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Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook

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Plays the Cole Porter Songbook
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1959
RecordedJuly 14 – August 9, 1959
StudioUniversal (Chicago)[1]
GenreJazz
Length32:18
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson
(1959)
Plays the Cole Porter Songbook
(1959)
Plays the Harry Warren Songbook
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
DownBeat[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook is a 1959 album by Oscar Peterson, of compositions by Cole Porter.[6]

Track listing

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  1. "In the Still of the Night" – 2:49
  2. "It's All Right With Me" – 2:51
  3. "Love for Sale" – 3:26
  4. "Just One of Those Things" – 2:21
  5. "I've Got You Under My Skin" – 2:47
  6. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" – 2:17
  7. "Night and Day" – 2:30
  8. "You'd Be So Easy to Love" – 2:34
  9. "Why Can't You Behave?" – 2:58
  10. "I Love Paris" – 2:09
  11. "I Concentrate on You" – 3:08
  12. "It's De-Lovely" – 2:28

All music written by Cole Porter.

Personnel

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Performance

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References

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  1. ^ Swedien, Bruce (2003). Make Mine Music. Norway: MIA Musikk. p. 66. ISBN 82-996756-1-8.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ DeMichael, Don (18 February 1960). "Oscar Peterson Trio". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 4. p. 36-38.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook at AllMusic