My Fair Lady (Oscar Peterson Trio album)

Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady"

Studio album by Oscar Peterson

Released

1958

Oscar Peterson chronology

On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1958)

Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady"
(1958)

Sonny Stitt Sits In with the Oscar Peterson Trio
(1959)

Oscar Peterson Plays "My Fair Lady" is a 1958 album by pianist Oscar Peterson of compositions written by the songwriting duo, Lerner and Loewe. The selections are from the musical My Fair Lady.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

In his Allmusic review Scott Yanow wrote of the reissue "...the pianist and his sidemen uplift those melodies with their usual swinging treatment. Overall the music on this reissue is consistently enjoyable."^[1]

Track listing

Personnel

Performance

References

1 2 Allmusic review

My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (Lerner and Loewe)

Characters	Eliza Doolittle

Source	Pygmalion (1912 play) by George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion (1938 film) by George Bernard Shaw adapted by W. P. Lipscomb and Cecil Lewis

Films	My Fair Lady (1964 film) The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976) Galatea (1977) Man Pasand (1980)

Albums	My Fair Lady (1956 Broadway cast recording) My Fair Lady (1956 Shelly Manne album) My Fair Lady (1958 Oscar Peterson Trio album) Nat King Cole Sings My Fair Lady (1963 album) My Fair Lady Loves Jazz (1964 Billy Taylor album) The Great Songs from "My Fair Lady" and Other Broadway Hits (1964 Andy Williams album)

Musical numbers	"Wouldn't It Be Loverly? " "With a Little Bit of Luck" "The Rain in Spain" "I Could Have Danced All Night" "On the Street Where You Live" "Get Me to the Church on Time" "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"

Television	"My Fair Laddy" "One If by Clam, Two If by Sea" Selfie

Related	The Street Where I Live

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