An Oscar Peterson Christmas

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An Oscar Peterson Christmas
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Studio album by
Released1995
RecordedJanuary 15–16, May 23–24, June 23, July 30, 1995
Genre Jazz
Length61:01
Label Telarc
Producer Elaine Martone, Robert Woods
Oscar Peterson chronology
The More I See You
(1995)
An Oscar Peterson Christmas
(1995)
Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore
(1996)
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An Oscar Peterson Christmas is a 1995 album by Oscar Peterson. [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 3:24
  2. "What Child Is This?" (William Chatterton Dix, Traditional) – 4:47
  3. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:39
  4. "White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:48
  5. "Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 3:12
  6. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent) – 2:46
  7. "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:28
  8. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:16
  9. "The Christmas Waltz" (Cahn, Styne) – 6:50
  10. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:55
  11. "Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 3:07
  12. "Winter Wonderland" (Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard) – 4:06
  13. "Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 3:33
  14. "O Christmas Tree" (Traditional) – 2:19

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. Yanow, Scott. An Oscar Peterson Christmas at AllMusic
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1156. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. An Oscar Peterson Christmas at AllMusic