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Oscar Peterson: Perfect Peterson: The Best of the Pablo and Telarc Recordings
by Dan McClenaghan
The back cover photo on this two-disc set is a shot of the inimitable Oscar Peterson in a light-toned suit with a wide necktie that sports a swirling, quasi-paisley pattern. The photo's in black and white, but we can guess at a riot of colors; and that phrase could serve as a decription of Peterson's piano ...
Birth of a Legend: Historic Carnegie Hall Concerts
Label: Giant Step Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Fine And Dandy; I Only Have Eyes For You; Carnegie Blues; Gai; Padovane; Sweet Georgia Brown; Cheek To Cheek; C Jam Blues; Tenderly; Seven Comes Eleven; Lollobridgida; Pompton Turnpike; Swingin' On A Star; Love For Sale; Swingin' 'Till The Girls Come Home.
Birth of A Legend: Oscar Peterson Historic Carnegie Hall Concerts
Label: Giant Step Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Fine and Dandy; I Only Have Eyes For You; Carnegie Blues; Gai; Padovane; Sweet Georgia Brown; Cheek To Cheek; C Jam Blues; Tenderly; Seven Comes Eleven; Lollabrigida; Pompton Turnpike; Swingin' On A Star; Love For Sale; Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home.
Jazz Shots From The East Coast, Vol. 1
By Bill Evans
Label: EFORFILMS
Released: 2006
Track listing: Up With The Lark; I Loves You Porgy; Darn That Dream; Ahmad's Blues; My Old Flame; Blue Monk; Monk's Dream; Place St. Henri; Mood Indigo; Sophisticated Lady; Take the A Train; Tagore; Passin' Thru; Mack the Knife; Bonus Tracks; Yours Is My Heart Alone; Untitled Blues;
Oscar Peterson: Birth of A Legend: Oscar Peterson Historic Carnegie Hall Concerts
by David Rickert
Legend has it that Norman Granz wanted to introduce Oscar Peterson to America through his Carnegie Hall concerts, but the Canadian citizen couldn't obtain a work visa to allow him to appear. So Granz planted him in the audience and asked him to appear on stage with bassist Ray Brown for a set. The pianist wowed ...
Oscar Peterson: Birth of a Legend: Historic Carnegie Hall Concerts
by Nic Jones
It's probably safe to say that Oscar Peterson has never shown much understanding of restraint in the course of his lengthy career, and indeed it might be argued that his whole approach to the piano has always run the the risk of coming across as the triumph of technique. Things are a little different on Birth ...
Oscar Peterson: Will To Perfection
by Andrew Velez
Born in 1925 in Montréal, Canada, to immigrant parents of West Indian origin, it was clear from early on that pianist Oscar Peterson was a musical prodigy. A star attraction in his teens with Johnny Holmes' big band, by age 20 he'd made his first RCA recordings. During the '50s he joined Norman Granz' Jazz at ...
