My Fair Lady (Oscar Peterson Trio album)

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Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady"
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Studio album by
Released1958
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1958)
Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady"
(1958)
Sonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1959)

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[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[2]

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."[1]

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. ^ a b 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.