The Jazz Show Episode July 1, 2024

Pianist/composer Oscar Peterson:;"The Canadiana Suite"

9:00pm - 12:39am

Tonight's Jazz Feature is a tribute through music to Canada Day, today July 1,2024. The great Canadian born pianist/composer and Jazz Master Oscar Emmanual Peterson was born in Montreal on August 15,1925 and passed away at his home in Mississauga, Ontario on December 23,2007 after a long career and receiving just about every honor Canada could bestow on this artist. The Jazz Show is proud to present "The Canadiana Suite" an 8 movement suite composed in honor of the country of his birth and performed by his long standing Trio with the incomparable Ray Brown on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums and of course Oscar Peterson on piano.. It was recorded for Limelight Records (a Jazz division of Mercury Records) in New York on September 9,1964. Happy Canada Day to all!

Track Listing:

Ballad to The East
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
Laurentide Waltz
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
Place St.Henri
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
Hogtown Blues
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
Blues of The Praries
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
Wheatland
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
March Past
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
Land of The Misty Giants
Oscar Peterson · The Canadiana Suite
Canadian Sunset
Gene Ammons · Boss Tenor
I've Got Rhythm
Don Byas/Slam Stewart · Town Hall June 9,1945
Indiana
Don Byas/Slam Stewart · Town Hall June 9,1945
Politely
Art Blakey · The Big Beat
Dat Dere
Art Blakey · The Big Beat
Little Sunflower
Louis Hayes with Leon Thomas · Variety is The Spice
Stardust
Louis Hayes Group · Variety is The Spice
Invitation
Louis Hayes Group · Variety is The Spice
Honeysuckle Rose
The Metronome All-Stars 1937 · 1937 All-Stars
Blues
The Metronome All-Stars 1937 · 1937 All-Stars
Blue Lou
The Metronome All-Stars 1939 · 1939 All-Stars
The Blues
The Metronome All-Stars 1939 · 1939 Al-lStars
Bugle Call Rag
The Metronome All-Stars 1941 · 1941 All-Stars
One O'Clock Jump
The Metronome All-Stars 1941 · 1941 All-Stars
Billie's Bounce
The Metronome All-Stars 1956 · 1956 All-Stars
Mammy Yokum
Nat Adderley & The 3 Sounds · Nat Adderley & The 3 Sounds
Fried Chicken
Sonny Stitt · Sonny Stitt at the D.J.Lounge