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Oscar Peterson Tribute: Simply The Best

by Mark Sabbatini
January 17, 2008

Hearing Oscar Peterson late in life, his left hand rendered useless by a stroke and arthritis, could be a terribly sad thing, sometimes no more than a whisper of the giant that had me scouring CD bins after first listening to him.But his magnetism was never just about music, as his fellow Canadians and ...

Oscar Peterson: A Grand Goodbye to a Jazz Giant

January 13, 2008

They began to gather in the quiet hours before dawn, fans ready to swell with praise once more in a dulcet adieu to the late, great Oscar Peterson Derek Giles considers himself to be Oscar Peterson's biggest fan. He surely demonstrated that yesterday, showing up in the dark hours before dawn to be the first person ...

Requiem

Featuring the music of Oscar Peterson
Duration: 7:21
January 2, 2008

Perfect Peterson: The Best of the Pablo and Telarc Recordings

By Oscar Peterson

Label: Pablo Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD1: Tenderly; How High the Moon; Nuages; Blues Etude; Caravan; I'm Getting Sentimental Over You; Summertime; If I Were a Bell; (Back Home Again In) Indiana; I'm Confessin' (That I Love You); Nigerian Marketplace; On the Trail. CD2: Honeysuckle Rose; Kelly's Blues; Wheatland; In a Mellow tone; Tin Tin Deo; Nighttime; Reunion Blues; Satin Doll; Ja-Da; Morning in Newfoundland.

What's Up

By Oscar Peterson

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Squatty Roo; Salt Peanuts; Ad Lib Blues; If I Should Lose You; Limehouse Blues; Soft Winds; The More I See You.

What's Up?

By Oscar Peterson

Label: Telarc Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Squatty Roo (J. Hodges) - 8:17; 02. Salt Peanuts (John Gillespie) - 8:14; 03. Ad Lib Blues (L. Young) - 10:20; 04. If I Should Lose You (Rodger/Robin) - 7:12; 05. Limehouse Blues (P. Brahman) - 6:51; 06. Soft Winds (Henderson/Alfred) - 7:59; 07. The More I See You (Gordon/Warren) - 8:40

Oscar Peterson Mourned by Jazz Colleagues

December 26, 2007

Oscar Peterson's dazzling keyboard technique, commanding sense of swing and mastery of different piano styles could leave even his most accomplished peers awe-struck. His death brought forth tributes from jazz pianists spanning the generations. Peterson died Sunday of kidney failure at his home in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. 87-year-old Dave Brubeck recalled the first time ...

Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

December 25, 2007

TORONTO (AP) -- Oscar Peterson, whose flying fingers, hard-driving swing and melodic improvisations made him one of the world's most famous and influential jazz pianists in a career that spanned seven decades, has died. He was 82. Peterson died at his home in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga on Sunday, said Oliver Jones, a family friend ...

Stars Pay Tribute to Jazz Great Peterson

December 25, 2007

Jazz stars HANK JONES and DIANA KRALL have joined a host of politicians in paying tribute to the late pianist and composer, OSCAR PETERSON. The multiple Grammy winner died of kidney failure at his home in Toronto, Canada, on Monday (24Dec07). He was 82. Peterson was one of jazz's most celebrated musicians, releasing more than 200 ...

Oscar Peterson, Piano Virtuoso

December 25, 2007

During an illustrious career spanning six decades, jazz piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson played with musicians as diverse as Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker and became one of the most recorded and honored jazz pianists of all time. Peterson, 82, died of kidney failure Sunday at his home in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. Peterson, a Canadian-born ...