Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook

Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	May 1960
Recorded	July 14–August 9, 1959
Studio	Universal Recorders, Chicago, IL
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook (1960) Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook (1960) Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1960)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, which was recorded in 1959.^[3] It was reissued in 2001 combined with the 1954 recording Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen.

Track listing

Original 1959 track listing.

1. "As Long as I Live" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler)
2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer)
3. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Arlen, Mercer)
4. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Koehler)
5. "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Koehler)
6. "That Old Black Magic" (Arlen, Mercer)
7. "Let's Fall in Love" (Arlen, Koehler)
8. "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler)
9. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, E. Y. Harburg)
10. "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" (Arlen, Harburg)
11. "The Man that Got Away" (Arlen, Ira Gershwin)
12. "Ill Wind" (Arlen, Koehler)

2001 Reissue track listing:

1. "As Long as I Live" (Arlen, Koehler)
2. "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (Arlen, Koehler)
3. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Mercer)
4. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Arlen, Mercer)
5. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Koehler)
6. "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Koehler)
7. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Billy Rose)
8. "That Old Black Magic" (Arlen, Mercer)
9. "Let's Fall in Love" (Arlen, Koehler)
10. "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler)
11. "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer)
12. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg)
13. "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" (Arlen, Harburg)
14. "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler)
15. "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg)
16. "The Man that Got Away" (Arlen, I. Gershwin)
17. "Ill Wind" (Arlen, Koehler)
18. "Let's Fall in Love" (Arlen, Koehler)
19. "As Long as I Live" (Arlen, Koehler)
20. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Mercer)
21. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (Arlen, Mercer)
22. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Koehler)
23. "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Koehler)
24. "That Old Black Magic" (Arlen, Mercer)

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson – piano
• Ray Brown – double bass
• Ed Thigpen – drums
• Herb Ellis – guitar (on titles taken from Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1152. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Allmusic entry for Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook

External links

• Jazz Discography entry for Oscar Peterson plays the Harold Arlen Songbook