Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook

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Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook
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Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1959
RecordedJuly 14 – August 9, 1959
Studio Universal (Chicago) [1]
Genre Jazz
Length32:18
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
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Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook is a 1959 album by Oscar Peterson, of compositions by Cole Porter. [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "In the Still of the Night" – 2:49
  2. "It's All Right With Me" – 2:51
  3. "Love for Sale" – 3:26
  4. "Just One of Those Things" – 2:21
  5. "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 2:47
  6. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" – 2:17
  7. "Night and Day" – 2:30
  8. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" – 2:34
  9. "Why Can't You Behave?" – 2:58
  10. "I Love Paris" – 2:09
  11. "I Concentrate on You" – 3:08
  12. "It's De-Lovely" – 2:28

All music written by Cole Porter.

Personnel

Performance

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References

  1. ↑ Swedien, Bruce (2003). Make Mine Music. Norway: MIA Musikk. p. 66. ISBN   82-996756-1-8.
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ↑ Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook at AllMusic
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