Solo (Oscar Peterson album)

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Solo
Oscar Peterson Solo.jpg
Live album by
Oscar Peterson
ReleasedOctober 1, 2002
RecordedAugust 17 and November 4, 1972
Genre Jazz
Label Pablo
Producer Norman Granz,
Eric Miller (Compilation producer)
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson
(2001)		Solo
(2002)		 A Night in Vienna
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz favorable [1]
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Solo is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, recorded in concert in 1972 and released in 2002.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) – 3:44
  2. "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 3:57
  3. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 4:45
  4. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 3:11
  5. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:38
  6. "Blues of the Prairies" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:03
  7. "Corcovado" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:26
  8. "Blues Etude" (Peterson) – 5:11
  9. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 4:24
  10. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:59
  11. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 4:32
  12. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Mercer, Strayhorn) – 5:41
  13. "Mirage" (Peterson) – 6:16
  14. "Hogtown Blues" (Peterson) – 5:44

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Oscar Peterson: Solo album review". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Solo: Live - Oscar Peterson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1154. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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