Discography
Labels: Telarc | Verve/Pablo/MPS

Tenderly
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b)
NYC, March 1 1950

Debut
They Didn't Believe Me
Lover Come Back to Me
Where or When
Three O'Clock in the Morning
All the Things You Are
Tenderly

NYC May 8, 1950
Peterson (p), Major Holley (b)

In the Middle of a Kiss
Nameless
Two Sleepy People
Little White Lies
Keyboard Music
Oscar Peterson (p) Major Holley (b)
NYC, May Aug., 1950

Tico Tico
Get Happy
Jumpin' with Symphony Sid
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Deep Purple
Robbin's Nest
I'll Remember April
Exactly Like You
After All
Easy to Love
Takin a Chance on Love
Squatty Roo
An Evening with Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b)
NYC, August, 1950

How High is the Moon
Caravan
Summer Nocturne
Salute to Garner
I Get a Kick Out of You
What's New?
Dark Eyes
Slow Down
What Is It?
The Way You Look Tonight
The Nearness of You
Minor Blues

NYC Jan, 19 1951
The Nearness of You
How High is the Moon
Nostalgic Memories by Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b)
NYC, January 19, 1951 to November16, 1954

Laura
September In The Rain
On The Alamo
Lullaby Of The Leaves
That's My Weakness Now
It's Easy To Remember
Until The Real Thing Comes Along
Body and Soul
I Cover The Waterfront
Look For The Silver Lining
You Are Too Beautiful
Minor Blues
Pastel Moods
Oscar Peterson (p) Irving Ashby (g) Ray Brown (b)
Los Angeles, CA, January 26, 1952

You Go to My Head
They Can't Take That Away from Me
There's a Small Hotel
You Turned the Tables on Me
These Foolish Things
I Can't Get Started
Blue Moon
I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You
My Old Flame
Sweet Lorraine
Serenade in Blue
Moonglow
East of the Sun
Oscar Peterson Quartet No.1
Oscar Peterson (p, vo) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Alvin Stoller (d -1/8)
Los Angeles, CA, February, 1952

The Astaire Blues
Oh, Lady Be Good
Body and Soul
Stompin' at the Savoy
Recital
Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Herb Ellis (g) Louis Bellson(d)
Los Angeles, CA, May-June, 1952 to Oct.,1954

Willow Weep For Me
Pompton Turnpike
Cherokee
Soft Winds
The Continental
Alone Together
Give Me The Simple Life
Singin' in The Rain
Love You Madly
Oscar Peterson Plays the Ellington Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b)
Los Angeles, CA, November-December, 1952

In a Mellow Tone
Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'
Take the "A" Train
Sophisticated Lady
Cottontail
Prelude to a Kiss
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
Rockin' in Rhythm
Never No Lament (Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore
John Hardy's Wife
Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Ed Thigpen (g) Ray Brown (b)
Los Angeles, CA, Dec., 1952 to Aug., 1959

Love Walked In
A Foggy Day
The Man I Love
It Ain't Necessarily So
Oh, Lady Be Good
I Was Doin' Alright
Shall We Dance?
Love Is Here To Stay
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
Summertime
Nice Work If You Can Get It
They All Laughed
Romance: The Vocal Stylings of Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson (p, vo) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b)
NYC, Jan.26, 1952 to Apr.27, 1954

I'm Glad There Is You
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
One for My Baby
These Foolish Things
Autumn in New York
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
But Not for Me
These Foolish Things
Too Marvelous For Words
From this Moment on
Spring Is Here
The Things We Did Last Summer
Jazz At The Philharmonic: The Oscar Peterson Trio Set
Oscar Peterson (p) Barney Kessel (g) Ray Brown (b) Herb Ellis (g) NYC, Sept 13, 1952 & Sept 19, 1953
Sweet Georgia Brown
Cheek to Cheek
C Jam Blues
Seven Come Eleven
Tenderly
Lollobrigida
Pompton Turnpike
Swinging on a Star
Love for Sale
Swinging Till the Girls Come Home
Oscar Peterson Plays The Jerome Kern Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
1952 to Dec., 1953

The Way You Look Tonight
Yesterdays
I Won't Dance
Bill
The Song Is You
A Fine Romance
Can't Help Lovin' That Man
Ol' Man River
Long Ago and Far Away
Lovely to Look at
Pick Yourself Up
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Oscar Peterson Quartet
Oscar Peterson (p) Louis Bellson (d) Ray Brown (b) Herb Ellis (g)
CA Oct.27, 1954

