Affinity (Oscar Peterson album) explained

Affinity
Type:	studio album
Artist:	The Oscar Peterson Trio
Cover:	affinityoscar.jpg
Released:	1962
Recorded:	September 25–27, 1962, Chicago, Illinois
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!
Prev Year:	1962
Next Title:	Night Train
Next Year:	1963

Affinity is a 1962 studio album by the Oscar Peterson Trio.

The album is included in its entirety on the 1996 CD reissue (and many subsequent digital releases) of the 1959 Oscar Peterson Trio album The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson.^[1]

Track listing

1. "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 5:53
2. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) – 4:41
3. "Gravy Waltz" (Steve Allen, Ray Brown) – 4:26
4. "This Could Be the Start of Something" (Allen) – 4:43
5. "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 4;13
6. "Six and Four" (Oliver Nelson) – 7:03
7. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf) – 3:44
8. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (Franz Lehár, Fritz Löhner-Beda) – 5:38

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums

Notes and References

1. The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson: Allmusic review of 1996 Verve Reissue