Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival explained

Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
Type:	live
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	OscarStratford.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	August 8, 1956
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	75:03
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Soft Sands
Next Year:	1956

Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival is a live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Ray Brown and Herb Ellis, recorded at the 1956 Stratford Shakespeare Festival in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada.

Track listing

1. "Falling in Love with Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:15
2. "How About You?" (Ralph Freed, Burton Lane) – 5:53
3. "Flamingo" (Edmund Anderson, Ted Grouya) – 4:59
4. "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:33
5. "Noreen's Nocturne" (Oscar Peterson) – 5:31
6. "Gypsy in My Soul" (Clay Boland, Moe Jaffe) – 6:23
7. "Nuages" (Django Reinhardt) – 5:05
8. "How High the Moon" (Nancy Hamilton, Morgan Lewis) – 9:44
9. "Love You Madly" (Duke Ellington) – 8:01
10. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:13
11. "Daisy's Dream" (Peterson) – 13:26

Personnel

Performance

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