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Oscar Emmanuel Peterson CC CQ OOnt (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) [1] was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours.
5 Chamber music concert halls (500 -) ... Lambda School of Music and Fine Arts; ... Oscar Peterson Concert Hall; MTelus ...
Oscar Peterson at the Grammy Tribute to Jazz at the Music Box at Henry Fonda Theatre on Feb. 3, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
After leaving the Oscar Peterson Trio, Brown concentrated on studio work in Los Angeles. [3] In the early 1960s, Brown began teaching, at the Advanced School of Contemporary Music, based in Toronto. [2] Brown guested as a bass player on "Razor Boy", the second track on Steely Dan's second album, Countdown to Ecstasy, released in 1973. [8]
Oscar Peterson: Black + White is a 2021 Canadian documentary film directed by Barry Avrich. [1] The film is a portrait of influential Canadian jazz icon Oscar Peterson, featuring interviews with and performances of his music by figures including Billy Joel, Jon Batiste, Quincy Jones, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, Dave Young, Larnell Lewis, Jackie Richardson, Joe Sealy ...
Skol is a 1979 live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Stéphane Grappelli. [3] Track listing "Nuages" (Jacques Larue, Django Reinhardt) – 8:18
Jones performed professionally at the age of ten. Following the advice of Oscar Peterson, he attended Berklee School of Music in Boston. While attending the school he started work as a studio musician. During his time commuting from Boston to New York, Jones worked as the on-air pianist and music director of the Nancy Merrill Show.
2004 Music in the Key of Oscar (View Video) [4] 2004 Easter Suite for Jazz Trio (TDK) 2004 A Night in Vienna (Verve) 2004 Norman Granz' Jazz in Montreux Presents Oscar Peterson Trio '77 (Eagle Vision USA) 2007 The Berlin Concert (Inakustik) 2007 Reunion Blues (Salt Peanuts) 2008 Oscar Peterson & Count Basie: Together in Concert 1974 (Impro-Jazz ...