My Favorite Instrument

My Favorite Instrument
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Studio album by Oscar Peterson
Released	1968
Recorded	April, 1968 at Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer Studio, Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:02
Label	MPS, Verve (reissue)
Producer	Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer
Oscar Peterson chronology
Travelin' On (1968)Travelin' On1968 My Favorite Instrument (1968) Motions and Emotions (1969)Motions and Emotions1969

My Favorite Instrument (also released as Soul-O!) is a 1968 album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. It was his first solo piano release.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic

Writing for AllMusic, critic Scott Yanow wrote "A prelude to his outstanding Pablo recordings, My Favorite Instrument is one of Peterson's top albums of the 1960s."

Track listing

1. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:18
2. "Perdido" (Ervin Drake, Hans Jan Lengsfelder, Juan Tizol) – 6:17
3. "Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 4:36
4. "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 5:02
5. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) – 4:56
6. "I Should Care" (Sammy Cahn, Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston) – 4:48
7. "Lulu's Back In Town" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:10
8. "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 6:07
9. "Take the "A" Train" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:39

Personnel

Performance

• Oscar Peterson – piano

Production

• Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer - music production
• Gene Lees - liner notes
• Hans B. Pfitzer - design
• Sepp Werkmeister - photography

External links

• My Favorite Instrument at Discogs (list of releases)