# Oscar Peterson discography

This short description is INTENTIONALLY "none" &#x2D; please see WP:SDNONE before you consider changing it! This article contains the discography of jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Albums should be listed by date of initial release not recording session dates.

## Albums

| 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] | Mercury |
| 1952 | The Oscar Peterson Quartet | with Barney Kessel, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller | Mercury |
| 1952 | The Drum Battle | live, Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich (leaders) | Verve |
| 1952 | Alone Together | Benny Carter (leader) | Norgran |
| 1952 | Basie Jazz | Count Basie (leader) | Clef |
| 1952 | Rockin' Chair | Roy Eldridge (leader) | Clef |
| 1953 | Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington | recorded in 1952 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin | recorded in 1952 | Mercury |
| 1953 | Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter | | Mercury |
| 1953 | The Astaire Story | Fred Astaire (leader), recorded in 1952 | Norgran |
| 1954 | Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen | | Clef |
| 1954 | Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans | | Clef |
| 1954 | Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin | with Buddy DeFranco | Clef |
| 1954 | Romance - The Vocal Styling Of Oscar Peterson | with Ray Brown, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis | Verve |
| 1954 | Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Lester Young (leader) | Norgram |
| 1954 | Lionel Hampton Plays Love Songs | Lionel Hampton (leader) | Clef |
| 1954 | Hamp's Big Four | Lionel Hampton (leader) | Clef |
| 1954 | Little Jazz | Roy Eldridge (leader) | Clef |
| 1954 | Roy and Diz | Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie (leaders) | Clef |
| 1954 | Rock with Flip | Flip Phillips (leader) | Clef |
| 1954 | Dale's Wail | Roy Eldridge (leader) | Clef / Verve |
| 1954 | Benny Carter Plays Pretty | Benny Carter (leader) | Norgran |
| 1954 | New Jazz Sounds | Benny Carter (leader) | Norgran |
| 1955 | Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich | Buddy Rich (leader) | Norgran |
| 1955 | Ralph Burns Among the JATP's | Ralph Burns (leader) | Norgran |
| 1956 | Nostalgic Memories | recorded between 1949 and 1951, re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951 | Clef / Verve |
| 1956 | Tenderly | recorded between 1949 and 1951, MG C-696 [re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951] | Clef / Verve |
| 1956 | Keyboard | recorded between 1949 and 1951, MG C-697 [re-issued on CD in 2009 as Debut: The Clef/Mercury Duo Recordings 1949-1951] | Clef / Verve |
| 1956 | Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie | recorded in 1955 | Clef |
| 1956 | In a Romantic Mood | recorded in 1955 | Verve |
| 1956 | Pastel Moods | | Verve |
| 1956 | Cosmopolite | Benny Carter (leader), recorded between 1952–1954 | Norgran |
| 1956 | The Wailing Buddy Rich | Buddy Rich (leader), recorded in 1955 | Norgran |
| 1956 | Pres and Sweets | Lester Young and Harry "Sweets" Edison (leaders), recorded in 1955 | Norgran |
| 1956 | Ellis in Wonderland | Herb Ellis (leader) | Norgran |
| 1956 | Krupa and Rich | Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich (leaders) | Clef / Verve |
| 1956 | Toni | Toni Harper (leader) | Verve |
| 1956 | 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] | Clef / Verve |
| 1957 | Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival | live recorded in 1956, with Herb Ellis | Verve |
| 1957 | Soft Sands | | Verve |
| 1957 | The Modern Jazz Quartet and the Oscar Peterson Trio at the Opera House | live with the Modern Jazz Quartet | Verve |
| 1957 | 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 |
| 1957 | Anita Sings the Most | Anita O'Day (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | Stuff Smith | Stuff Smith (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | Ella and Louis Again | Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong (leaders) | Verve |
| 1957 | Going for Myself | Lester Young and Harry Edison (leaders) | Verve |
| 1957 | Only the Blues | Sonny Stitt (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | Soulville | Ben Webster (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | The Genius of Coleman Hawkins | Coleman Hawkins (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster | Coleman Hawkins (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | Coleman Hawkins and Confrères | Coleman Hawkins (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book | Ella Fitzgerald (leader) | Verve |
| 1957 | Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House | live, Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson (leader) | Verve |
| 1958 | Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw | live recorded in 1957 | Verve |
| 1958 | Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio | recorded in 1957, with Stan Getz | Verve |
| 1958 | Jazz Giants '58 | recorded in 1957, with Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Harry "Sweets" Edison | Verve |
| 1958 | My Fair Lady | | Verve |
| 1958 | On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio | live | Verve |
| 1958 | At the Opera House | live recorded in 1957, Ella Fitzgerald (leader) | Verve |
| 1958 | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You | Harry "Sweets" Edison (leader) | Verve |
| 1958 | This Is Ray Brown | Ray Brown (leader) | Verve |
| 1959 | Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson | recorded in 1957, with Louis Armstrong | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook | recorded in 1952, 1953, 1959 | Verve |
