Right this moment marks the centennial of the start of Canadian jazz virtuoso pianist and composer Oscar Peterson (1925-2007).
Herbie Hancock commented,
Oscar Peterson redefined swing for contemporary jazz pianists for the latter half of the twentieth century up till as we speak. I contemplate him the key affect that fashioned my roots in jazz piano enjoying. He mastered (brilliantly) the steadiness between method, onerous blues grooving… and tenderness.
C Jam Blues
On this recording, Peterson performs Duke Ellington’s C Jam Blues with Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums), dwell in Denmark in 1964:
High quality and Dandy
This efficiency was recorded dwell at Carnegie Corridor in 1949:
