The Personal Touch

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The Personal Touch
Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedJanuary 28, 29, February 19, 1980
GenreJazz
Length40:01
LabelPablo Today
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Digital at Montreux
(1979)
The Personal Touch
(1980)
The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

The Personal Touch is a 1980 studio album by Oscar Peterson, featuring songs written by or made popular by Canadians.[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Some of These Days" (Shelton Brooks) – 3:46
  2. "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) – 2:31
  3. "The Waltz I Blew for Yew" (Rob McConnell) – 3:51
  4. "The Swingin' Shepherd Blues" (Moe Koffman) – 3:23
  5. "Wheels of Life" (Gino Vannelli) – 3:37
  6. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) – 4:06
  7. "Summer's Going" (Steve Cassini, Nick Kolisnyk) – 4:10
  8. "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" (Gene Lockhart, Ernest Seitz) – 2:22
  9. "You Needed Me" (Randy Goodrum) – 3:50
  10. "Theme for Celine" (Oscar Peterson) – 3:33
  11. "Sweethearts on Parade" (Carmen Lombardo, Charles Newman) – 2:25
  12. "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill, Barry Mann) – 5:04
  13. "The Personal Touch" (Peterson) – 0:56

Personnel[edit]

Performance[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 161. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1155. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ The Personal Touch at AllMusic