Soft Sands (album)

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Soft Sands
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Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released 1957
Recorded March 28, July 31, 1957
Genre Jazz
Label Verve
Producer Norman Granz
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Soft Sands is a 1957 studio album by Oscar Peterson, arranged by Buddy Bregman. [2]

Oscar Peterson Canadian jazz pianist and composer

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, but simply "O.P." by his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.

Buddy Bregman American musical arranger, record producer and composer

Louis Isidore "Buddy" Bregman was an American arranger and conductor.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Soft Sands" (Carroll Coates)
  2. "On the Outside Looking In"
  3. "It Happens Every Spring"
  4. "Chanel" (Piero Umiliani)
  5. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
  6. "Why, Oh Why"
  7. "Song to the Stars"
  8. "Echoes"
  9. "I've Never Left your Arms"
  10. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin)
  11. "Dream on a Summer Night"
  12. "Susquehanna"

Personnel

Performance

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Raymond Matthews Brown was an American jazz double bassist known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

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