An Oscar Peterson Christmas

1995 studio album by Oscar Peterson

Studio album by

Oscar Peterson

Released

1995

Recorded

January 15–16, May 23–24, June 23, July 30, 1995

Genre

Jazz
Christmas music

Length

61:01

Label

Telarc

Producer

Elaine Martone, Robert Woods

Oscar Peterson chronology

The More I See You
(1995)

An Oscar Peterson Christmas
(1995)

Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore
(1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

An Oscar Peterson Christmas is a 1995 album by Oscar Peterson.^[3]

Track listing

"God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (Traditional) – 3:24
"What Child Is This?" (William Chatterton Dix, Traditional) – 4:47
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:39
"White Christmas" (Irving Berlin) – 3:48
"Jingle Bells" (James Pierpont) – 3:12
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent) – 2:46
"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 3:28
"O Little Town of Bethlehem" (Phillips Brooks, Lewis Redner) – 3:16
"The Christmas Waltz" (Cahn, Styne) – 6:50
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 3:55
"Silent Night" (Franz Gruber, Josef Mohr) – 3:07
"Winter Wonderland" (Richard B. Smith, Felix Bernard) – 4:06
"Away in a Manger" (Traditional) – 3:33
"O Christmas Tree" (Traditional) – 2:19

Personnel

Oscar Peterson – piano
Dave Samuels – vibraphone (3, 4, 7, 10, 12)
Jack Schantz – flugelhorn (5, 6, 13)
Lorne Lofsky – guitar
David Young – double bass
Jerry Fuller – drums
String orchestra conducted and arranged by Rick Wilkins

References

^ Yanow, Scott. An Oscar Peterson Christmas at AllMusic
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1156. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ An Oscar Peterson Christmas at AllMusic

Oscar Peterson

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.

As
leader
or
co-leader

Plays series	Duke Ellington (1952) George Gershwin (1952) Harold Arlen (1954) Count Basie (1955)
1955–58	In a Romantic Mood (with Russ Garcia, 1955) At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (1956) At the Concertgebouw (1957) Soft Sands (with Buddy Bregman, 1957) Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport (1957) My Fair Lady (1958) On the Town (1958) A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra (1959) The Jazz Soul (1959) Swinging Brass (with Russ Garcia, 1959) Fiorello! (1960)
Plays the Songbook (1959)	Cole Porter Duke Ellington George Gershwin Harold Arlen Jerome Kern Richard Rodgers Porgy & Bess
The London House Sessions (1961)	Put On a Happy Face Something Warm The Sound of the Trio The Trio (Verve)
Trio & Guests	Very Tall (with Milt Jackson, 1961) Affinity (1962) Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (1962) Night Train (1962) West Side Story (1962) And Nelson Riddle (1963) Canadiana Suite (1964) Plays (1964) + One (with Clark Terry, 1964) We Get Requests (1964) Eloquence (1965) I/We Had a Ball (multiple groups, 1965) With Respect to Nat (1965) Blues Etude (1966) Soul Español (1966) The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World (multiple groups, 1967)
Exclusively for My Friends	Action (1963–64) Girl Talk (1965–68) The Way I Really Play (1967) The Lost Tapes (1967–68) Mellow Mood (1968) My Favorite Instrument (1968) Travelin' On (1968)
1969–79	Hello Herbie (1969) Motions and Emotions (with Claus Ogerman, 1969) Another Day (1970) Tracks (1970) Tristeza on Piano (1970) Walking the Line (1970) Great Connection (1971) In Tune (and The Singers Unlimited, 1971) Reunion Blues (and Milt Jackson, 1971) In Tokyo (1972) Solo (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 1 (1972) The History of an Artist, Vol. 2 (1972) The trio (Pablo, 1973) In Russia (1974) The Giants (1974) The Good Life (1974) Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel (1975) Porgy and Bess (and Joe Pass, 1975) The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux (1975) The Tenor Giants (and Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1975) And the Bassists – Montreux '77 (and Ray Brown & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1977) Jam – Montreux '77 (1977) The London Concert (1978) The Paris Concert (1978) Digital at Montreux (1979) Night Child (1979) Skol (with Stéphane Grappelli, 1979)
With The Trumpet Kings	Roy Eldridge (1974) Dizzy Gillespie (1974) Jousts (1974) Harry Edison (1974) Clark Terry (1975) Jon Faddis (1975) At Montreux '75 (Eldridge, Gillespie & Terry, 1975) The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980) The Alternate Blues (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)
1980–2004	Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (1980) The Personal Touch (1980) A Royal Wedding Suite (1981) Nigerian Marketplace (1981) Face to Face (with Freddie Hubbard, 1982) Freedom Song (1982) A Tribute to My Friends (1983) If You Could See Me Now (1983) Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness (multiple groups, 1983) Two of the Few (with Milt Jackson, 1983) Live! (1986) Time After Time (1986) Live at the Blue Note (1990) Saturday Night at the Blue Note (1991) Last Call at the Blue Note (1992) Encore at the Blue Note (1993) Side by Side (with Itzhak Perlman, 1994) The More I See You (1995) An Oscar Peterson Christmas (1995) A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall (1996) Oscar in Paris (1996) Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore (1996) Oscar and Benny (with Benny Green, 1998) Summer Night in Munich (1998) Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000) A Night in Vienna (2004)