Give Me The Simple Life
Singin' in the Rain
Love You Madly
Air Mail Special
Honeysuckle Rose
The Second Astaire Blues
It Don't Mean a Thing
Oscar Peterson Plays The Harry Warren Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p)
Los Angeles, CA, November 15, 1954

Lullaby Of Broadway
You'll Never Know
I Only Have Eyes For You
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Serenade in Blue
I Had The Craziest Dream
More Than You Know
Carioca
Without A Song
Drums In My Heart
Time On My Hands
Great Day
Oscar Peterson Plays The Harry Warren Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p)
Los Angeles, CA, November 15, 1954

Lullaby Of Broadway
You'll Never Know
I Only Have Eyes For You
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Serenade in Blue
I Had The Craziest Dream
More Than You Know
Carioca
Without A Song
Drums In My Heart
Time On My Hands
Great Day
Oscar Peterson Plays The Count Basie Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d)
Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 27, 1955

Lester Leaps In
Easy Does It
9:20 Special
Jumpin' At The Woodside
One O'Clock Jump
Blue and Sentimental
Broadway
Jive at Five
Topsy
Blues for Basie
Romantic Mood: Oscar Peterson with Russ Garcia's Orchestra
Oscar Peterson (p) Russ Garcia (arr, cond) Orchestra
Los Angeles, CA, December 30, 1955

Laura
Ruby
It Could Happen to You
A Sunday Kind of Love
I Only Have Eyes for You
Tenderly
Stars Fell on Alabama
Stella by Starlight
Black Coffee
I Thought About You
The Boy Next Door
Our Waltz
Oscar Peterson Trio At The Stratford Shakesperian Festival
Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b)
Ontario, Canada, August 8, 1956

Falling in Love with Love
How About You?
Flamingo
Swinging on a Star
Noreen's Nocturne
Gypsy in My Soul
How High the Moon
Love You Madly
52nd Street Theme
Nuages
Daisy's Dream
Susquehanna
I've Never Left You Arms
Soft Sands
Echoes
You Took Advantage of Me
Dream On a Summer Night
One the Outside Looking in
Soft Sands/Oscar Peterson Quartet with Buddy Bregman's Orchestra
Oscar Peterson (p, vo) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Stan Levey (d) Buddy Bregman (arr, cond)'s Orchestra
Hollywood, CA, March 28 to July 31, 1957

It Happens Every Spring
Song to the Stars
Chanel
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Can't We Be Friends?
Dream on Summer Night
You Took Advantage of Me
I Can't Get Started
Rain on the Roof
As Time Goes by
Ain't Misbehavin'
Susquehanna
I've Never Left You Arms
Soft Sands
Echoes
You Took Advantage of Me
Dream On a Summer Night
The Oscar Peterson Trio at the Concertbouw
Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b)
"Concertgebouw", Amsterdam, Holland, April 12, 1958

The Lady Is a Tramp
Daahoud
We'll Be Together Again
Bluesology (aka Bags' Groove)
Budo
I've Got the World on a String
When Lights Are Low
Evrev
Jazz Portraits of Sinatra
May 18, 1958
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b), Ed Thigpen (d)

You Make Me Feel So Young
Come Dance With Me
Saturday Night (It The Loneliest Night of
The Tender Trap
Learning The Blues
Witchcraft
Just In Time
It Happened In Monteray
I Get A Kick Out Of You
All Of Me
Birth Of The Blues
How About You?
A Night On The Town With The Oscar Peterson Trio
Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b)
"Town Tavern Club", Toronto, Canada, July 5, 1958

Sweet Georgia Brown
Should I?
When Lights Are Low
Easy Listenin' Blues
Pennies from Heaven
The Champ
Moonlight in Vermont
Oscar Peterson Plays My Fair Lady
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Gene Gammage (d) Herb Ellis (g) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, IL, November 20, 1958 to Jan, 1960

I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face
Get Me to the Church on Time
Show Me
I Could Have Danced All Night
On the Street Where You Live
Wouldn't It Be Loverly?
The Rain in Spain
Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) July 14 to Aug. 9, 1959
In The Still of the Night
It's Alright With Me
Love For Sale
Just One of Those Things
I've Got You Under My Skin
Every time We Say Goodbye
Night and Day
Easy To Love
Why Can't You Behave
I Love Paris
I Concentrate On You
It's De-Lovely
Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, IL, July 14-August 9, 1959

