Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie

1956 studio album by Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1956
RecordedDecember 27, 1955
GenreJazz
Length44:45
LabelClef
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin
(1954) 		Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
(1956) 		In a Romantic Mood
(1955)
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie is a 1956 album by Oscar Peterson, of music associated with Count Basie.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:58
  2. "Easy Does It" (Sy Oliver, Young) – 6:28
  3. "9:20 Special" (William Engvick, Earle Warren) – 3:40
  4. "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) – 5:42
  5. "Blues for Basie" (Oscar Peterson) – 3:34
  6. "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 4:31
  7. "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 2:29
  8. "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) – 4:22
  9. "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 5:49
  10. "Jive at Five" (Basie, Harry "Sweets" Edison) – 4:11

Personnel

Performance

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie at AllMusic
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As
leader
or
co-leader
Plays
series
1955–58
Plays the
Songbook
(1959)
The
London
House
Sessions
(1961)
Trio
&
Guests
Exclusively
for
My
Friends
1969–79
With
The
Trumpet
Kings
1980–2004
With
Count
Basie
or
alumni
With
Benny
Carter
With
Roy
Eldridge
With
Ella
Fitzgerald
Coleman
Hawkins
and/or Ben
Webster
With
Buddy
RichWith
others
Film
soundtracks
  • The Silent Partner (1978)