Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire: Complete Norman Granz Sessions Oscar Peterson

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  • Release Date: 04/26/2005
  • Sales Rank: 19,993
  • Label: JAZZ FACTORY SPAIN
  • UPC: 8436006498770

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Oscar Peterson & Fred Astaire: Complete Norman Granz Sessions

Disc 1
1LISTENIsn't This a Lovely Day 4:29
2LISTENPuttin' on the Ritz 2:52
3LISTENI Used to Be Color Blind 4:17
4LISTENThe Continental 3:31
5LISTENLet's Call the Whole Thing Off 4:38
6LISTENChange Partners 3:16
7LISTEN'S Wonderful 2:59
8LISTENLovely to Look At 3:28
9LISTENThey All Laughed 2:57
10LISTENCheek to Cheek 5:41
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Disc 2
1LISTENA Fine Romance 3:46
2LISTENNight and Day 5:24
3LISTENFascinating Rhythm 2:44
4LISTENI Love Louisa 2:40
5LISTENSlow Dances Instrumental 2:57
6LISTENMedium Dance Instrumental 2:03
7LISTENThey Can't Take That Away from Me 4:24
8LISTENYou're Easy to Dance With 3:23
9LISTENA Needle in a Haystack 2:23
10LISTENSo Near and Yet So Far Away 3:21
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Perhaps more organically grounded than his earlier Hollywood recordings, Fred Astaire's December 1952 collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson have an intimate honesty about them that some might find comforting. Of course, most of this material, written by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Arthur Schwartz, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Johnny Mercer, and the Gershwin brothers, is tied directly to Astaire's motion-picture career. Included are two ad-lib tap dance inventions and three original compositions devised especially for this project by Peterson. Producer Norman Granz fortified the sessions with the Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars, placing trumpeter Charlie Shavers and tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips in front and surrounding the pianist with guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Alvin Stoller. You can't beat 40 tracks featuring Fred and Oscar together. ~ arwulf arwulf, All Music Guide All Music Guide

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