The Personal Touch Explained

The Personal Touch
Type:	album
Artist:	Oscar Peterson
Cover:	ThePersonalTouch.jpg
Released:	1980
Recorded:	January 28, 29, February 19, 1980
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	40:01
Label:	Pablo Today
Producer:	Norman Granz
Prev Title:	Digital at Montreux
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
Next Year:	1980

The Personal Touch is a 1980 studio album by Oscar Peterson, featuring songs written by or made popular by Canadians.

Track listing

1. "Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks) – 3:46
2. "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) – 2:31
3. "The Waltz I Blew for Yew" (Rob McConnell) – 3:51
4. "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Moe Koffman) – 3:23
5. "Wheels of Life" (Gino Vannelli) – 3:37
6. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:06
7. "Summer's Going" (Steve Cassini, Nick Kolisnyk) – 4:10
8. "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Gene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) – 2:22
9. "You Needed Me" (Randy Goodrum) – 3:50
10. "Theme for Celine" (Oscar Peterson) – 3:33
11. "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 2:25
12. "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill, Barry Mann) – 5:04
13. "The Personal Touch" (Peterson) – 0:56

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano, vocal
• Clark Terry – flugelhorn
• Dave Young – double bass
• Ed Bickert – guitar
• Peter Leitch – guitar
• Jerry Fuller – drums