Oscar Peterson : Plays The Cole Porter Songbook Al Jardine Following on from a quartet

Following on from a quartet of critically acclaimed solo LPs

and for the first time since the group's inception in 1967

The first session features Chet's American quartet with pianist Dick Twardzik

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Oscar Peterson : Plays The Cole Porter Songbook Al Jardine Following on from a quartetWith the introduction of the LP in the mid fifties, jazz entrepreneur Norman Granz presented the jazz world with conceptual albums based on the work of the most famous American songwriters. The most celebrated of these songbooks were the series made by Ella Fitzgerald singing Rodgers & Hart, George Gershwin, and Cole Porter, etc. The songbooks, however, were not limited to vocal performances as this instrumental homage to Cole Porter by the Oscar