Oscar Peterson, Michel Legrand – Trail Of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000) [Reissue 2003] MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Oscar Peterson, Michel Legrand – Trail Of Dreams: A Canadian Suite (2000) [Reissue 2003]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:54 minutes | Full Scans included | 3,26 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:25 min | Full Scans included | 1,34 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | 51:25 m | Full Scans included | 1,13 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Telarc # SACD-63500

Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite is a 2000 studio album by Oscar Peterson. The album is a suite dedicated to Peterson’s native Canada, arranged by Michel Legrand.

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Oscar Peterson – Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Lugano, 1964 (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Oscar Peterson – Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Lugano, 1964 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:50 minutes | 830 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mack Avenue Records

Oscar Peterson’s trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen is widely regarded as Peterson’s “classic trio,” considered by fans as the most popular and in-demand of his long and storied career (featured on releases such as 1963’s Night Train and 1964’s We Get Requests). Recorded during their creative peak in 1964 (5 years into their collaboration), this previously unheard and unreleased live performance is destined to become a fan favorite from the Oscar Peterson vaults. In his memoir Peterson reflects on the dedication that Ray and Ed brought to the group:

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Oscar Peterson – Con Alma The Oscar Peterson Trio– Live in Lugano, 1964 (2023) [24Bit-96kHz] FLAC [PMEDIA] ⭐️

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Oscar Peterson – Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Lugano, 1964 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:43:50 minutes | 830 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover

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Oscar Peterson – Something Warm (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Oscar Peterson – Something Warm (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:23 minutes | 785 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Vinyle Numérique

Something Warm is a live album by the Oscar Peterson Trio, recorded at the London House jazz club in Chicago. The sessions were in 1961, but the album was initially released as Verve V/V6-8681 in 1967.

Three other Oscar Peterson Trio albums were also released featuring music from the London House concerts: The Trio, The Sound of the Trio, and Put On a Happy Face. The complete sessions were released in 1996 as The London House Sessions.

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Oscar Peterson – Love Ballade (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Oscar Peterson – Love Ballade (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:27:26 minutes | 850 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delta Music

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson CC CQ OOnt (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Considered a virtuoso and one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington, simply “O.P.” by his friends, and informally in the jazz community, “the King of inside swing”.

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Oscar Peterson – Supreme Jazz (2006) MCH SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Oscar Peterson – Supreme Jazz (2006)
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.1 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 60:28 mins | Scans included | 3,42 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,02 GB
Features 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 multichannel surround sound | Label: Membran Music Ltd.

Oscar Peterson was one of the greatest piano players of all time. A pianist with phenomenal technique on the level of his idol, Art Tatum, Peterson’s speed, dexterity, and ability to swing at any tempo were amazing. Very effective in small groups, jam sessions, and in accompanying singers, O.P. was at his absolute best when performing unaccompanied solos. His original style did not fall into any specific idiom. Like Erroll Garner and George Shearing, Peterson’s distinctive playing formed during the mid- to late ’40s and fell somewhere between swing and bop. Peterson was criticized through the years because he used so many notes, didn’t evolve much since the 1950s, and recorded a remarkable number of albums. Perhaps it is because critics ran out of favorable adjectives to use early in his career; certainly it can be said that Peterson played 100 notes when other pianists might have used ten, but all 100 usually fit, and there is nothing wrong with showing off technique when it serves the music. As with Johnny Hodges and Thelonious Monk, to name two, Peterson spent his career growing within his style rather than making any major changes once his approach was set, certainly an acceptable way to handle one’s career. Because he was Norman Granz’s favorite pianist (along with Tatum) and the producer tended to record some of his artists excessively, Peterson made an incredible number of albums. Not all are essential, and a few are routine, but the great majority are quite excellent, and there are dozens of classics.

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Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson – All that Jazz, Vol. 150: Bebop meets Blues – A Jazz Summit on 78 rpm (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson – All that Jazz, Vol. 150: Bebop meets Blues – A Jazz Summit on 78 rpm (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:15 minutes | 350 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Jube Legends

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson CC CQ OOnt (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. Considered a virtuoso and one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington, simply “O.P.” by his friends, and informally in the jazz community, “the King of inside swing”.

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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Song Book (High Definition Remaster 2023) (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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Oscar Peterson – Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Song Book (High Definition Remaster 2023) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 32:18 minutes | 349 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson CC CQ OOnt (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007)was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington, simply “O.P.” by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as “the King of inside swing”.
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Oscar Peterson – Walking the Line (1970/2016) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Oscar Peterson – Walking the Line (1970/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 41:42 minutes | 1,70 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS

Oscar Peterson’s series of recordings for Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer during the 1960s and early ’70s are one of many high points in his long career. With George “Jiri” Mraz on bass and Ray Price on drums, Peterson’s flashy romp through “I Love You” (complete with a humorous detour into the opera “Pagliacci”) and mid-tempo walk through “All of You” salute Cole Porter in style on Walking the Line. “Rock of Ages” isn’t the old hymn but a lively, gospel-inflected Peterson original that will easily get any congregation swinging and swaying to the music. His mastery of the ballad form is heard in his sensitive interpretation of “Once Upon a Summertime,” which showcases Mraz’s gorgeous tone, as Price sits out this one.
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Oscar Peterson – On a Clear Day: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Zurich, 1971 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

