HM Store

The Songbooks inherited from the musical tradition of Broadway are at the epicentre of Oscar Peterson's musical culture; this was also the case for the one he regarded as a master : Art Tatum. It was to the extent that Oscar Peterson recorded them twice. The first time was at the beginning of 1950s principly as a Trio with guitar and double bass, then a second time with double bass and drums a few years later. It is this first wonderful remastered series that is presented to you here.
Technical mastery, irresistible swing, constant inventivness and a remarkable complicity with Ray Brown, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis characterise this sum of inexhaustible richness.

Disc 1
1 - 12 Cole Porter 1951-1952
13 - 24 Irving Berlin 1952
Disc 2
1 - 12 George Gershwin 1952
13 - 24 Duke Ellington 1952
Disc 3
1 - 12 Jerome Kern 1952-1953
13 - 23 Richard Rodgers 1952-1953
Disc 4
1 - 10 Vincent Youmans 1953
11 - 21 Harry Warren 1954
Disc 5
1 - 12 Harold Arlen 1954
13 - 20 Jimmy McHugh 1954
Disc 6
1 Jimmy McHugh (cont.) 1954
2 - 11 Count Basie 1955