Oscar Peterson/Fred Astaire - Complete Norman Granz Sessions

Artist:

Astaire, Fred

UPC:

8436006498770

See Also:

Mercer, Johnny Coward, Noel Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire - Best Of: A Couple Of Song & Dance Men

Description:

Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano, celesta); Fred Astaire (vocals); Barney Kessel (guitar); Flip Phillips (tenor saxophone); Charlie Shavers (trumpet); Alvin Stoller (drums).
Liner Note Authors: Fred Astaire; John Flanagan.
Recording information: Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA.
Perhaps more organically grounded than his earlier Hollywood recordings, Fred Astaire`s December 1952 collaborations with pianist Oscar Peterson have an intimate honesty about them that some might find comforting. Of course, most of this material, written by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Arthur Schwartz, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Johnny Mercer, and the Gershwin brothers, is tied directly to Astaire`s motion-picture career. Included are two ad-lib tap dance inventions and three original compositions devised especially for this project by Peterson. Producer Norman Granz fortified the sessions with the Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars, placing trumpeter Charlie Shavers and tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips in front and surrounding the pianist with guitarist Barney Kessel, bassist Ray Brown, and drummer Alvin Stoller. You can`t beat 40 tracks featuring Fred and Oscar together. ~ arwulf arwulf

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Isn`t This a Lovely Day
2. Puttin` on the Ritz
3. I Used to Be Color Blind
4. Continental, The
5. Let`s Call the Whole Thing Off
6. Change Partners
7. `S Wonderful
8. Lovely to Look At
9. They All Laughed
10. Cheek to Cheek
11. Steppin` Out with My Baby
12. Way You Look Tonight, The
13. I`ve Got My Eyes on You
14. Dancing in the Dark
15. Carioca, The
16. Nice Work If You Can Get It
17. New Sun in the Sky
18. I Won`t Dance
19. Fast Dances
20. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
21. No Strings
22. I Concentrate on You
23. I`m Putting All My Eggs in One Basket

DISC 2:

1. Fine Romance, A
2. Night and Day
3. Fascinating Rhythm
4. I Love Louisa
5. Slow Dances
6. Medium Dance
7. They Can`t Take That Away from Me
8. You`re Easy to Dance With
9. Needle in a Haystack, A
10. So Near and Yet So Far Away
11. Foggy Day, A
12. Oh, Lady Be Good
13. I`m Building Up to an Awful Letdown
14. Not My Girl
15. Jam Session for a Dancer
16. Astaire Blues, The
17. Second Astaire Blues, The

Album Information

Release Date:

01/25/2005

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Jazz Instrument

Subgenre:

Bebop

Label:

The Jazz Factory

Catalog Number:

JFCD 22877

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

155 : 32

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