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The widow of this unparalleled piano virtuoso put together this project, centering it around the thing Oscar loved most in the world his prized personal Bösendorfer Imperial piano. Kelly Peterson invited a host of jazz luminaries to Oscar's home studio to shine a light on Oscar Peterson, composer (most of these pieces were written by Oscar and many were never recorded). You'll hear Oscar's pieces and his piano, too, under the hands of Chick Corea, Kenny Barron, Ramsey Lewis, Michel Legrand, Hiromi, Monty Alexander, Bill Charlap, Benny Green and more. This 2015 set-3-CD standard or deluxe edition, which includes an extensive commemorative book with 100 pages of detailed notes and a downloadable bonus track-now returns to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Peterson's passing. This is special InchThe Contessa,Inch InchCeline's Waltz,Inch InchBossa Beguine,Inch InchIf I Love Again,Inch InchTranquille,Inch InchMorning,Inch InchHymn to Freedom,Inch InchIf You Only Knew,Inch InchDream of Me,Inch InchBallad for Benny CarterInch and more including pieces written for Oscar by some of his closest friends in music. Mack Avenue. Album Tracks 1. The Contessa 6 16 2. Blues for Smedley 3 39 3. Celine's Waltz 5 43 4. Bossa Beguine 5 10 5. Cool Walk 3 31 6. Dream of Me 8 18 7. Sushi 4 35 8. If I Love Again 3 00 9. On Danish Shore 3 47 10. Ballad for Benny Carter 8 50 11. A Little Jazz Exercise 2 27 12. Tranquille 5 55 13. Take Me Home 4 57 1. Announcement 3 41 2. If You Only Knew 5 16 3. Love Ballade 6 41 4. The Gentle Waltz 5 24 5. Summertime 6 12 6. Laurentide Waltz 6 20 7. Morning 4 58 8. Harcourt Nights 8 00 9. Wheatland 4 21 10. Why Think About Tomorrow? 5 10 1. One for Oscar 6 29 2. The Smudge 5 06 3. Sir Lancewell 4 59 4. Dear Oscar 4 15 5. I Remember Op 4 38 6. Oscar's New Camera 4 01 7. Op's Boogie 2 37 8.