| 1959 | A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra | | Verve |
| 1959 | The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson | | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook | | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Irving Berlin Songbook | | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook | | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess | | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Harry Warren Songbook | | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Jimmy McHugh Songbook | | Verve |
| 1959 | Oscar Peterson Plays The Harry Warren and Vincent Youmans Song Books | | Verve |
| 1959 | Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Sonny Stitt (leader) | Verve |
| 1960 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song book | recorded in 1959 | Verve |
| 1960 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook | recorded in 1959 | Verve |
| 1960 | Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook | recorded in 1959 | Verve |
| 1960 | Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio | recorded in 1959 | Verve |
| 1960 | Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson | recorded in 1959, with Ben Webster | Verve |
| 1960 | Fiorello! | | Verve |
| 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 |
| 1962 | West Side Story | | Verve |
| 1962 | Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! | | Verve |
| 1962 | Affinity | | Verve |
| 1962 | Very Tall | Milt Jackson (leader), recorded in 1961 | Verve |
| 1963 | Night Train | recorded in 1962 | Verve |
| 1963 | Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle | with Nelson Riddle | Verve |
| 1963 | Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio | Bill Henderson (leader) | Verve |
| 1964 | The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays | | Verve |
| 1964 | We Get Requests | | Verve |
| 1964 | Oscar Peterson Trio + One | with Clark Terry | Mercury |
| 1965 | More Swinging Standards | recorded in 1959 | Verve |
| 1965 | Canadiana Suite | recorded in 1964 | Limelight |
| 1965 | With Respect to Nat | | Mercury / Limelight |
| 1965 | Eloquence | live | Limelight |
| 1965 | I/We Had a Ball | various artists compililation, 1 track | Limelight |
| 1966 | Put On a Happy Face | live recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago | Verve |
| 1966 | Blues Etude | recorded in 1965, 1966 | Limelight |
| 1967 | Thoroughly Modern 'Twenties | compililation, recorded in 1959 | Verve |
| 1967 | Something Warm | live recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago | Verve |
| 1967 | Soul Español | recorded in 1966 | Limelight |
| 1968 | Action | recorded in 1964 | MPS |
| 1968 | The Way I Really Play | recorded in 1967 | MPS |
| 1968 | Girl Talk | recorded in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 | MPS |
| 1968 | My Favorite Instrument | | MPS |
| 1968 | Travelin' On | | MPS |
| 1969 | Mellow Mood | recorded in 1968 | MPS |
| 1969 | Motions and Emotions | | MPS |
| 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 |
| 1970 | Hello Herbie | recorded in 1969, with Herb Ellis | MPS |
| 1970 | Tristeza on Piano | | MPS |
| 1971 | Walking the Line | recorded in 1970 | MPS |
| 1971 | Another Day | recorded in 1970 | MPS |
| 1971 | Tracks | recorded in 1970 | MPS |
| 1971 | In Tune | with The Singers Unlimited | MPS |
| 1972 | Reunion Blues | recorded in 1971, with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown and Louis Hayes | MPS |
| 1972 | Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 | [3LP] live, various artists | Pablo |
| 1974 | Great Connection | recorded in 1971 | MPS |
| 1974 | The Trio | live recorded in 1973, with Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group | Pablo |
| 1974 | The Good Life | live recorded in 1973 as above | Pablo |
| 1974 | The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 | recorded between 1972 and 1974 | Pablo |
| 1974 | Terry's Tune | | Pablo |
| 1974 | Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie | with Dizzy Gillespie | Pablo |
| 1974 | Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts | won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist | Pablo |
| 1974 | Satch and Josh | with Count Basie | Pablo |
| 1974 | The Giants | with Joe Pass, Ray Brown, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist | Pablo |
| 1974 | Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison | with Harry "Sweets" Edison | Pablo |
| 1974 | Basie and Friends | Count Basie (leader) | Pablo |
| 1975 | The Oscar Peterson Trio In Tokyo 1964 | live recorded in 1964 | Pablo |
| 1975 | The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World | live recorded in 1967 | Pablo |
| 1975 | Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge | recorded in 1974, with Roy Eldridge | Pablo |
| 1975 | Oscar Peterson in Russia | live recorded in 1974 | Pablo |
| 1975 | The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux | live | Pablo |
| 1975 | Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel | with Joe Pass | Pablo |
| 1975 | Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry | with Clark Terry | Pablo |
| 1975 | Ella and Oscar | with Ella Fitzgerald | Pablo |
| 1975 | Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From | with Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie | Pablo |
| 1975 | Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis | with Jon Faddis | Pablo |
| 1975 | Happy Time | Roy Eldridge (leader) | Pablo |
| 1975 | Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers | Zoot Sims (leader) | Pablo |
| 1975 | The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 | live, The Trumpet Kings (leaders) | Pablo |
