A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall explained

A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall.jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	October 1, 1996
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	105:56
Label:	Telarc
Producer:	Robert Woods, Elaine Martone
Prev Title:	Oscar in Paris
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Oscar and Benny
Next Year:	1998

A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall is a 1997 live album by Oscar Peterson, and featuring various artists paying tribute to Peterson.

Track listing

1. "Anything Goes" (Cole Porter) – 5:20
2. "Reunion Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 6:18
3. "If You Only Knew" (Oscar Peterson) – 8:06
4. "Bags' Groove" (Jackson) – 7:20
5. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 6:44
6. "Mumbles " (Clark Terry) – 4:00
7. "I Can't Face the Music" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:39
8. "Here's to Life" (Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary) – 5:05
9. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 5:18
10. "My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:15
11. "The Duke of Dubuque" (William Faber, James Marchant, Lawrence Royal) – 2:07
12. "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" (Bobby Troup) – 4:07
13. "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 7:25

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Benny Green – piano
• Shirley Horn – piano, vocal ("I Can't Face the Music", "Here's to Life")
  • Stanley Turrentine – tenor saxophone Roy Hargrove – flugelhorn
• Clark Terry – trumpet, vocal
• The Manhattan Transfer – vocal
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - double bass
• Lewis Nash – drums

Production

• Anilda Carrasquillo – art direction, design
• Edward Gajdel – photography
• Jack Renner – engineer
• Tom Young – mixing
• Robert Woods – producer, executive producer
• Elaine Martone – producer
• Bob Blumenthal – liner Notes