Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook explained

Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook
Type:	studio
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook.jpeg
Released:	1959
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
Next Year:	1959

Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook is a 1959 studio album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by Richard Rodgers.^[1]

Track listing

1. "This Can't Be Love"
2. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II)
3. "Johnny One Note"
4. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (Hammerstein)
5. "The Lady Is a Tramp"
6. "Blue Moon"
7. "Manhattan"
8. "Isn't It Romantic?"
9. "Lover"
10. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"
11. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
12. "My Funny Valentine"

All music by Richard Rodgers and all lyrics by Lorenz Hart. Other lyricists indicated.

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown - Bass
• Ed Thigpen - Drums

Notes and References

1. Allmusic entry for Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook