| Year released
|
Album
|
Notes
|
Label
|
| 1950
|
Piano Solos
|
|
Mercury
|
| 1951
|
Oscar Peterson at Carnegie
|
live
|
Mercury
|
| 1952
|
Oscar Peterson At Carnegie Hall
|
recorded between 1949 and 1951, MG C-107 (rec Sept 18 1949-NYC) [re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951] [1]
|
Mercury
|
| The Oscar Peterson Quartet
|
with Barney Kessel, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller
|
| The Drum Battle
|
live, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich (leaders)
|
Verve
|
| Alone Together
|
Benny Carter (leader)
|
Norgran
|
| Cosmopolite
|
| Basie Jazz
|
Count Basie (leader)
|
Clef
|
| Rockin' Chair
|
Roy Eldridge (leader)
|
| 1953
|
Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington
|
recorded in 1952
|
Mercury
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin
|
recorded in 1952
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
|
|
| The Astaire Story
|
Fred Astaire (leader), recorded in 1952
|
Norgran
|
| 1954
|
Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen
|
|
Clef
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans
|
|
| Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin
|
with Buddy DeFranco
|
| Romance - The Vocal Styling Of Oscar Peterson
|
with Ray Brown, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis
|
Verve
|
| Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio
|
Lester Young (leader)
|
Norgram
|
| Lionel Hampton Plays Love Songs
|
Lionel Hampton (leader) |
Clef
|
| Hamp's Big Four
|
Lionel Hampton (leader)
|
| Little Jazz
|
Roy Eldridge (leader)
|
| Roy and Diz
|
Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie (leaders)
|
| Rock with Flip
|
Flip Phillips (leader)
|
| Dale's Wail
|
Roy Eldridge (leader)
|
Clef / Verve
|
| Benny Carter Plays Pretty
|
Benny Carter (leader)
|
Norgran
|
| New Jazz Sounds
|
| 1955
|
Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich
|
Buddy Rich (leader)
|
Norgran
|
| Ralph Burns Among the JATP's
|
Ralph Burns (leader)
|
| 1956
|
Nostalgic Memories [2][3]
|
recorded between 1949 and 1951, re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951 [1]
|
Clef / Verve
|
| Tenderly
|
recorded between 1949 and 1951, MG C-696 [re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951] [1]
|
| Keyboard
|
recorded between 1949 and 1951, MG C-697 [re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951] [1]
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie
|
recorded in 1955
|
Clef
|
| In a Romantic Mood
|
recorded in 1955
|
Verve
|
| Pastel Moods
|
|
| The Wailing Buddy Rich
|
Buddy Rich (leader) recorded in 1955
|
Norgran
|
| Pres and Sweets
|
Lester Young and Harry "Sweets" Edison (leaders) recorded in 1955
|
| Ellis in Wonderland
|
Herb Ellis (leader)
|
| Krupa and Rich
|
Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich (leaders)
|
Clef / Verve
|
| Toni
|
Toni Harper (leader)
|
Verve
|
| Ella and Louis
|
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (leaders)
|
Verve / Polygram
|
| 1957
|
An Evening with Oscar Peterson
|
recorded between 1949 and 1951, MGC-698 [re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951] [1]
|
Clef / Verve
|
| Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
|
live recorded in 1956, with Herb Ellis
|
Verve
|
| Soft Sands
|
|
| The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House
|
live with the Modern Jazz Quartet
|
| The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport
|
live with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones
|
American Recording Society / Verve
|
| Anita Sings the Most
|
Anita O'Day (leader)
|
Verve
|
| Stuff Smith
|
Stuff Smith (leader)
|
| Ella and Louis Again
|
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (leaders)
|
| Going for Myself
|
Lester Young and Harry Edison (leaders)
|
| Only the Blues
|
Sonny Stitt (leader)
|
| Soulville
|
Ben Webster (leader)
|
| The Genius of Coleman Hawkins
|
Coleman Hawkins (leader)
|
| Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
|
| Coleman Hawkins and Confrères
|
| Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
|
Ella Fitzgerald (leader)
|
| Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House
|
live, Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson (leader)
|
| 1958
|
My Fair Lady
|
|
Verve
|
| On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio
|
live
|
| Jazz Giants '58
|
with Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Harry "Sweets" Edison
|
| Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
|
with Stan Getz
|
| Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw
|
live with Herb Ellis
|
| Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
|
Harry "Sweets" Edison (leader)
|
| This Is Ray Brown
|
Ray Brown (leader)
|
| At the Opera House
|
live, Ella Fitzgerald (leader)
|
| 1959
|
Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
|
recorded in 1957, with Louis Armstrong
|
Verve
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook
|
recorded in 1952, 1953, 1959
|
| A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
|
|
| The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Harry Warren Songbook
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Jimmy McHugh Songbook
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays The Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans Song Books
|
|
| Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio
|
Sonny Stitt (leader)
|
| 1960
|
Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song book
|
recorded in 1959
|
Verve
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook
|
recorded in 1959
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook
|
recorded in 1959
|
| Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio
|
recorded in 1959
|
| Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
|
recorded in 1959, with Ben Webster
|
| Fiorello!
|
|
| 1961
|
The Trio: Live From Chicago
|
live at the London House, Chicago
|
Verve
|
| 1962
|
The Sound of the Trio
|
live recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago
|
Verve
|
| West Side Story
|
|
| Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!
|
|
| Affinity
|
|
| Very Tall
|
Milt Jackson (leader), recorded in 1961
|
| 1963
|
Night Train
|
recorded in 1962
|
Verve
|
| Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle
|
with Nelson Riddle
|
| Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio
|
Bill Henderson (leader)
|
| 1964
|
The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays
|
|
Verve
|
| We Get Requests
|
|
| Oscar Peterson Trio + One
|
with Clark Terry
|
Mercury
|
| 1965
|
More Swinging Standards
|
recorded in 1959
|
Verve
|
| Canadiana Suite
|
recorded in 1964
|
Limelight
|
| With Respect to Nat
|
|
Mercury / Limelight
|
| Eloquence
|
live
|
Limelight
|
| I/We Had a Ball
|
various artists compililation, 1 track
|
| 1966
|
Put On a Happy Face
|
live recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago
|
Verve
|
| Blues Etude
|
recorded in 1965, 1966
|
Limelight
|
| 1967
|
Thoroughly Modern 'Twenties
|
compililation, recorded in 1959
|
Verve
|
| Something Warm
|
live recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago
|
| Soul Español
|
recorded in 1966
|
Limelight
|
| 1968
|
Action
|
recorded in 1964
|
MPS
|
| The Way I Really Play
|
recorded in 1967
|
| Girl Talk
|
recorded in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
|
| My Favorite Instrument
|
|
| Travelin' On
|
|
| 1969
|
Mellow Mood
|
recorded in 1968
|
MPS
|
| Motions and Emotions
|
|
| 1970
|
Exclusively for My Friends
|
[4LP box set], reissued as [4CD box set] (1992) and [8CD box set] (2015) recorded between 1963 and 1968
|
MPS / Verve
|
| Hello Herbie
|
recorded in 1969, with Herb Ellis
|
MPS
|
| Tristeza on Piano
|
|
| 1971
|
Walking the Line
|
recorded in 1970
|
MPS
|
| Another Day
|
recorded in 1970
|
| Tracks
|
recorded in 1970
|
| In Tune
|
with The Singers Unlimited
|
| 1972
|
Reunion Blues
|
recorded in 1971, with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown and Louis Hayes
|
MPS
|
| Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
|
[3LP] live, various artists
|
Pablo
|
| 1974
|
Great Connection
|
recorded in 1971
|
MPS
|
| The Trio
|
live recorded in 1973, with Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group
|
Pablo
|
| The Good Life
|
live recorded in 1973 as above
|
| The History of an Artist, Vol. 1
|
recorded between 1972 and 1974
|
| Terry's Tune
|
|
| Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie
|
with Dizzy Gillespie
|
| Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts
|
won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
|
| Satch and Josh
|
with Count Basie
|
| The Giants
|
with Joe Pass, Ray Brown, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
|
| Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison
|
with Harry "Sweets" Edison
|
| Basie and Friends
|
Count Basie (leader)
|
| 1975
|
The Oscar Peterson Trio In Tokyo 1964
|
live recorded in 1964
|
Pablo
|
| The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World
|
live recorded in 1967
|
| Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge
|
recorded in 1974, with Roy Eldridge
|
| Oscar Peterson in Russia
|
live recorded in 1974
|
| The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux
|
live
|
| Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel
|
with Joe Pass
|
| Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry
|
with Clark Terry
|
| Ella and Oscar
|
with Ella Fitzgerald
|
| Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From
|
with Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie
|
| Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis
|
with Jon Faddis
|
| Happy Time
|
Roy Eldridge (leader)
|
| Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers
|
Zoot Sims (leader)
|
| The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75
|
live, The Trumpet Kings (leaders)
|
| The Milt Jackson Big 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
|
live, Milt Jackson (leader)
|
| 1976
|
Porgy and Bess
|
with Joe Pass
|
Pablo
|
| I Got Rhythm |
|
RCA
|
| Rockin' in Rhythm |
|
| 1977
|
The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo
|
live recorded in 1972
|
Denon
|
| Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77
|
live, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
|
Pablo
|
| Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77
|
live, with Ray Brown, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
|
| Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77
|
live, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (leader)
|
| Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77
|
live, Roy Eldridge (leader)
|
| The Pablo All-Stars Jam – Montreux '77
|
live, various artists
|
| 1978
|
Satch and Josh...Again
|
recorded in 1977, with Count Basie
|
Pablo
|
| How Long Has This Been Going On?
