Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook is a 1959 album by Oscar Peterson of the music of Irving Berlin.[2][3]
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook | ||||
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 1959 | |||
| Venue | Hollywood, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 31:46 | |||
| Label | Verve[1] | |||
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Billboard magazine chose the album as one of its Special Merit Spotlights in their January 18, 1960 issue.[3] Billboard described the album as "inventive and listenable thruout".[3]
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat | [4] |
Scott Yanow reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that due to Peterson and his trio recording nine albums in a month, " ... not much planning went into the individual songs" and that the subsequent interpretations were "fairly melodic and safe, if swinging. Nothing unexpected occurs, but the music is reasonably pleasing, if lacking in emotional depth". Yanow also noted that the album contained "one of the happier versions ... yet recorded" of Berlin's "Supper Time", a song about a lynching.[2]
Track listing edit
- "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" – 2:37
- "Supper Time" – 3:11
- "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket" – 2:01
- "Change Partners" – 2:25
- "The Song Is Ended" – 2:58
- "How Deep Is the Ocean" – 2:59
- "Cheek to Cheek" – 2:28
- "I Used to Be Color Blind" – 2:18
- "You're Laughing at Me" – 2:21
- "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" – 3:21
- "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails" – 2:16
- "Remember" – 2:51
Personnel edit
References edit
- ^ "Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook". discogs.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook at AllMusic
- ^ a b c Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ^ DeMichael, Don (18 February 1960). "Oscar Peterson Trio". DownBeat. Vol. 27, no. 4. p. 36-38.