Oscar Peterson discography

This article contains the discography of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson.

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Label Notes
1950–1967: Verve years
10" LPs
1950 Piano Solos Mercury MG C-106
1952 Oscar Peterson Collates Mercury MG C-110
1952 Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty Mercury MG C-119
1952 Collates, No. 2 Clef MG C-127
1954 Oscar Peterson Sings Clef MG C-145
1954 Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty, Album #2 Clef MG C-155
1954 The Strolling Mr. Eldridge Clef MG C-162 with Roy Eldridge
1954 Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1 Norgran MG N-5
1954 Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2 Norgran MG N-6
12" LPs
1953 Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter Clef/Mercury MG C-603
1953 Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin Clef/Mercury MG C-604
1953 Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin Clef/Mercury MG C-605 recorded in 1952
1953 Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington Clef/Mercury MG C-606 recorded in 1952
1952? Oscar Peterson Plays Jeromy Kern Clef MG C-623
1954 Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rogers Clef MG C-624
1954 Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans Clef MG C-625
1955 Oscar Peterson Plays Harry Warren Clef MG C-648
1954 Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen Clef MG C-649
1955 Oscar Peterson Plays Jimmy McHugh Clef MG C-650
1955 The Oscar Peterson Quartet Clef MG C-688 with Barney Kessel, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller
1954? Recital Clef MG C-694
1956 Nostalgic Memories[1][2] Clef MG C-695
1956 Tenderly Clef MG C-696 recorded between 1949 and 1951; reissued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951[3]
1956 Keyboard Clef MG C-697
1956 An Evening with Oscar Peterson Clef MGC-698
1956 Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie Clef MG C-708 recorded in 1955
1955 Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin Norgran MG N-1016 with Buddy DeFranco
1956 In a Romantic Mood Verve MG V-2002 recorded in 1955
1956 Pastel Moods Verve MG V-2004
1961? Romance: The Vocal Styling of Oscar Peterson Verve MG V-2012
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook Verve MG V-2052
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook Verve MG V-2053
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook Verve MG V-2054
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book Verve MG V-2055 recorded in 1959
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook Verve MG V-2056 recorded in 1959
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook Verve MG V-2057 recorded in 1959
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays The Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans Song Books Verve MG V-2059
1960 Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook Verve MG V-2060 recorded in 1959
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Jimmy McHugh Songbook Verve MG V-2061
1957 Soft Sands Verve MG V-2079
1958 Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady Verve MG V6-2119
1958 Jazz Giants '58 Verve MG V-8248 recorded in 1957, with Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Harry "Sweets" Edison
1958 Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio Verve MG V-8251 recorded in 1957, with Stan Getz
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Harry Warren Songbook Verve
1960 Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio Verve recorded in 1959
1959 Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson Verve MG V-8322 recorded in 1957, with Louis Armstrong
1959 A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra Verve MG V-8334
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess Verve MG V-8340
1959 Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson Verve MG V-8349 recorded in 1959, with Ben Webster
1959 The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson Verve MG V-8351
1960 Fiorello! Verve
1962 West Side Story Verve
1962 Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! Verve
1962 Affinity Verve
1963 Night Train Verve recorded in 1962
1963 Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle Verve V6-8562 with Nelson Riddle; issued 1964 in the US
1964 The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays Verve
1964 We Get Requests Verve
1964 Oscar Peterson Trio + One Mercury with Clark Terry
1965 More Swinging Standards Verve recorded in 1959
1965 Canadiana Suite Limelight recorded in 1964
1965 With Respect to Nat Mercury / Limelight
1966 Blues Etude Limelight recorded in 1965, 1966
1967 Soul Español Limelight recorded in 1966
1968–1974: MPS years
1968 Action MPS recorded in 1964
1968 The Way I Really Play MPS recorded in 1967
1968 Girl Talk MPS recorded in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
1968 My Favorite Instrument MPS
1968 Travelin' On MPS
1969 Mellow Mood MPS recorded in 1968
1969 Motions and Emotions MPS