|
Sarah Vaughan (leader)
|
| 1979
|
The Paris Concert
|
live recorded in 1978
|
Pablo
|
| The London Concert
|
live recorded in 1978
|
| Digital at Montreux
|
live
|
| The Silent Partner
|
film score
|
| Night Child
|
with Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Louie Bellson
|
| Skol
|
with Stephane Grappelli, Joe Pass, Mickey Roker
|
| Ain't Misbehavin'
|
Clark Terry (leader)
|
| 1980
|
Night Rider
|
recorded in 1978, with Count Basie
|
Pablo
|
| The Personal Touch
|
|
| Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980
|
live
|
| The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
|
with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry
|
| The Alternate Blues
|
Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry (leader)
|
| 1981
|
A Royal Wedding Suite
|
|
Pablo
|
| Nigerian Marketplace
|
live
|
| 1982
|
Ain't But a Few of Us Left
|
recorded in 1981, with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Grady Tate
|
Pablo
|
| Face to Face
|
with Freddie Hubbard
|
| Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry
|
with Clark Terry
|
| 1983
|
The History of an Artist, Vol. 2
|
recorded in 1972
|
Pablo
|
| Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers
|
recorded in 1978, with Count Basie
|
| Freedom Song
|
live recorded in 1982
|
| Two of the Few
|
with Milt Jackson
|
| Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness
|
live, various artists
|
| 1984
|
A Tribute to My Friends
|
recorded in 1983
|
Pablo
|
| 1985
|
Hark
|
with Buddy DeFranco
|
Pablo
|
| 1986
|
Yessir, That's My Baby
|
recorded in 1978, with Count Basie
|
Pablo
|
| If You Could See Me Now
|
recorded in 1983
|
| 1987
|
Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
|
with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Harry "Sweets" Edison recorded in 1986
|
Pablo
|
| Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson
|
with Benny Carter recorded in 1986
|
| Oscar Peterson Plays Jazz Standards
|
[CD] compilation
|
Verve
|
| Compact Jazz
|
compilation of recordings 1964–1966 [830 698–2]
|
Mercury
|
| 1988
|
Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert
|
live recorded in 1958, Ella Fitzgerald (leader)
|
Verve
|
| 1990
|
Oscar Peterson Live!
|
live recorded in 1986
|
Pablo
|
| Live at the Blue Note
|
live, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist
|
Telarc
|
| 1991
|
Time After Time
|
live recorded in 1986
|
Telarc
|
| Saturday Night at the Blue Note
|
live, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group
|
| 1992
|
Last Call at the Blue Note
|
live recorded in 1990
|
Telarc
|
| In the Key of Oscar
|
5 tracks recorded live at the Bermuda Onion, Toronto, 11 June 1991 + 7 electronic selections
|
Vocal Vision Productions Inc.
|
| 1993
|
En Concert Avec Europe1
|
live recorded in 1961, 1963–66 & 1969. 12 tracks feature Brown/Thigpen. Others include Bobby Durham, Louise Hayes, Sam Jones and Roy Eldridge on two tracks.
|
RTÉ / Trema
|
| Encore at the Blue Note
|
live recorded in 1990
|
Telarc
|
| 1994
|
Side by Side
|
with Itzhak Perlman
|
Telarc
|
| 1995
|
Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes
|
recorded in 1965, 1967, 1968
|
MPS
|
| Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players
|
recorded in 1994, Ray Brown (leader)
|
Telarc
|
| An Oscar Peterson Christmas
|
|
| The More I See You
|
with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown
|
| 1996
|
The London House Sessions
|
[5CD box set] recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago
|
Polygram
|
| Ljubljana 1964
|
live recorded on July 29, 1964
|
Promo Sound AG
|
| Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore
|
with Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore
|
Telarc
|
| 1997
|
Live at CBC Studios, 1960
|
live recorded in 1960, with Brown and Thigpen
|
Just A Memory
|
| Oscar in Paris
|
live
|
Telarc
|
| A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall
|
live
|
| 1998
|
Oscar and Benny
|
recorded in 1997, with Benny Green
|
Telarc
|
| 1999
|
Smooth Operator
|
recorded in 1958, 1961, Dorothy Dandridge (leader)
|
Verve
|
| Summer Night in Munich
|
live recorded in 1998
|
Telarc
|
| The Very Tall Band: Live at the Blue Note
|
live recorded in 1998
|
| 2000
|
Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More
|
live recorded in 1957, 1978, 1982, Sarah Vaughan (leader)
|
Pablo
|
| Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite
|
A Jazz suite with strings conducted by Michel Legrand
|
Telarc
|
| 2001
|
The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson
|
live recorded in 1975, with Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
|
Pablo
|
| 2002
|
Solo
|
live recorded in 1972
|
Pablo
|
| 2004
|
A Night in Vienna
|
live recorded in 2003
|
Verve
|
| 2006
|
Fly me to the Moon
|
Oscar Peterson (Piano), Ray Brown, Sam Jones, George Mraz, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (Bass), Ed Thigpen, Bob Durham, Ray Price, Louis Hayes (Drums), Milt Jackson (Vibraphone)
|
Verve
|
| 2007
|
The Very Tall Band: What's Up?
|
live recorded in 1998
|
Telarc
|
