Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival

Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
Live album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1957
Recorded	August 8, 1956
Genre	Jazz
Length	75:03
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie (1955) Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1957) Soft Sands (1956)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Disc	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival is a live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Ray Brown and Herb Ellis, recorded at the 1956 Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. ^[4]

Track listing

1. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:15
2. "How About You?" (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) – 5:53
3. "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) – 4:59
4. "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:33
5. "Noreen's Nocturne" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:31
6. "Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) – 6:23
7. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) – 5:05
8. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 9:44
9. "Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) – 8:01
10. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:13
11. "Daisy's Dream" (Peterson) – 13:26

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson - piano
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Herb Ellis - guitar

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Hall, Tony (15 March 1958). "It is expert, but cold". Disc . No. 6. p. 17.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1151. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
4. Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival at AllMusic