1970 Hello Herbie MPS recorded in 1969, with Herb Ellis
1970 Tristeza on Piano MPS
1971 Walking the Line MPS recorded in 1970
1971 Another Day MPS recorded in 1970
1971 Tracks MPS recorded in 1970
1971 In Tune MPS with The Singers Unlimited
1972 Reunion Blues MPS recorded in 1971, with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown and Louis Hayes
1974 Great Connection MPS recorded in 1971
1974–1987: Pablo years
1974 Oscar Peterson featuring Stephane Grappelli - Peterson/Grappelli Prestige P-24041 Recorded 1973. With Stephane Grappelli, Niels Pederson, and Kenny Clarke.
1974 Terry's Tune Pablo Japanese exclusive release
1974 Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie Pablo with Dizzy Gillespie
1974 Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts Pablo won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
1974 Satch and Josh Pablo with Count Basie
1974 The Giants Pablo with Joe Pass, Ray Brown, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
1974 Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison Pablo with Harry "Sweets" Edison
1975 Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge Pablo recorded in 1974, with Roy Eldridge
1975 Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry Pablo with Clark Terry
1975 Ella and Oscar Pablo with Ella Fitzgerald
1975 Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From Pablo with Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie
1975 Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis Pablo with Jon Faddis
1976 Porgy and Bess Pablo with Joe Pass
1978 Satch and Josh...Again Pablo recorded in 1977, with Count Basie
1979 The Silent Partner Pablo film score
1979 Night Child Pablo with Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Louie Bellson
1980 Night Rider Pablo recorded in 1978, with Count Basie
1980 The Personal Touch Pablo
1980 The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 Pablo with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry
1981 A Royal Wedding Suite Pablo
1982 Ain't but a Few of Us Left Pablo recorded in 1981, with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Grady Tate
1982 Face to Face Pablo with Freddie Hubbard
1982 Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry Pablo with Clark Terry
1983 Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers Pablo recorded in 1978, with Count Basie
1983 Two of the Few Pablo with Milt Jackson
1984 A Tribute to My Friends Pablo recorded in 1983
1985 Hark Pablo with Buddy DeFranco
1986 Yessir, That's My Baby Pablo recorded in 1978, with Count Basie
1986 If You Could See Me Now Pablo recorded in 1983
1987 Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Pablo with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Harry "Sweets" Edison recorded in 1986
1987 Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson Pablo with Benny Carter recorded in 1986
1994–2000: Telarc years
1994 Side by Side Telarc with Itzhak Perlman
1995 An Oscar Peterson Christmas Telarc
1995 The More I See You Telarc with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown
1996 Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore Telarc with Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore
1998 Oscar and Benny Telarc recorded in 1997, with Benny Green
2000 Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite Telarc A Jazz suite with strings conducted by Michel Legrand

