Oscar Peterson was a Great Jazz Pianist that was trained in the Classics; he was very popular during is 60 year career and was superb on stage. Please take a listen here and enjoy your Saturday: You stepped out of a dream , Fly me to the Moon , How about you? , You look good to me , How high the moon and Hymn to Freedom
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_peterson
| Background information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Oscar Emmanuel Peterson |
| Born | August 15, 1925 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 23, 2007 (aged 82) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Jazz, bebop, hard bop, third stream |
| Occupations | Pianist, composer, vocalist |
| Instruments | Piano, clavichord, electric piano, organ, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1945–2007 |
| Labels | RCA Victor, Mercury, MPS,Pablo, Telarc, Verve |
| Associated acts | Herb Ellis, Joe Pass, Ray Brown,Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen,Norman Granz, Coleman Hawkins, Barney Kessel, Milt Jackson, Ben Webster, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Benny Green, Louis Armstrong |
| Notable instruments | |
| Piano, Fender Electric Piano, Clavichord, Synthesizer | |
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