Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC , CQ , O.Ont., D.Mus. is a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He was born on August 15, 1925 in Montreal, Quebec.

Discography

His prolific recording output includes

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• Exclusively for My Friends
• Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington (1953)
• Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book (1959)
• West Side Story: Oscar Peterson Trio (1962)
• Night Train (1962)
• Canadiana Suite (1963)
• Hymn to Freedom (1964)
• We Get Requests (1964)
• In Tune (1971) The Singers Unlimited
• Easter Suite (1984)
• Oscar Peterson Trio + One (1964) – the trio with Clark Terry
• Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book (1999) -- combined reissue of the 1953 and 1959 Ellington recordings
• Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000) -- Jazz suite with strings conducted by Michel Legrand