| 1975 | The Milt Jackson Big 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 | live, Milt Jackson (leader) | Pablo |
| 1976 | Porgy and Bess | with Joe Pass | Pablo |
| 1976 | I Got Rhythm | | RCA |
| 1976 | Rockin' in Rhythm | | RCA |
| 1977 | The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo | live recorded in 1972 | Denon |
| 1977 | Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77 | live, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist | Pablo |
| 1977 | Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77 | live, with Ray Brown, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Pablo |
| 1977 | Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 | live, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (leader) | Pablo |
| 1977 | Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 | live, Roy Eldridge (leader) | Pablo |
| 1977 | The Pablo All-Stars Jam – Montreux '77 | live, various artists | Pablo |
| 1978 | Satch and Josh...Again | recorded in 1977, with Count Basie | Pablo |
| 1978 | How Long Has This Been Going On? | Sarah Vaughan (leader) | Pablo |
| 1979 | The Paris Concert | live recorded in 1978 | Pablo |
| 1979 | The London Concert | live recorded in 1978 | Pablo |
| 1979 | Digital at Montreux | live | Pablo |
| 1979 | The Silent Partner | film score | Pablo |
| 1979 | Night Child | with Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and Louie Bellson | Pablo |
| 1979 | Skol | with Stephane Grappelli, Joe Pass, Mickey Roker | Pablo |
| 1979 | Ain't Misbehavin' | Clark Terry (leader) | Pablo |
| 1980 | Night Rider | recorded in 1978, with Count Basie | Pablo |
| 1980 | The Personal Touch | | Pablo |
| 1980 | Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 | live | Pablo |
| 1980 | The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 | with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry | Pablo |
| 1980 | The Alternate Blues | Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry (leader) | Pablo |
| 1981 | A Royal Wedding Suite | | Pablo |
| 1981 | Nigerian Marketplace | live | Pablo |
| 1982 | Ain't But a Few of Us Left | recorded in 1981, with Milt Jackson, Ray Brown, Grady Tate | Pablo |
| 1982 | Face to Face | with Freddie Hubbard | Pablo |
| 1982 | Oscar Peterson with Clark Terry | with Clark Terry | Pablo |
| 1983 | The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 | recorded in 1972 | Pablo |
| 1983 | Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers | recorded in 1978, with Count Basie | Pablo |
| 1983 | Freedom Song | live recorded in 1982 | Pablo |
| 1983 | Two of the Few | with Milt Jackson | Pablo |
| 1983 | Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness | live, various artists | Pablo |
| 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 |
| 1986 | If You Could See Me Now | recorded in 1983 | Pablo |
| 1987 | Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and Harry "Sweets" Edison recorded in 1986 | Pablo |
| 1987 | Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson | with Benny Carter recorded in 1986 | Pablo |
| 1987 | Oscar Peterson Plays Jazz Standards | [CD] compilation | Verve |
| 1987 | 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 |
| 1990 | 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 |
| 1991 | Saturday Night at the Blue Note | live, won Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group | Telarc |
| 1992 | Last Call at the Blue Note | live recorded in 1990 | Telarc |
| 1992 | 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 |
| 1993 | 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 |
| 1995 | Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players | recorded in 1994, Ray Brown (leader) | Telarc |
| 1995 | An Oscar Peterson Christmas | | Telarc |
| 1995 | The More I See You | with Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown | Telarc |
| 1996 | The London House Sessions | [5CD box set] recorded in 1961 at the London House, Chicago | Polygram |
| 1996 | Ljubljana 1964 | live recorded on July 29, 1964 | Promo Sound AG |
| 1996 | 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 |
| 1997 | Oscar in Paris | live | Telarc |
| 1997 | A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall | live | Telarc |
| 1998 | Oscar and Benny | recorded in 1997, with Benny Green | Telarc |
| 1999 | Smooth Operator | recorded in 1958, 1961, Dorothy Dandridge (leader) | Verve |
| 1999 | Summer Night in Munich | live recorded in 1998 | Telarc |
| 1999 | The Very Tall Band: Live at the Blue Note | live recorded in 1998 | Telarc |
| 2000 | Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More | live recorded in 1957, 1978, 1982, Sarah Vaughan (leader) | Pablo |
| 2000 | 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 |
Posthumous releases :
| Year released | Album | Notes | Label |
| 2014 | During This Time | [CD + DVD-Video] recorded in 1972 with Ben Webster | Art of Groove |
| 2015 | Oscar Peterson Trio Live in Cologne 1963 | live recorded in 1963, with Ray Brown (Bass) and Ed Thigpen (Drums) | Jazzline |

## Filmography

* 1978 The Silent Partner (Movie Score)
* 1996 Life of A Legend (View Video)
* 1998 London: 1964 (Vidjazz)
* 2004 Music in the Key of Oscar (View Video)
* 2004 Easter Suite for Jazz Trio (TDK)
* 2004 A Night in Vienna (Verve)
* 2004 Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux Presents Oscar Peterson Trio '77 (Eagle Vision USA)
* 2007 The Berlin Concert (Inakustik)
* 2007 Reunion Blues (Salt Peanuts)
* 2008 Oscar Peterson & Count Basie: Together in Concert 1974 (Impro-Jazz Spain)
* 2008 Jazz Icons: Oscar Peterson Live in '63, '64 & '65 (Jazz Icons)
* 2014 During This Time: Oscar Peterson, Ben Webster. NDR Jazzworkshop 1972 (art of groove)
* 2020 Oscar Peterson: Black + White