Oscar Peterson in Russia

{{Infobox album

| name = Oscar Peterson in Russia

| type = live

| artist = Oscar Peterson

| cover = OscarPetersonRuusia.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1975 (Japan)

| recorded = November 17, 1974

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 86:39

| label = Pablo

| producer = Norman Granz

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r145469|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|2|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 161

}}

|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1154}}

}}

Oscar Peterson in Russia is a live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, recorded in the Soviet Union.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r145469|label=Oscar Peterson in Russia}}

Track listing

  1. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 4:29
  2. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 4:28
  3. "Place St. Henri" (Oscar Peterson) – 6:06
  4. "Hogtown Blues" (Peterson) – 3:06
  5. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 5:59
  6. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 5:44
  7. "Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 5:17
  8. "On the Trail" (Harold Adamson, Ferde Grofé) – 5:01
  9. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 4:31
  10. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 4:51
  11. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:09
  12. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange) – 3:25
  13. Medley: "I Loves You Porgy"/"Georgia on My Mind" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, Heyward)/(Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) – 3:45
  14. "Lil' Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) – 6:33
  15. "Watch What Happens" (Jacques Demy, Norman Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 7:59
  16. "Hallelujah Trail" (Peterson) – 6:35
  17. "Someone to Watch over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 3:41

Personnel

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