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Oscar Peterson – On a Clear Day: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Zurich, 1971 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:45 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mack Avenue Records

Legendary pianist and composer Oscar Peterson led a storied career, spanning over half a century with new creative heights at every turn. 1971 saw Peterson touring the world once again, joined by bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen and drummer Louis Hayes. As heard in this never-before-released live recording from Zurich, Switzerland, the collaboration and artistry between these musicians is unmatched.
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Oscar Peterson – The Best of the MPS Years (Remastered) (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Oscar Peterson – The Best of the MPS Years (Remastered) (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:20:21 minutes | 1,46 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MPS

When the world-renowned Canadian pianist came to Villingen in 1961, there was a mood of intense excitement all round. Hans-Georg Brunner-Schwer (HGBS), former owner of the hifi dynasty SABA who died in 2004, had just set up the first version of his studio, equipped with the most advanced recording technology of the time, above the living-room in his villa. This was the bait used by the piano enthusiast to attract the famous pianist to the Black Forest. After a guest performance in Zurich, Peterson climbed into a limousine and embarked on a journey across the mountains. As soon as he arrived, along with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, the international star was led to the Steinway grand in the living-room where a number of excited guests were eagerly waiting. “I listened to him play ’til four o’clock in the morning and lost the desire to ever hear the Beatles again!”, says Matthias Brunner-Schwer, HGBS’ son, still starry-eyed half a century later. The legendary pianist himself was equally delighted when he listened to the recording of the nocturnal living-room performance, never before having heard such a direct and pristine piano sound on tape. It sounded to him as if he was still there at the grand piano, undisturbed by distracting nightclub sounds yet surrounded by a wonderfully intimate atmosphere. Peterson’s enthusiastic response marked the beginning of a long-term friendship and spiritual kinship with Brunner-Schwer.
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Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson – Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

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Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson – Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 36:54 minutes | 1,64 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Verve Reissues

Saxophonist Ben Webster is joined by legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Webster, known for his association with Duke Ellington’s Jazz Orchestra playing lead tenor, frequently played with Peterson in the 1950s and are joined here by some of the best jazz musicians of the time. Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson was originally released in 1959, and this studio album is a compilation of seven great jazz tracks, including “How Deep is the Ocean,” “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,” and “Bye, Bye, Blackbird.”
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Ben Webster – See You At The Fair (1964) [Analogue Productions 2010] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Ben Webster – See You At The Fair (1964) [Analogue Productions 2010]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 33:58 minutes | Scans included | 1,04 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 696 MB

Ben Webster’s final American recording was one of his greatest. At 55, the tenor saxophonist was still very much in his prime but considered out of style in the U.S. He would soon permanently move to Europe where he was better appreciated. This CD has the nine selections originally included on the LP of the same name, a quartet set with either Hank Jones or Roger Kellaway on piano, bassist Richard Davis, and drummer Osie Johnson. Webster’s tone has rarely sounded more beautiful than on “Someone to Watch Over Me” and “Our Love Is Here to Stay”.

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Ben Webster – My Romance (2003) [‘Ampzilla 2000’ Demonstration Reference Disc] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Ben Webster – My Romance (2003) [‘Ampzilla 2000’ Demonstration Reference Disc]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 61:06 minutes | Scans included | 1,93 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,17 GB
‘Ampzilla 2000’ Demonstration Reference Disc | Top Music Intl. # SACD-8020.2 | Made in Japan by Sony

This was quite a surprise, coming from the Asian label specializing in various audiophile CDs and SACDs of more middle-of-the-road material. The two sessions that produced these dozen tracks both were recorded in Copenhagen in 1965, and for most of the tracks – as you can see – Webster’s band was mostly local musicians. Ben Webster was one of many black American jazz men who moved to Europe in the 1960s or later. Denmark and Holland were his main bases of operation. Earlier he had been a mainstay of Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts, and had also played with Ellington for a few years.
Nobody else achieved quite the rich, warm, soulful and caressing tenor sax sound so distinctively laid down by Ben Webster. And I don’t believe I’ve ever heard it so cleanly and realistically as on this reissue disc. In the booklet remastering engineer Povee Chan lists some of the gear involved, and it’s obvious no effort was spared to transfer these old stereotapes with the very highest fidelity humanly possible. The European players are right up to American standards in playing proficiency. This is great stuff. The CD layer doesn’t sound seriously compromised either.

– Audiophile Audition Review by John Henry

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Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959) [APO Remaster 2011] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (1959) [APO Remaster 2011]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 36:35 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 1,48 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,46 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 424 MB

Saxophonist Ben Webster is joined by legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Webster, known for his association with Duke Ellington’s Jazz Orchestra playing lead tenor, frequently played with Peterson in the 1950s and are joined here by some of the best jazz musicians of the time. Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson was originally released in 1959, and this studio album is a compilation of seven great jazz tracks, including “How Deep is the Ocean”, “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”, and “Bye, Bye, Blackbird”.

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