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Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie is a 1956 album by Oscar Peterson, of music associated with Count Basie.[2]
Track listing
- "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:58
- "Easy Does It" (Sy Oliver, Young) – 6:28
- "9:20 Special" (William Engvick, Earle Warren) – 3:40
- "Jumpin' at the Woodside" (Count Basie) – 5:42
- "Blues for Basie" (Oscar Peterson) – 3:34
- "Broadway" (Billy Bird, Teddy McRae, Henri Woode) – 4:31
- "Blue and Sentimental" (Basie, Mack David, Jerry Livingston) – 2:29
- "Topsy" (Edgar Battle, Eddie Durham) – 4:22
- "One O'Clock Jump" (Basie) – 5:49
- "Jive at Five" (Basie, Harry "Sweets" Edison) – 4:11
Personnel
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened. |
As
leader
or
co-leader | Plays
series | |
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| 1955–58 | |
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Plays the
Songbook
(1959) | |
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The
London
House
Sessions
(1961) | |
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Trio
&
Guests | |
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Exclusively
for
My
Friends | |
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| 1969–79 |
- Hello Herbie (1969)
- Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969)
- Another Day (1970)
- Tracks (1970)
- Tristeza on Piano (1970)
- Walking the Line (1970)
- Great Connection (1971)
- In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971)
- Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971)
- In Tokyo (1972)
- Solo (1972)
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972)
- The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972)
- The trio (Pablo, 1973)
- In Russia (1974)
- The Giants (1974)
- The Good Life (1974)
- Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975)
- Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975)
- The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975)
- The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975)
- And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977)
- Jam – Montreux '77 (1977)
- The London Concert (1978)
- The Paris Concert (1978)
- Digital at Montreux (1979)
- Night Child (1979)
- Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)
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With
The
Trumpet
Kings | |
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| 1980–2004 | |
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With
Count
Basie
or
alumni |
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
- Basie Jazz (Count Basie, 1952)
- Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison, 1955)
- Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
- Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
- Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
- Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
- Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
- Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
- The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
- Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)
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With
Benny
Carter | |
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With
Roy
Eldridge | |
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With
Ella
Fitzgerald | |
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Coleman
Hawkins
and/or Ben
Webster | |
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With
Buddy
Rich | |
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With
others |
- The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire, 1952)
- Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
- Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis, 1955–56)
- Toni (Toni Harper, 1955–56)
- Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
- Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day, 1957)
- Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
- Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
- Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
- This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown, 1958)
- Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
- Bill Henderson with (1963)
- Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
- The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
- Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
- How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
- Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
- Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
- Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)
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