Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen Explained

Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen
Type:	album
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen.jpeg
Released:	1955^[1]
Recorded:	November 15 & 16, 1954 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Clef
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington
Prev Year:	1952
Next Title:	Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin
Next Year:	1954

Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, released in 1955.^[2]

Track listing

1. "As Long as I Live"
2. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues"
3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer)
4. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Mercer)
5. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"
6. "I've Got the World on a String"
7. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (E. Y. Harburg, Billy Rose)
8. "That Old Black Magic" (Mercer)
9. "Let's Fall in Love"
10. "Stormy Weather"
11. "Blues in the Night" (Mercer)
12. "Over the Rainbow" (Yip Harburg)

All songs composed by Harold Arlen, with all lyrics by Ted Koehler. Other lyricists indicated.

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Herb Ellis – guitar
• Ray Brown – double bass

External links

• Jazz Discography entry for Oscar Peterson plays Harold Arlen

Notes and References

1. Book: Umphred, Neal. Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums 1949–1969. registration. Iola, Wisconsin. Krause. 1994. 395.
2. Allmusic entry for Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen