Exclusively for My Friends

Exclusively for My Friends
Compilation album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1992
Recorded	1963–1968
Genre	Jazz
Length	243:30
Label	MPS, Island
Producer	Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer

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Exclusively for My Friends is a series of albums for the MPS label by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. In 1992, the series was released as a CD box set by MPS and licensed to Island Records.

Originally released as a six-LP set available separately on MPS Records, and later a four-CD (and six-LP), 36-song box set was released in 1992. The 4-CD set includes all six 1968 albums as originally recorded by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer for MPS. The set includes performances with his most well-known trio consisting of double bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen and also teams him with bassist Sam Jones and drummers Louis Hayes or Bobby Durham.

MPS has also released an eight-volume CD set from the same period called Exclusively for My Friends as well as Polygram Records releasing Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes which includes twelve previously unreleased tracks.

As of 2008, the constituent albums are available as individual CDs. The Penguin Guide to Jazz includes these albums in its "Core Collection".

Original album series

• Action (Vol. 1)
• Girl Talk (Vol. 2)
• The Way I Really Play (Vol. 3)
• My Favorite Instrument (Vol. 4)
• Mellow Mood (Vol. 5)
• Travelin' On (Vol. 6)
• Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes (1995)

CD Track listing

CD 1

1. "At Long Last Love" (Cole Porter) – 4:56
2. "Easy Walker" (Billy Taylor) – 9:36
3. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 5:34
4. "I've Got a Crush on You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:15
5. "A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:35
6. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 11:18
7. "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 4:29
8. "I'm in the Mood for Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 16:50
9. "Girl Talk" (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) – 5:32

CD 2

1. "Robbins Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 6:16
2. "Medley: "I Concentrate on You"/"Moon River" (Porter)/(Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 6:24
3. "Medley: "Waltzing Is Hip"/"Satin Doll" (Ray Brown, Johnny Mercer)/(Duke Ellington, Mercer) – 16:02
4. "Our Love Is Here to Stay" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:45
5. "Sandy's Blues" (Oscar Peterson) – 9:26
6. "Alice in Wonderland" (Sammy Fain, Bob Hilliard) – 4:41
7. "Noreen's Nocturne" (Peterson) – 5:15
8. "In a Mellow Tone" (Ellington, Milt Gabler) – 5:58
9. "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) – 7:46

CD 3

1. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington) – 6:18
2. "Summertime" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) – 5:20
3. "Sometimes I'm Happy (Sometimes I'm Blue)" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 5:04
4. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 6:18
5. "Travelin' On" (Traditional) – 2:29
6. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Mercer) – 10:16
7. "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 7:25
8. "Sax No End" (Boland) – 5:57
9. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 10:53

CD 4

1. "Someone to Watch over Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:10
2. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, Hans J. Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) – 6:10
3. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 4:28
4. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" – 4:53
5. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 4:50
6. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 4:42
7. "Lulu's Back in Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:00
8. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:02
9. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:37

Personnel

• Oscar Peterson - piano
• Ray Brown - double bass
• Ed Thigpen - drums
• Sam Jones - double bass
• Louis Hayes - drums
• Bobby Durham - drums