Annotation

While Brown and Peterson were regularly playing duets, Brown suggested that they extend the formation to a trio in 1951. After a short try with Charlie Smith on drums, they soon moved to a piano/bass/guitar line-up, working with either Barney Kessel or Irving Ashby during the first couple of years. Kessel left at the end of the season, and Brown suggested Herb Ellis as a replacement. This line-up is what is usually referred to as The Peterson Trio, and will last up to 1958.

After Ellis retirement, Brown and Peterson couldn't replace him and decided to change the trio structure with the inclusion of drummer Ed Thigpen, a new line-up that would again produce some massive amount of stellar material (including the grueling year 1962).

In 1965, both Brown and Thigpen retired, putting an end to the specific alchemy that defined the classic Peterson trio.

Though there were later on a number of other trio sessions led by Peterson (including with Joe Pass, NHØP, Bobby Durham, Louis Hayes, Sam Jones, Jake Hannon), they do not belong to this group and should be filled under "Oscar Peterson".

Note that a late 80s reunion would reunite Ellis/Brown/Peterson for a serie of Blue Note lives.

Annotation last modified on 2011-09-02 18:14 UTC.

Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1954Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio #1Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio2
1954Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #2Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio2
1957Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson TrioStan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio56
1958The President Plays with The Oscar Peterson TrioLester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio3
1958The Oscar Peterson Trio at NewportThe Oscar Peterson Trio with Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt & Jo Jones2
1959A Jazz Portrait of Frank SinatraThe Oscar Peterson Trio5
1960Swinging BrassThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
1962West Side StoryThe Oscar Peterson Trio9
1962AffinityThe Oscar Peterson Trio3
1962Bursting Out With the All Star Big Band!The Oscar Peterson Trio2
1962Very TallThe Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson5
1963Night TrainThe Oscar Peterson Trio14
1964Oscar Peterson Trio + One: Clark TerryOscar Peterson Trio & Clark Terry5
1964The Oscar Peterson Trio PlaysThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
1964We Get RequestsThe Oscar Peterson Trio13
1965With Respect to NatThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1967Soulville SambaThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
1970Hello HerbieThe Oscar Peterson Trio & Herb Ellis4
1970Tristeza on PianoOscar Peterson Trio5
1971Another DayThe Oscar Peterson Trio4
1994Oscar Peterson plays My Fair Lady and the Music from Fiorello!The Oscar Peterson Trio1
1998I Got RhythmThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2001Complete 1952 Verve Studios Sessions with Lester YoungThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2002Canadiana SuiteThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
2002I Grandi Del Jazz - Stan Gets & The Oscar Peterson TrioStan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio1
2003Vol. 5 - Mellow MoodThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
2005The Music From FiorelloThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2005In TuneThe Oscar Peterson Trio + The Singers Unlimited5
2008Jazz Giants '58Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Harry Edison & Louis Bellson and The Oscar Peterson Trio52
2008Ella & Louis (and Oscar too)Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong & The Oscar Peterson Trio1
2012Jazzplus: Night Train / The Jazz Soul of Oscar PetersonThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2012West Side Story / Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & BessThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2014Walking The LineThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
At StratfordThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
Stan Getz And Gerry Mulligan/Stan Getz And The Oscar Peterson TrioStan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & The Oscar Peterson Trio1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1958The Modern Jazz Quartet The Oscar Peterson TrioThe Modern Jazz Quartet And The Oscar Peterson Trio1
1976Rockin' in Rhythm, Volume 2: 1947 - 49The Oscar Peterson Trio1
1990Live and at Its BestThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
1994Love for SaleThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
19941959The Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen1
1996The London House SessionsThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
1996The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson / AffinityThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1997Lester Young with The Oscar Peterson TrioLester Young with The Oscar Peterson Trio1
1997Trio 1945-1950The Oscar Peterson Trio1
1998I Got RhythmThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2001The Best of Oscar Peterson TrioOscar Peterson Trio1
2002The Sound of the Trio / The Trio / Night TrainThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2003The Great American SongbookThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2004The Song Is YouThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2008The Complete Clef/Mercury Studio Recordings of the Oscar Peterson Trio (1951–1953)The Oscar Peterson Trio1
2010The Complete Cole Porter SongbooksThe Oscar Peterson Trio1

Album + Compilation + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2009Live At The Opera House And At The Shrine AuditoriumThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2017Live in Paris: The Oscar Peterson Trio 1957‒1962The Oscar Peterson Trio1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1958At the ConcertgebouwThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1959On the Town With the Oscar Peterson TrioThe Oscar Peterson Trio3
1961The Trio: Live From ChicagoThe Oscar Peterson Trio5
1961The Sound of the TrioThe Oscar Peterson Trio4
1963The Oscar Peterson Trio And The Gerry Mulligan Quartet At NewportThe Oscar Peterson Trio And The Gerry Mulligan Quartet1
1964In Tokyo, 1964The Oscar Peterson Trio2
1965EloquenceThe Oscar Peterson Trio3
1969Travelin' OnThe Oscar Peterson Trio3
1977In Tokyo (Live at the Palace Hotel)The Oscar Peterson Trio1
1986The Oscar Peterson Trio Live at Zardi'sThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1990The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue NoteThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1991Saturday Night at the Blue NoteThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1992… Last Call at the Blue NoteThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1993At the Stratford Shakespearean FestivalThe Oscar Peterson Trio2
1993Encore at the Blue NoteThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
1996Ljubljana, 1964 (Immortal Concerts)The Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen2
1996Ljubljana, 1964The Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen1
1997Live at CBC Studios, 1960The Oscar Peterson Trio2
1999The Canadian Concert Of Oscar PetersonThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2000Live At The Barbican, London 1984Oscar Peterson Trio1
2002TenderlyThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2003Vancouver, 1958The Oscar Peterson Trio1
2003ActionThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2006The Berlin ConcertThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2012At the Opera HouseThe Modern Jazz Quartet & The Oscar Peterson Trio3
20131961, Cologne Gürzenich Concert HallThe Oscar Peterson Trio1
2016Live at the Concertgebouw 1961The Oscar Peterson Trio1
2021Live at Olympia Paris 1963The Oscar Peterson Trio1
Live and at Its BestThe Oscar Peterson Trio1

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