the greatest pianists in the history of jazz: Oscar Peterson. From his Canadian recording debut in 1945, via early triumphs in duet with Ray Brown and on Jazz At The Philharmonic to his great piano, bass, guitar trios with Ray Brown, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis. Also featuring an accompanying fully illustrated 44 page booklet.
Piano Power - Peterson, Oscar
Disc 1
1. I Got Rhythm 3:00
2. If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight 3:07
3. Humoresque 2:47
4. Blue Moon 2:50
5. China Boy 2:50
6. Sweet Lorraine 3:08
7. Indiana 3:11
8. Margie 2:42
9. I Surrender Dear 3:21
10. Oo-Bop-Sh'bam 2:54
11. Sweet Georgia Brown 3:02
12. Rockin' In Rhythm 3:08
13. Fine And Dandy 2:39
14. Somebody Loves Me 2:37
15. Debut 2:49
16. Where Or When 3:24
17. Oscar's Blues 3:11
18. Tenderly 3:41
19. Little White Lies 3:06
20. Get Happy 2:28
21. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid 2:57
22. Deep Purple 3:09
23. Robbins' Nest 3:12
24. I'll Remember April 3:31
25. Lover 3:01
Disc 2
1. Squatty Roo 3:21
2. After All 3:35
3. Caravan 2:48
4. Salute To Garner 2:48
5. The Way You Look Tonight 2:58
6. Gai/Padovani/Ray's Blues 9:11
7. Fine And Dandy 3:49
8. I Only Have Eyes For You 7:17
9. Gypsy In My Soul 2:55
10. Laura 3:29
11. Turtle Neck 2:16
12. It's Easy To Remember 3:27
13. Pooper 2:53
14. Love For Sale 3:10
15. Until The Real Thing Comes Along 2:44
16. You Go To My Head 3:53
17. These Foolish Things 3:21
18. I Can't Get Started 2:57
19. Long Ago And Far Away 3:44
20. It Ain't Necessarily So 3:11
21. What Is This Thing Called Love? 3:07
Disc 3
1. Night And Day 3:39
2. Fascinating Rhythm 2:53
3. Cheek To Cheek 3:00
4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 3:11
5. In A Mellow Tone 3:06
6. Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin' 3:40
7. Sophisticated Lady 2:57
8. Take The
9. Cotton Tail 3:48
10. Prelude To A Kiss 3:15
11. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 3:11
12. Rockin' In Rhythm 2:52
13. Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 2:47
14. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 3:57
15. John Hardy's Wife 3:19
16. Sweet Georgia Brown 2:56
17. C Jam Blues 7:16
18. Air Mail Special 3:50
19. Swinging On A Star 4:40
20. The Man I Love 6:26
21. Seven Come Eleven 4:57
Disc 4
1. That Old Black Magic 4:46
2. Tenderly 5:01
3. Sushi Blues 4:12
4. Alone Together 5:45
5. Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home 6:44
6. Tea For Two 6:05
7. Without A Song 2:54
8. The Song Is You 2:24
9. The Lady Is A Tramp 2:52
10. Blue Moon 2:53
11. Lover 7:14
12. I Want To Be Happy 5:33
13. Should I 3:37
14. Nuages 3:33
15. I Only Have Eyes For You 4:06
16. I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 5:05
17. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 5:23
DISCOGRAPHY
Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Bert Brown, b; Frank Gariepy, d.
Montreal, April 30, 1945
9215 - I GOT RHYTHM
Oscar Peterson, p; Armand Samson, g; Bert Brown, b; Roland Verdon, d.
Montreal, August 17, 1945
9252 IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT
9253-4 HUMORESQUE
Oscar Peterson, p; Bert Brown, b; Ross Dufort, d.
Montreal, April 3, 1946
9316-3 BLUE MOON
Same Personnel as above
Montreal, July 23, 1946
9354-2 SWEET LORRAINE
Oscar Peterson, p; Albert King, b; Mark â??Wilkieâ? Wilkinson, d.
Montreal, April 17, 1947
9443-4 INDIANA
9444-3 MARGIE
9445-2 I SURRENDER DEAR
Oscar Peterson, p; Auston Roberts, b; Clarence Jones, d.