Live albums

Year Title Label Notes
1951 Oscar Peterson at Carnegie Mercury 10"; MG C-107
1952 Oscar Peterson At Carnegie Hall Mercury recorded between 1949 and 1951, MG C-107 (rec Sept 18 1949-NYC) [re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951] [3]
1957 Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Verve MG V-8024; recorded in 1956, with Herb Ellis
1957 The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport American Recording Society / Verve MG V-8239; with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones
1958 The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Concertgebouw Verve MG V-8268; recorded in 1957
1958 On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio Verve MG V-8287
1961 The Trio: Live From Chicago Verve recorded at the London House, Chicago
1962 The Sound of the Trio Verve V-8480; recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago
1965 Eloquence Limelight
1966 Put On a Happy Face Verve V6-8660; recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago
1966 Something Warm Verve V6-8681; recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago; released in the US in 1967
1974 The Trio Pablo recorded in 1973 at the London House, Chicago; with Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group
1974 The Good Life Pablo recorded in 1973 as above
1975 The Oscar Peterson Trio In Tokyo 1964 Pablo recorded in 1964
1975 The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World Pablo recorded in 1967
1975 Oscar Peterson in Russia Pablo recorded in 1974
1975 The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux Pablo
1975 Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel Pablo with Joe Pass
1977 The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo Denon recorded in 1972
1977 Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77 Pablo won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
1977 Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77 Pablo with Ray Brown, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
1977 The Pablo All-Stars Jam – Montreux '77 Pablo various artists
1979 Skol Pablo with Stephane Grappelli, Joe Pass, Mickey Roker
1979 The Paris Concert Pablo recorded in 1978
1979 The London Concert Pablo recorded in 1978
1979 Digital at Montreux Pablo
1980 Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 Pablo
1981 Nigerian Marketplace Pablo
1983 Freedom Song Pablo recorded in 1982
1983 Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness Pablo various artists
1990 Oscar Peterson Live! Pablo recorded in 1986
1990 Live at the Blue Note Telarc won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
1991 Time After Time Telarc recorded in 1986
1991 Saturday Night at the Blue Note won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
1992 Last Call at the Blue Note Telarc recorded in 1990
1992 In the Key of Oscar Vocal Vision Productions Inc. 5 tracks recorded live at the Bermuda Onion, Toronto, 11 June 1991 + 7 electronic selections
1993 En Concert avec Europe1 RTÉ / Trema recorded in 1961, 1963–66 & 1969. 12 tracks feature Brown/Thigpen. Others include Bobby Durham, Louise Hayes, Sam Jones and Roy Eldridge on two tracks.
1993 Encore at the Blue Note Telarc recorded in 1990
1995 Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes MPS recorded in 1965, 1967, 1968
1996 Ljubljana 1964 Promo Sound AG recorded on July 29, 1964
1997 Live at CBC Studios, 1960 Just A Memory recorded in 1960, with Brown and Thigpen
1997 Oscar in Paris Telarc
1997 A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall Telarc
1999 Summer Night in Munich Telarc recorded in 1998
1999 The Very Tall Band: Live at the Blue Note Telarc recorded in 1998
2001 The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson Pablo recorded in 1975, with Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
2002 Solo Pablo recorded in 1972
2004 A Night in Vienna Verve recorded in 2003
2007 The Very Tall Band: What's Up? Telarc recorded in 1998
2014 During This Time Art of Groove [CD + DVD-Video] recorded in 1972 with Ben Webster
2015 Oscar Peterson Trio Live in Cologne 1963 Jazzline recorded in 1963, with Ray Brown (Bass) and Ed Thigpen (Drums)

Compilations

Year Title Label Notes
1952 This Is Oscar Peterson RCA Victor 10"
1956 The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio Norgran MG N-1054; compiles Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1 & Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2
1967 Thoroughly Modern 'Twenties Verve recorded in 1959
1974 The History of an Artist Pablo 2xLP; recorded between 1972 and 1974
1976 I Got Rhythm: Oscar Peterson Trio, Vol. 1 RCA
1976 Rockin' in Rhythm: Oscar Peterson Trio, Vol. 2 RCA
1983 The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 Pablo recorded in 1972
1987 Oscar Peterson Plays Jazz Standards Verve
1987 Compact Jazz Mercury compilation of recordings 1964–1966
2006 Fly Me to the Moon Verve/UMG

Box sets

Year Title Label Notes
1970 Exclusively for My Friends MPS / Verve 4xLP, reissued as 4xCD (1992) and 8xCD (2015); recorded between 1963 and 1968
1996 The London House Sessions Polygram 5xCD; recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago
2009 Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949–1951 Hip-O Select 3xCD; compiles At Carnegie Hall, Tenderly, Keyboard, and An Evening with Oscar Peterson

7" EPs

  • Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin (Mercury, EP-107, 1953, 7")

Appears on

Year Title Label Notes
1955 Piano Interpretations Norgran MG N-1036; appears on three tracks
1956 Jazz at the Philharmonic 1955, Volume 2 Columbia live; appears on Side 1; split with the Gene Krupa Quartet
1956 The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House Verve MG V-8269; live; appears on Side 2; split with the Modern Jazz Quartet
1965 I/We Had a Ball Limelight appears on one track

As sideman

Year Artist Title Label Notes
1952 Benny Carter Alone Together Norgran
1952 Count Basie Basie Jazz Clef
1952 Roy Eldridge Rockin' Chair Clef
1952 Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich The Drum Battle Verve live
1953 Fred Astaire The Astaire Story Norgran recorded in 1952
1954 Lester Young Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio Norgram
1954 Lionel Hampton Lionel Hampton Plays Love Songs Clef
1954 Lionel Hampton Hamp's Big Four Verve MGV-8117
1954 Roy Eldridge Little Jazz Clef
1954 Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie Roy and Diz Clef
1954 Flip Phillips Rock with Flip Clef
1954 Roy Eldridge and His Orchestra Dale's Wail Clef MG C-705
1954 Benny Carter Benny Carter Plays Pretty Norgran
1954 Benny Carter New Jazz Sounds Norgran
1955 Buddy Rich Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich Norgran
1955 Ralph Burns Ralph Burns Among the JATP's Norgran
1956 Benny Carter Cosmopolite Norgran recorded between 1952–1954
1956 Buddy Rich The Wailing Buddy Rich Norgran recorded in 1955
1956 Lester Young and Harry "Sweets" Edison Pres and Sweets Norgran recorded in 1955
1956 Herb Ellis Ellis in Wonderland Norgran
1956 Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich Krupa and Rich Clef / Verve
1956 Toni Harper Toni Verve
1956 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Ella and Louis Verve / Polygram
1957 Anita O'Day Anita Sings the Most Verve
1957 Stuff Smith Stuff Smith Verve
1957 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong Ella and Louis Again Verve
1957 Lester Young and Harry Edison Going for Myself Verve
1957 Sonny Stitt Only the Blues Verve
1957 Ben Webster Soulville Verve
1957 Coleman Hawkins The Genius of Coleman Hawkins Verve
1957 Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster Verve
1957 Coleman Hawkins Coleman Hawkins and Confrères Verve
1957 Ella Fitzgerald Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book Verve
1957 Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House Verve live
1958 Harry "Sweets" Edison Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You Verve
1958 Ray Brown This Is Ray Brown Verve
1958 Ella Fitzgerald At the Opera House Verve live, recorded in 1957
1959 Stan Getz Stan Getz and Gerry Mulligan / Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio Verve
1959 Sonny Stitt Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio Verve
1962 Milt Jackson Very Tall Verve recorded in 1961
1963 Bill Henderson Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio Verve
1972 Ella Fitzgerald Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 Pablo 3xLP box set; live at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on June 2, 1972
1974 Count Basie Basie and Friends Pablo
1975 Roy Eldridge Happy Time Pablo
1975 Zoot Sims Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers Pablo
1975 The Trumpet Kings The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 Pablo live
1975 Milt Jackson The Milt Jackson Big 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 Pablo live
1977 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 Pablo live
1977 Roy Eldridge Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 Pablo live
1978 Sarah Vaughan How Long Has This Been Going On? Pablo
1979 Clark Terry Ain't Misbehavin' Pablo
1980 Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry The Alternate Blues Pablo
1988 Ella Fitzgerald Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert Verve live, recorded in 1958
1995 Ray Brown Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players Telarc recorded in 1994
1999 Dorothy Dandridge Smooth Operator Verve recorded in 1958, 1961
2000 Sarah Vaughan Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More Pablo live, recorded in 1957, 1978, 1982

Filmography

  • 1958 Les Tricheurs (Fontana Records)
  • 1978 The Silent Partner (Movie Score)
  • 1996 Life of A Legend (View Video)
  • 1998 London: 1964 (Vidjazz)
  • 2004 Music in the Key of Oscar (View Video)[4]
  • 2004 Easter Suite for Jazz Trio (TDK)
  • 2004 A Night in Vienna (Verve)
  • 2004 Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux Presents Oscar Peterson Trio '77 (Eagle Vision USA)
  • 2007 The Berlin Concert (Inakustik)
  • 2007 Reunion Blues (Salt Peanuts)
  • 2008 Oscar Peterson & Count Basie: Together in Concert 1974 (Impro-Jazz Spain)
  • 2008 Jazz Icons: Oscar Peterson Live in '63, '64 & '65 (Jazz Icons)
  • 2014 During This Time: Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster. NDR Jazzworkshop 1972 (art of groove)
  • 2020 Oscar Peterson: Black + White

References

  1. ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Jazz Albums". Billboard. September 22, 1956. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  2. ^ "Nostalgic Memories". WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  3. ^ a b "Debut : the Clef/Mercury duo recordings 1949–1951 | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  4. ^ "Oscar Peterson Documentary Film – Oscar Peterson DVD – Oscar Peterson Jazz DVD". View.com. Retrieved 30 December 2017.