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Oscar Peterson: Sinatra Portrait

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Marc Myers
Jan 17, 2018
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A zillion jazz tributes to Frank Sinatra have been recorded over the decades. The first and the best is Oscar Peterson's A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra. The album's marathon one-night recording session was done for Verve in Paris in May 1959. The album featured what would become the classic Oscar Peterson Trio—featuring Peterson (p), Ray Brown (b) and…

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