Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook

Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
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Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1959
Recorded	July 14 – August 9, 1959
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:18
Label	Verve
Producer	Norman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
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Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook is a 1959 album by Oscar Peterson, of compositions by Jerome Kern.

Track listing

1. "I Won't Dance" (Dorothy Fields, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:32
2. "Bill" (Hammerstein) – 2:58
3. "The Song Is You" (Hammerstein) – 3:04
4. "A Fine Romance" (Fields) – 3:09
5. "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (Hammerstein) – 2:45
6. "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein) – 2:38
7. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin) – 2:35
8. "Lovely to Look At" (Fields, McHugh) – 2:48
9. "Pick Yourself Up" (Fields) – 2:12
10. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Harbach) – 2:49
11. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Fields) – 3:41
12. "Yesterdays" (Harbach) – 3:17

All music written by Jerome Kern, lyricists indicated.

Personnel

Performance

• Ray Brown - double bass
• Oscar Peterson - piano
• Ed Thigpen - drums