Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook explained

Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
Type:	album
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook.jpeg
Released:	May 1960
Recorded:	July 14 – August 9, 1959
Studio:	Universal (Chicago)^[1]
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	32:18
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook
Next Year:	1959

Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook is a 1960 album by Oscar Peterson, of compositions by Jerome Kern.

Track listing

1. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:32
2. "Bill" (Hammerstein) – 2:58
3. "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein) – 3:04
4. "A Fine Romance" (Fields) – 3:09
5. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Hammerstein) – 2:45
6. "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein) – 2:38
7. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin) – 2:35
8. "Lovely to Look At" (Fields, McHugh) – 2:48
9. "Pick Yourself Up" (Fields) – 2:12
10. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Harbach) – 2:49
11. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields) – 3:41
12. "Yesterdays" (Harbach) – 3:17

All music written by Jerome Kern, lyricists indicated.

Personnel

Performance

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Swedien . Bruce . Make Mine Music . 2003 . MIA Musikk . Norway . 82-996756-1-8 . 66.