Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson·CanadaCanada· Montréal

Canadian jazz pianist, composer, and band leader Born 15 August 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, died 23 December 2007 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada He went through a classical piano education before turning to jazz, playing mostly in Canadian night clubs in Toronto and Montreal. Only after repeated urgings by American colleagues he was persuaded to give a JATP performance at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1949. It was a smashing success. He then worked together with Ray Brown, at first as a duo, before founding in 1952 his first trio which included in succession, the guitarists Irving Ashby, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis. At the end of the 1950s the guitar was replaced by drums. Peterson went on many European tours. He has made recordings with just about everybody who's anybody in jazz. His keys touch corresponds to almost explosive ornamentation in phrasing. Despite all the dynamics, a boundless desire for improvisation, a sublime artistic technique, however, the structure of his play (i.e. the over-all conception of harmonic means, phrasing, rhythms, etc.) remains translucent and tight.

Discography

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Piano Solos

1950

Studio Album

Plays Pretty

1952

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Oscar Peterson At Carnegie

1952

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This Is Oscar Peterson At The Piano

1952

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Oscar Peterson Collates

1952

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The Astaire Story

1953

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Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

1953

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Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter

1953

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Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington

1953

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Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin

1953

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Plays Duke Ellington

1953

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Recital

1954

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Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers

1954

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Oscar Peterson Plays Jerome Kern

1954

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Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans

1954

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Lamento em Jazz

1954

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Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty Album #2

1954

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Play George Gershwin

1955

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Oscar Peterson

1955

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Oscar Peterson Plays Jimmy McHugh

1955

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Piano Interpretations

1955

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Oscar Peterson Plays Harry Warren

1955

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Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen

1955

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Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie

1956

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Tenderly

1956

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Pastel Moods

1956

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In A Romantic Mood

1956

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An Evening With Oscar Peterson

1956

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Keyboard

1956

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Nostalgic Memories

1956

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An Oscar For Peterson

1956

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Stan Getz Meets Oscar Peterson

1957

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Anita Sings Jazz

1957

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Soft Sands

1957

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Stuff Smith & Oscar Peterson

1957

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Hamp's Big Four

1957

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An Oscar For Peterson

1957

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On The Town

1958

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A Jazz Portrait Of Frank Sinatra

1959

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Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

1959

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Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

1959

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Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Song Book

1959

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The Jazz Soul Of Oscar Peterson

1959

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Plays My Fair Lady

1959

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Plays Porgy And Bess

1959

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The Duke Ellington Songbook

1959

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Oscar Peterson Plays The Jerome Kern Song Book

1959

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Plays The Irving Berlin Song Book

1959

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