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Saturday, 15 June 2013

Jazz Greats: Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, OOnt (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007)  
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  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 nameOscar Emmanuel Peterson
BornAugust 15, 1925
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DiedDecember 23, 2007 (aged 82)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
GenresJazz, bebop, hard bop, third stream
OccupationsPianist, composer, vocalist
InstrumentsPiano, clavichord, electric piano, organ, synthesizer
Years active1945–2007
LabelsRCA Victor, Mercury, MPS,Pablo, Telarc, Verve
Associated actsHerb 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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