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Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook

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Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1960
RecordedJuly 14 – August 9, 1959
StudioUniversal (Chicago)[1]
GenreJazz
Length32:18
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook
(1959)
Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
(1960)
Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook
(1959)
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Allmusic[2]

Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook is a 1960 album by Oscar Peterson, of compositions by Jerome Kern.[3]

Track listing

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  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

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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. ^ Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook at AllMusic