The Way I Really Play

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The Way I Really Play
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Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1968
RecordedNovember 12, 1967
Genre Jazz
Length44:50
Label MPS
Producer Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Oscar Peterson chronology
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The Way I Really Play (also released as The Great Oscar Peterson on Prestige!) is a 1968 album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. It is the third part of Peterson's Exclusively for My Friends series.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Writing for AllMusic, critic Ken Dryden wrote "The influence of Art Tatum is apparent during his intricate runs within "Love Is Here to Stay," while the multifaceted original "Sandy's Blues" (dedicated to his wife) combines a dark mood with a swinging setting. The lighthearted waltzing treatment of "Alice in Wonderland" is pure joy, while another original, "Noreen's Nocturne," is simply a showstopper." [1]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz includes the album in its selected "Core Collection." [2]

Track listing

  1. "Waltzing Is Hip" (Ray Brown, Johnny Wayne) – 6:11
  2. "Satin Doll" (Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn) – 10:05
  3. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:54
  4. "Sandy's Blues" (Oscar Peterson) – 9:34
  5. "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 4:46
  6. "Noreen's Nocturne" (Oscar Peterson) – 9:20

Personnel

Recorded at the private studio of Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer, Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany, November 12, 1967 Performance

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. "The Way I Really Play > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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