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The Jazz Piano Genius of Oscar Peterson (Articles Database)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:44:38 GMT

From his early love of music to his last years, Oscar Peterson’s life was full with accomplishments and support from his family. The decision to become a professional pianist led to a weekly radio show and many performances in hotels and music halls for Peterson. Although his life ended at the age of 82, Oscar Peterson [...]

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ON DETROIT.METROMIX.COM: Karriem Riggins' Juke Joint (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:31:51 GMT

... Roots. But on the jazz stage he is equally impressive, collaborating with Ray Brown, Hank Jones, Oscar Peterson and many others.It’s his ties to the “Dirty District” and the entrusted credit of finishing Dilla’s “The Shining” that has Detroiters (at least this one) crazy excited for his Saturday stop in town in which he is set to pull double duty: First, at the Saturday afternoon,...

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ALLABOUTJAZZ.COM: AAJ Launches Contest Giveaways with Lester Young and Oscar Peterson Box Sets (All About Jazz)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:18:41 GMT

All About Jazz has re-launched its contest feature giving MY AAJ members an opportunity to win quality jazz products. Enter two Mosaic Records box set giveaways! We're giving away one box each of the Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-1940 4-CD set and the The Complete Clef/Mercury Recordings Of Oscar Peterson Trio 7-CD set. Winners will be announced in September. See our active contests...

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Jazz & Film Animation: A Brief, Sketchy History (Rifftides)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:51:14 GMT

Film animation married to jazz improvisation goes back to the 1930s and the advent of sound films. This collaboration of the cartoon figure Betty Boop and the real Louis Armstrong is one of the most famous early examples. Social sensitivity was not a consideration. I n 1949, the art advanced--or at least changed--dramatically when two Canadians, painter Norman McLaren and pianist Oscar Peterson,...

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Lee Young, 94; jazz drummer played with Ellington, Goodman (LA Times)

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT

... a who's who of jazz greats, including Fats Waller, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Oscar Peterson, Count Basie, Ethel Waters and Billie Holiday.While Young worked at MGM in the late 1930s, he taught Mickey Rooney how to play drums for the film "Strike Up the Band." In July 1944, Young was on the drums at Norman Granz's historic first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert...

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Pianist Nicole Pesce performs in Surprise (Arizona Republic)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:18:48 GMT

... start with some classical tunes, then move through ragtime and jazz, like Scott Joplin and Oscar Peterson. I always take some requests and that's usually show tunes and pop songs." She's even going to throw some original compositions into her West Valley show."I usually play a couple originals into my sets at My Florist, but if they don't get a good response I won't say that I wrote...

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PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Jazz Great Freddy Cole to Perform at the Oc Pavilion on August 29 (All About Jazz)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:03:29 GMT

... he studied at the Juilliard School of Music and found himself profoundly influenced by John Lewis, Oscar Peterson and Teddy Wilson. He got a Master's degree at the New England Conservatory of Music and then spent several months on the road as a member of an Earl Bostic band that also included Johnny Coles and Benny Golson. It was back in New York that Freddy successfully laid the...

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Terrific jazz, serious fun (Hindu)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:06:28 GMT

... both jazz standards and original compositions.As he tickled the ivories with the nimbleness of an Oscar Peterson, the notes coming off in a melodic torrent, he also displayed the harmonic depth of a McCoy Tyner or a Bill Evans. The last two comparisons are more than fortuitous. One of his compositions played by the trio was written in honour of John Coltrane and called “Trane Like”;...

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Top Ten Christmas Gifts (ArticlePower.org)

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:36:19 GMT

... content. I’d also like the sheet music for the great jazz classics such as Herbie Hancock and Oscar Peterson. I suppose my top ten Christmas gifts should include something more practical, so I’d ask for a new pair of Winter boots. I hate Winter and the only thing that keeps my sanity is a pair of warm feet in snug, furry boots. Being practical still, a few woolly sweaters wouldn’t...

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Buddy Rich: Live in Miami with Flip Phillips (All About Jazz)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:05:19 GMT

... Young was. Over half of the total program finds Rich and Phillips keeping the company of the Oscar Peterson Trio and perhaps inevitably the music reaches a level of precision which, but for the presence of Phillips and Ray Brown on bass, could be an opposite of spontaneous musical expression. As it is, the studied routines are largely avoided and Phillips gets to show off his considerable...

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Spare (News Scotsman)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rosemary Taylor, 61, housewife, Murrayfield: "The first time I even heard of jazz was Oscar Peterson's TV programmes many years ago. I came across it then by accident

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Spare (Edinburgh Evening News)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rosemary Taylor, 61, housewife, Murrayfield: "The first time I even heard of jazz was Oscar Peterson's TV programmes many years ago. I came across it then by accident

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Spare (Scotsman.com)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Rosemary Taylor, 61, housewife, Murrayfield: "The first time I even heard of jazz was Oscar Peterson's TV programmes many years ago. I came across it then by accident

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All Things Vinyl, July 29, 2008 (The Sound Room)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:01:08 GMT

... practically guaranteed, and Montreux does not disappoint. with heavily competitive horn solos and Oscar Peterson on Piano, what's not to like? Stephane Grappelli Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark : I've always been a huge Grappelli fan, and this live set (with Joe Pass on guitar) swings fiercely indeed. Grappelli's improvisational dexterity is remarkable, and Pass' lyricism is equally...

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Oscar Peterson Trio: “A Gal In Gallico” (1958) (Sisyphus)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:13:00 GMT

Oscar Peterson Trio ( Peterson on piano with Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar) performing “A Gal In Gallico” in 1958.

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Beijing Weekender :: Club P Launches, Suzie Wong Celebrates 6 Years, and Pecha Kucha Goes Green :: City Weekend Beijing Blog (Chinalyst - China blogs in English)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:41:00 GMT

... by OT Lounge for a performance of off-beat jazz melodies and rhythms that evoke Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson and a '60s West Coast sound. And the musical Hairspray debuts in Beijing at the Beijing Exhibition Center Theater. SATURDAY Block 8's monthly bash, In Bed With Space, returns with an Olympics theme, as throngs of beautiful clubbers overtake the i-Ultra Lounge and the beautiful...

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Clairtone: Vintage Canadian Hi-Fi (Retro Thing)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:15:00 GMT

... Fine Madness with Sean Connery. Hugh Hefner bought a unit for the Playboy Mansion and jazz legend Oscar Peterson claimed that his music sounded as good on a Project G as it did live." Incidentally, a number of their photos appear in Nina Munk's book The Art of Clairtone: The Making of a Design Icon , including the cover image. Clairtone: When innovation was in style and Canada was...

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Adaptable keeper of beat for many biggest names (The Age)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:00:01 GMT

... that before?" and told his son to get him back. But it was too late. Durham had been snared by Oscar Peterson.

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42nd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland (Article Archive)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:33:25 GMT

... Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Stan Getz, Airto Moreira, Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Etta James, Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, B.B. King, Gilberto Gil, Ray Charles, James Booker, Hermeto Pascoal, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Elis Regina, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Pasadena Roof Orchestra,...

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Bobby Durham, 71; versatile jazz, R & B drummer (LA Times)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Bobby Durham, a jazz drummer of impeccable taste and versatility who teamed with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald and became a fixture of the Jazz at the Philharmonic touring concert series, died July 7 at a hospital in Genoa, Italy. He was 71 and had lung cancer and emphysema.

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