Soul Español

1967 studio album by Oscar Peterson

Soul Español

Studio album by

Oscar Peterson

Released| 1967
Recorded| December 12–14, 1966
Studio| Universal Recorders, Chicago, Illinois
Genre| Jazz
Length| 33:10
Label| Limelight
Producer| Hal Mooney
Oscar Peterson chronology
| Something Warm
(1967)  | Soul Español
(1967)  | Action
(1968)

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Soul Español is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, released in 1966. It focuses mostly on the music of Brazilian composers.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic|  [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [2]

Writing for AllMusic, critic Ken Dryden wrote "With the surge of interest in bossa nova and samba, Peterson's interpretations of songs like "Manha de Carnaval," "How Insensitive," "Meditation," and "Samba de Orfeo" have stood up very well against similar jazz recordings of the mid-'60s. This is an enjoyable, if not essential, part of Oscar Peterson's considerable discography."[1]

## Track listing

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1. "Mas que Nada" (Jorge Ben Jor) – 2:27
2. "Manhã de Carnaval" (Luiz Bonfá, Vinicius de Moraes) – 3:45
3. "Call Me" (Tony Hatch) – 5:19
4. "How Insensitive" (de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 4:02
5. "Carioca" (Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn, Vincent Youmans) – 4:31
6. "Soulville Samba" (Oscar Peterson) – 2:25
7. "Amanha (Tomorrow)" (Phil Bodner) – 4:21
8. "Meditation" (Gimbel, Jobim, Newton Mendonca) – 4:15
9. "Samba Sensitive" (Peterson) – 3:20
10. "Samba de Orfeu" (Bonfá, de Moraes) – 3:51

## Personnel

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* Oscar Peterson \- piano
* Sam Jones \- double bass
* Louis Hayes \- drums
* Henley Gibson - conga
* Harold Jones \- percussion
* Marshall Thompson \- timbales

## References

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1. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. "Soul Español > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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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.

leader

co-leader|

| Plays
series|

* Duke Ellington (1952)
* George Gershwin (1952)
* Harold Arlen (1954)
* Count Basie (1955)

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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

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)

With
Count
Basie

alumni|

* Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio (1952)
* Basie Jazz (Count Basie, 1952)
* Pres and Sweets (Lester Young and Harry Edison, 1955)
* Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (Harry Edison, 1957)
* Going for Myself (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)
* Jazz Giants '58 (Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan & Harry Edison, 1958)
* Satch and Josh (and Count Basie, 1974)
* Satch and Josh...Again (and Count Basie, 1977)
* Night Rider (and Count Basie, 1978)
* The Timekeepers (and Count Basie, 1978)
* Yessir, That's My Baby (and Count Basie, 1978)
* Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1986)

With
Benny
Carter|

* Alone Together (1952)
* Cosmopolite (1952–54)
* Plays Pretty (1954)
* New Jazz Sounds (with Bill Harris & Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson (1986)

With
Roy
Eldridge|

* Rockin' Chair (with Roy Eldridge, 1951–52)
* Dale's Wail (Eldridge, 1953)
* Little Jazz (Eldridge, 1954)
* Roy and Diz (Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
* Happy Time (Eldridge, 1974)
* Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (and Gillespie, 1975)
* Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)

With
Ella
Fitzgerald|

* At the Opera House (1957)
* Ella and Louis (and Louis Armstrong, 1956)
* Ella and Louis Again (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)
* Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book (1957)
* Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert (1958)
* Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
* Ella and Oscar (1975)

Coleman
Hawkins
and/or Ben
Webster|

* Coleman Hawkins and Confrères (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)
* Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster (1957)
* The Genius of Coleman Hawkins (1957)
* Soulville (with Webster, 1957)
* Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson (with Webster, 1959)

With
Buddy
Rich|

* The Drum Battle (and Gene Krupa, 1952)
* Sing and Swing (1955)
* The Wailing Buddy Rich (1955)
* Krupa and Rich (1955)

With
others|

* The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire, 1952)
* Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin (1954)
* Ellis in Wonderland (Herb Ellis, 1955–56)
* Toni (Toni Harper, 1955–56)
* Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1957)
* Anita Sings the Most (Anita O'Day, 1957)
* Only the Blues (Sonny Stitt, 1957)
* Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957)
* Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio (1957)
* This Is Ray Brown (Roy Brown, 1958)
* Sonny Stitt Sits in (1959)
* Bill Henderson with (1963)
* Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers (1975)
* The Milt Jackson Big 4 (1975)
* Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77 (1977)
* How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
* Linger Awhile (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)
* Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry, 1978)
* Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, 1981)
* Hark (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)
* Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players (Ray Brown, 1994)

Film
soundtracks|

* The Silent Partner (1978)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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