Ol’ Man River

~ Recording by Oscar Peterson Trio

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.17Ol’ Man River2:39Oscar Peterson TrioJazz: The Smithsonian AnthologyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-03-29
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SFW CD 40820

Relationships

double bass:Ray Brown (jazz bassist) (from 1959-07-15 until 1959-08-09)
drums (drum set):Ed Thigpen (from 1959-07-15 until 1959-08-09)
piano:Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist and composer) (from 1959-07-15 until 1959-08-09)
recording of:Ol’ Man River (Show Boat) (in 1959-07: instrumental)

Ol’ Man River (Show Boat)

lyricist:Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1927)
composer:Jerome Kern (in 1927)
publisher:PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)
T.B. Harms Co. (on 1927-11-30)
referred to in medleys:Lilla Amerika
later translated versions:Ol’ Man River (french lyrics)
part of:Show Boat (1951 film)
Show Boat: Act I
orchestrations:Ol’ Man River (orchestrated by R. Williams)