Montreal, March 1, 1949
9685-4 OO-BOP SHâ??BAM
9686 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
9688 ROCKINâ?? IN RHYTHM
Oscar Peterson, p; Ben Johnson, g; Auston Roberts, b
Montreal, November 14, 1949
9804-1 FINE AND DANDY
9806-1 SOMEBODY LOVES ME
Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b
New York, March 1950
374-3 DEBUT
377-1 WHERE OR WHEN
380-1 OSCARâ??S BLUES
381-3 TENDERLY
Oscar Peterson, p; Major Holley, b
New York, May 8, 1950
394-1 LITTLE WHITE LIES
400-1 GET HAPPY
401-2 JUMPINâ?? WITH SYMPHONY SID
403-1 DEEP PURPLE
404-1 ROBBINSâ?? NEST
405-1 Iâ??LL REMEMBER APRIL
406-2 LOVER
PROPERBOX94 OSCAR PETERSON PIANO POWER
DISC TWO P1470 SQUATTY ROO
DISCOGRAPHY
Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b
New York, August 1950
454-1 SQUATTY ROO
455-1 AFTER ALL
456-2 CARAVAN
458-1 SALUTE TO GARNER
463-2 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
The Oscar Peterson Set : Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b
Jazz at the Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, New York, September 16, 1950
GAI
PADOVANI
RAYâ??S BLUES
FINE AND DANDY
I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Brown, b
New York, January 19, 1951
504-2 GYPSY IN MY SOUL
507-1 LAURA
The Oscar Peterson trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b
Los Angeles, November 25, 1951
631-4 TURTLE NECK
632-8 ITâ??S EASY TO REMEMBER
633-6 POOPER
634-6 LOVE FOR SALE
635-5 UNTIL THE REAL THING COMES ALONG
Oscar Peterson, p; Irving Ashby, g; Ray Brown, b
Los Angeles, January 26, 1952
692-2 YOU GO TO MY HEAD
696-1 THESE FOOLISH THINGS
697-2 I CANâ??T GET STARTED
The Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b.
Los Angeles, December 1952
897-2 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY
905-3 IT AINâ??T NECESSARILY SO
910-1 WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE ?
PROPERBOX94 OSCAR PETERSON PIANO POWER
DISC THREE P1471 ROCKINâ?? IN RHYTHM
DISCOGRAPHY
The Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b.
Los Angeles, December 1952
908-6 NIGHT AND DAY
915-3 FACINATING RHYTHM
916-8 CHEEK TO CHEEK
917-5 I GOT IT BAD (AND THAT AINâ??T GOOD)
918-1 IN A MELLOW TONE
924-1 JUST A-SITTINâ?? AND A-ROCKIN
929-2 SOPHISTICATED LADY
928-5 TAKE THE â??Aâ? TRAIN
930-4 COTTON TAIL
931-1 PRELUDE TO A KISS
932-1 THINGS AINâ??T WHAT THEY USED TO BE
933-2 ROCKINâ?? IN RHYTHM
934-6 DO NOTHINâ?? TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME
935-2 DONâ??T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE
936-1 JOHN HARDYâ??S WIFE
The Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Barney Kessel, g; Ray Brown, b.
Jazz at the Philharmonia, Louisiana, February 1953
SWEET GEORGIA BROWN
C JAM BLUES
The Oscar Peterson Quartet : Oscar Peterson, p; Ray Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b; J.C. Heard, d.
Jazz at the Philharmonic, Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, May 1953
AIRMAIL SPECIAL
SWINGING ON A STAR
THE MAN I LOVE
SEVEN COME ELEVEN
PROPERBOX94 OSCAR PETERSON PIANO POWER
DISC FOUR P1472 THE SONG IS YOU
DISCOGRAPHY
The Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b.
Jazz at the Philharmonic, Nichigeki Theatre, Tokyo, November 18, 1953
THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC
TENDERLY
SUSHI BLUES
ALONE TOGETHER
SWINGINâ?? TILL THE GIRLS COME HOME
The Oscar Peterson Trio : Herb Ellis g; Ray Brown, b
Holywood, December 7, 1953
1334 TEA FOR TWO
1342-1 WITHOUT A SONG
1354-2 THE SONG IS YOU
1348-2 THE LADY IS A TRAMP
1347-1 BLUE MOON
1361-2 LOVER
Same personnel as above
Hollywood, December 10, 1953
1375-1 I WANT TO BE HAPPY
The Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b.
Jazz at the Philharmonic, Bushnell Memorial Auditorium, Hartford, Connecticut, September 17, 1954
SHOULD I
NUAGES
The Oscar Peterson Trio : Oscar Peterson, p; Herb Ellis, g; Ray Brown, b
Hollywood, November 15, 1954
2064-1 I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
2070-1 I GOTTA RIGHT TO SING THE BLUES
Same personnel as above
Hollywood, November 16, 1954
2084-1 I CANâ??T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE