Blues Etude Explained

Blues Etude
Type:	Album
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	bluesetude.jpg
Released:	1966
Recorded:	December 3, 1965 and May 4, 1966
Studio:	Chicago Sound Studios, Chicago, IL
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:11
Label:	Limelight
Producer:	Richard S. Sherman
Prev Title:	Put On a Happy Face
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Something Warm
Next Year:	1967

Blues Etude is a 1966 album by Oscar Peterson. It was the trio's last recording to feature bassist Ray Brown.

Track listing

1. "Blues Etude" (Oscar Peterson) – 3:53
2. "Shelley's World" (Bill Traut) – 5:20
3. "Let's Fall in Love" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:49
4. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:39
5. "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser) – 5:19
6. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 5:17
7. "Bossa Beguine" (Peterson) – 3:49
8. "L' Impossible" (Peterson) – 5:00
9. "I Know You Oh So Well" (Peterson) – 5:05

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass (tracks 5–9)
• Sam Jones – double bass (tracks 1–4)
• Louis Hayes – drums