My Fair Lady (Oscar Peterson Trio album)

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Plays "My Fair Lady"
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Studio album by
Released1958
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Jazz Giants '58
(1958)
Plays "My Fair Lady"
(1958)
On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1958)

Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady" is a 1958 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by the songwriting duo Lerner and Loewe. The selections are from the musical My Fair Lady .

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Reception

Professional ratings
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In his AllMusic review, Scott Yanow wrote that "the pianist and his sidemen uplift those melodies with their usual swinging treatment. Overall the music on this reissue is consistently enjoyable." [1]

Track listing

  1. "On the Street Where You Live"
  2. "I Could Have Danced All Night"
  3. "Show Me"
  4. "Get Me to the Church on Time"
  5. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"
  6. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
  7. "The Rain in Spain"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic review
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.