Johnny One Note
The Lady Is A Tramp
Blue Moon
My Funny Valentine
This Can't Be Love
It Might As Well Be Spring
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
Manhattan
Isn't It Romantic?
Lover
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, IL, July 14 to August 9, 1959

Lisa
Con Alma
Close Your Eyes
The Maidens of Cadiz
My Heart Stood Still
Woody 'N You
Oscar Peterson Plays The Harold Arlen Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Herb Ellis (g)
Chicago, IL, July 14 to August 9, 1959

As Long as I Live
Come Rain or Come Shine
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
I've Got the World on a String
That Old Black Magic
Let's Fall in Love
Stormy Weather
Over the Rainbow
Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe
The Man That Got Away
Ill Wind
Oscar Peterson Plays The Irving Berlin Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Universal Recording Studios, Chicago, IL, July 14 to Aug 9, 1959

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
Supper Time
I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
Change Partners
The Song Is Ended
Cheek to Cheek
I Use to Be Color Blind
You're Laughing at Me
Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
How Deep Is the Ocean?
Isn't It a Lovely Day?
(You Forgot to) Remember
Oscar Peterson Plays The Jimmy McHugh Songbook
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, IL, July 14-August 9, 1959

When My Sugar Walks Down the Street
I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Don't Blame Me
I'm in the Mood for Love
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
Digga Digga Doo
You're a Sweetheart
I Feel a Song Comin' on
Lost in a Fog
Can't Get Out of This Mood
Oscar Peterson Plays "Porgy & Bess"
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Los Angeles, CA, October 12, 1959

I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
I Wants to Stay Here (aka I Love You, Porgy)
Summertime
Oh Dey's So Fresh and Fine (Strawberry Woman)
Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way
It Ain't Necessarily So
There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York
Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?
Here Come de Honey Man
Bess, You Is My Woman Now
Swinging Brass with the Oscar Paterson Trio
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Russ Garcia (arr, cond) Orchestra
San Francisco, CA, November 5, 1959

Stockholm Sweetnin'
Blues for Big Scotia
Close Your Eyes
Spirit Feel
Cubana Chant
Con Alma
O.P.
Little Pea's Blues
The Music From "Fiorello"
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Los Angeles, CA, January, 1960

When Did I Fall in Love?
Little Tin Box
Home Again
'Till Tomorrow
Politics and Poker
Gentleman Jimmy
Unfair
On the Side of the Angels
Where Do I Go from Here?
The Trio
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Sept., 1961 to Oct., 1961

Iv'e Never Been In Love Before
In the Wee, Small Hours of the Morning
Chicago
The Night We Called It a Day
Sometimes I'm Happy
Whisper Not
Billy Boy
The Lonesome One
The Gravy Waltz
Woody N' You
Soon
Daahound
The Sound Of The Trio
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
"London House", Chicago, IL, July 29, 1961

Trictrotism
On Green Dolphin Street
Thag's Dance
Ill Wind
Kadota's Blues
Scrapple From The Apple
Jim
Band Call
The Night We Called It A Day
Billy Boy
Very Tall
Milt Jackson (vib) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
NYC, September 15 & 18, 1961

On Green Dolphin Street
Work Song
Heartstrings
A Wonderful Guy
Reunion Blues
John Brown's Body
West Side Story
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
NYC, January 24 & 25, 1962

Something' Coming
Somewhere
Jet Song
Tonight
Maria
I Feel Pretty
Reprise
Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!/Swinging Brass
Nat Adderley (cor) Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (tp) Clark Terry (tp, flh) Jimmy Cleveland, Paul Faulise, Slide Hampton, Melba Liston, Britt Woodman (tb) Ray Alonge, Jim Buffington, Willie Ruff, Morris Secon, Julius Watkins (frh) Don Butterfield (tu) Cannonball Adderley, Norris Turney (as) James Moody, Jerome Richardson (ts) George Dorsey, Seldon Powell (bars) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Ernie Wilkins (arr, cond)
Nov. 5, 1959 to June 24, 1962

Waltz for Debby
Tangerine
The Gravy Waltz
Six And Four
This Could Be The Start of Something
Yours Is My Heart Alone
I'm A Fool To Want You
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Put On A Happy Face
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, IL, September 27, 1962

Put on a Happy Face
Old Folks
Woody'n You
Yesterdays
Diablo
Soon
The Lonesome One
Affinity
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, IL, September 25 & 27, 1962

