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My Fair Lady (Oscar Peterson Trio album)

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1958 studio album by Oscar Peterson
Plays "My Fair Lady"
Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released1958
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Jazz Giants '58
(1958)
Plays "My Fair Lady"
(1958)
On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1958)

Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady" is a 1958 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by the songwriting duo, Lerner and Loewe. The selections are from the musical My Fair Lady.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

In his Allmusic review Scott Yanow wrote of the reissue "...the pianist and his sidemen uplift those melodies with their usual swinging treatment. Overall the music on this reissue is consistently enjoyable."

Track listing

  1. "On the Street Where You Live"
  2. "I Could Have Danced All Night"
  3. "Show Me"
  4. "Get Me to the Church on Time"
  5. "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?"
  6. "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"
  7. "The Rain in Spain"

Personnel

Performance

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.
Oscar Peterson
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.
As
leader
or
co-leader
Plays
series
1955–58
Plays the
Songbook

(1959)
The
London
House
Sessions

(1961)
Trio
&
Guests
Exclusively
for
My
Friends
1969–79
With
The
Trumpet
Kings
1980–2004
With
Count
Basie

or
alumni
With
Benny
Carter
With
Roy
Eldridge
With
Ella
Fitzgerald
Coleman
Hawkins

and/or Ben
Webster
With
Buddy
Rich
With
others
Film
soundtracks
My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (Lerner and Loewe)
Characters
Source
Films
Albums
Musical numbers
Television
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