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Track Listing
Disc 1:
- John hardy's wife
- Sophisticated Lady
- Things aint what they used to be
- Just a-sittin' and a-rockin'
- In a mellow tone
- I got it bad
- Prelude to a kiss
- Cotton tail
- Dont get around much anymore
- Take the "A" tain
- Rockin' in rhythm
- Do nothin' till you hear from me
- I wont dance
- Bill
- The song is you
- A fine romance
- Cant help lovin' dat man
- Ol' man river
- Long ago and far away
- Lovely to look at
- Pick yourself up
- Smoke gets in your eyes
- The way you look tonigh
- Yesterday
Disc 2:
- Lester leaps in
- Easy does it
- 9:20 Special
- Jumpin' ath the woodside
- Blues for Basie
- Broadway
- Blue and sentimental
- Topsy
- One O'clock jump
- Jive at five
- Lullaby of broadway
- Serenade in blue
- You'll never know
- I had the craziest dream
- I only have eyes for you
- Chattanooga Choo- Choo
- More than you know
- Carioca
- Whitout a song
- Drums in my heart
- Time on my hands
- Great Day
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #9412 in Music
- Released on: 2009-03-23
- Number of discs: 2
- Format: Box set
Customer Reviews
Vintage Oscar and the classy songbooks
The songbooks have always been popular and were a defining period in the career of Oscar Peterson. The 2 CD set offers The Duke Ellington; Jerome Kern; Count Basie and Harry Warren & Vincent Youmans Songbooks with recording dates 1952 to 1956.
Again, these are record to CD transfers that have been digitally remastered and what you get for the price is amazing. All originally produced by Norman Granz the sidesmen include Ray Brown, bass on all songbooks, Barney Kessell, guitar and Buddy Rich, drums.
You could buy each one of these songbooks but with 4 on offer here I'd replace your old albums with this set.
Many of the performances are definitive and with so much to listen to it is genuinely hard to say which is my favourite but if pressed I'd say "The Jerome Kern Songbook" for the fine composition and playing.
Sleeve notes by Peter Gamble and the re-issue produced by Glenn Gretlund for Not Now Music.
Look out also for Everybody Digs Bill Evans on NOT2CD299.
Poorish Recording
The material is OK but a bit "hotel lounge".
My complaint is the recording - many pieces have some mike distortion present. This shows up as a high pitched buzz attached to the piano part. Possibly due to the early date on the recording, but I have lots of stuff from the same period without this. It's not my speakers - I've tested on several sets.
EDIT UPDATE :
Above comment refers to the first half of CD1 - the 1952 recording.
Other sets don't seem to have the problem AND the music quality is more small group jazz than hotel lounge.