Waltz for Debby
Tangerine
The Gravy Waltz
Six And Four
This Could Be The Start of Something
Yours Is My Heart Alone
I'm A Fool To Want You
Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Something Warm
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, IL, September 27, 1962

There Is No Greater Love
I Remember Clifford
Autumn Leaves
Blues for Big Scotia
Swamp Fire
I Love You
Night Train
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Los Angeles, CA, December 16, 1962

Night Train
C Jam Blues
Georgia on My Mind
Bag's Groove
Moten Swing
Easy Does It
Honey Dripper
Things Ain't What They Used to Be
I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
Band Call
Volare
Hymn to Freedom
A Tribute to My Friends
Oscar Peterson (p) Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson (b) Martin Drew (d) Joe Pass (g)
November 8, 1963

Blueberry Hill
Sometimes I'm Happy
Stuffy
Birk's Works
Cotton Tail
Loverman
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Rockin' Chair
Now's the Time
Oscar Peterson & Nelson Riddle
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) Nelson Riddle (arr, cond) Orchestra
Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA, November 8 & 10, 1963

My Foolish Heart
Judy
'Round Midnight
Someday My Prince Will Come
Come Sunday
Nightingale
My Ship
A Sleeping Bee
Portrait of Jenny
Goodbye
The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
NYC, February 27 & 28, 1964

Fly Me to the Moon
Shiny Stockings
Li'l Darlin'
Little Right Foot
Let's Fall in Love
The Strut
This Nearly Was Mine
Satin Doll
You Stepped Out of a Dream
Action
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
May, 1964

At Long Last Love
Easy Walker
Tin Tin Deo
Iv'e Got a Crush On You
A Foggy Day
Like Someone in Love
Trio + One
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
NY Aug 17,1964

Brotherhood of Man
Jim
Blues For Smedley
Roundalay
Mumbles
Incoherent Blues
I Want a Little Girl
They Didn't Believe Me
Squeaky's Blues
Mack The Knife
Canadiana Suite
Oscar Peterson (p) Clarke Terry (fh), Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Sept. 9,1964

Ballad to the East
Laurentide Waltz
Place St. Henri
Hogtown Blues
Blues of the Prairies
Wheatland
March Past
Land of the Misty Giants
We Get Requests
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d) NYC, October 19 & 20, 1964
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (aka Corcovado)
The Days of Wine and Roses
My One and Only Love
People
Have You Met Miss Jones?
You Look Good to Me
The Girls from Ipanema
D & E
Time and Again
Goodbye J.D.
With Respect To Nat
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Oct.28, 1965

When My Sugar Walks Down the street
It's Only a Paper Moon
Walkin' My Baby Back Home
Sweet Lorraine
Unforgettable
Little Girl
Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
Straighten Up and Fly Right
Calypso Blues
(What Can I say) After I say I'm Sorry
Easy Listening Blues
Orange Colored Sky
Blues Etude
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Ed Thigpen (d)
Chicago, Illinois, Dec.3, 1965
If I Were A Bell
Stella By Starlight
L'Impossible
I Know You Oh So Well
* Sam Jones (b) replaces Brown

Chicago, Illinois, May 4, 1966
Blues Etude
Shelly's World
Let's Fall In Love
The Shadow of Your Smile
Soul Espanol
Dec.1966
Jones (b), Haynes (d), Gibson (congas), Johnson (timbales), Jones (percussion)

Mas Que Nada
Manha de Carnaval
Call Me
How Insensitive
Carioca
Soulville
Amanha
Meditation
Samba de Orfeu
Samba Sensitive
My Favorite Instrument
April, 1968
Peterson (p)

Someone to Watch Over Me
Perdido
Body and Soul
Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me)
Bye Bye Blackbird
I Should Care
Lulu's Back in Town
Little Girl Blue
Take The A Train
Another Day
1970
Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Price (d) Jiri Mraz (b)

Blues For Martha
Greensleeves
I'm Old Fashioned
Too Close For Comfort
All The Things You Are
The Jamfs Are Coming
It Never Entered My Mind
Carolina Shout
Tracks
Nov., 1970
Oscar Peterson (p)

Give Me The Simple Life
Basin Street Blues
Honeysuckle Rose
Dancing On The Ceiling
A Child is Born
If I Should Lose You
A Little Jazz Exercise
Django
Ja-Da
Just A Gigolo
Face to Face
May 24, 1982
Oscar Peterson (p) Joe Pass (g)

All Blues
Thermo
Weaver of Dreams
Portrait of Jenny
Tippin'