Questo doppio cd riunisce tutte le prime registrazioni di Oscar Peterson come leader accompagnato da un’orchestra d’archi. Sono inclusi qui gli album integrali: “In a Romantic Mood” (Verve MGV-2002), “Soft Sands” (Verve MGV-2079) e “Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play the George Gershwin Song Book” (Verve MGV-2022). Questa raccolta include anche le uniche due alternate takes conservate dalle stesse sessioni, e, come bonus, una rarissima sessione di Buddy Rich, che vede il batterista esclusivamente nel ruolo di cantante, accompagnato da Oscar Peterson e da un’orchestra d’archi.
CD 1:
01 Ruby
02 Stars Fell On Alabama
03 Black Coffee
04 Laura
05 The Boy Next Door
06 Our Waltz
07 Tenderl
08 I Thought About You
09 I Only Have Eyes For You
10 Stella By Starlight
11 A Sunday Kind Of Love
12 It Could Happen To You
13 Soft Sands
14 On The Outside Looking In
15 It Happens Every Spring
16 Chanel
17 You Took Advantage Of Me
18 Why, Oh Why
19 Song To The Stars
20 Echoes
21 I’ve Never Left Your Arms
22 I Can’t Get Started
23 Dream On A Summer Night
24 Susquehanna
CD 2:
01 I Wants To Stay Here
02 I Was Doing All Right
03 ‘S Wonderful
04 Bess, You Is My Woman Now
05 Strike Up The Band
06 They Can’t Take That Away From Me
07 The Man I Love
08 I Got Rhythm
09 Someone To Watch Over Me
10 It Ain’t Necessarily So
11 I Wants To Stay Here (A.T)
12 Someone To Watch Over Me (A.T)
13 Everything Happens To Me
14 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
15 Sure Thing 16 Glad To Be Unhappy
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