We Get Requests

We Get Requests is an album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1964. It was recorded at RCA Studios New York City over October 19 (tracks 1, 5, 7), October 20 (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9) and November 19 or 20 (track 10). This album is Peterson's last of his fourteen-year work with Verve.

We Get Requests
Studio album by
Oscar Peterson
Released1964
RecordedOctober 19, November 20, 1964
GenreJazz
Length39:42
LabelVerve
ProducerNorman Granz
Oscar Peterson chronology
Canadiana Suite
(1964)		 We Get Requests
(1964)		 Eloquence
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[1]
Record Mirror[2]

Track listing
  1. "Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)" (Antonio Carlos Jobim) – 2:49
  2. "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 2:40
  3. "My One and Only Love" (Robert Mellin, Guy Wood) – 5:08
  4. "People" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) – 3:30
  5. "Have You Met Miss Jones?" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 4:10
  6. "You Look Good to Me" (Seymour Lefco, Clement Wells) – 4:49
  7. "The Girl from Ipanema" (Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) – 3:51
  8. "D & E" (John Lewis) – 5:11
  9. "Time and Again" (aka Don't You Think?) (Stuff Smith) – 4:38
  10. "Goodbye J.D." (Oscar Peterson) – 2:56

Personnel

The Oscar Peterson Trio

Production (from original album)

  • Jim Davis - Producer
  • Val Valentin - Director of Engineering
  • Bob Simpson - Recording Engineer

Charts
2022 chart performance for We Get Requests
Chart (2022) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[3] 62

References
  1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1153. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (8 May 1965). "Oscar Peterson Trio: We Get Requests" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 217. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  3. "Offiziellecharts.de – The Oscar Peterson Trio – We Get Requests" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
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