Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook

Plays the Cole Porter Songbook
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	December 1959
Recorded	July 14 – August 9, 1959
Studio	Universal (Chicago) [1]
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:18
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson (1959) Plays the Cole Porter Songbook (1959) Plays the Harry Warren Songbook (1959)

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AllMusic	[2]
DownBeat	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[5]

Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook is a 1959 album by Oscar Peterson, of compositions by Cole Porter. ^[2]

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

• Ray Brown - double bass
• Oscar Peterson - piano
• Ed Thigpen - drums

References

1. Swedien, Bruce (2003). Make Mine Music. Norway: MIA Musikk. p. 66. ISBN   82-996756-1-8.
2. AllMusic review
3. DeMichael, Don (18 February 1960). "Oscar Peterson Trio". DownBeat . Vol. 27, no. 4. p. 36-38.
4. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.