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Oscar Peterson: City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Munich, 1994
by Mike Jurkovic
The first big challenge presented by the latest grand release from the Oscar Peterson archives, City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet--Live in Munich, 1994 is how not to spontaneously burst into dance, either with yourself or some total stranger who happens to be within five miles of earshot of the ecstatic opener, “There Will Never Be Another You." The second challenge is not to interrupt the listening experience of others with wild, joyful whoops, hollers, and well-intentioned hyperbole.
Continue ReadingNiels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen: First-call Danish Bassist
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All About Jazz
Born: May 27, 1946 in Osted, Denmark Died: April 19, 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, who began his professional career as a teenager and performed with many of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, died of a heart attack on April 19, 2005. He was 58 years old.
NHØP, as he was commonly known, originally studied the piano but moved to the bass at the age of fourteen, at which time he had ...
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