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6 unusual facts about Oscar Peterson


Adrián Carrio

He declared that his influences come from musicians like Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Debussy, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, Michel Petrucciani, among others.

Edward Gajdel

P Magazine featured Gajdel in an article titled “Man of the People” in which Oscar Peterson was quoted as saying ...”I never feel as though I’m merely having my photograph taken.

Honky-tonk

Lewis recorded the latter many times from 1927 into the 1950s, and the song was covered by many other musicians, including Oscar Peterson.

Mac Miller

This was done even though the song is itself based on an Oscar Peterson sample, which he himself never paid for.

Paul Hoeffler

Hoeffler is mostly known for his photographs of the American Jazz scene of the 50’s and 60’s and of Jazz icons such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Jimmy Smith, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday.

The Sound of Petula

Highlights included The French Connection with Sacha Distel, The Roaring Forties with the Pointer Sisters, His & Hers with Jack Jones, Off to the Movies with David Essex and Michael York, And All That Jazz with Oscar Peterson, and two Christmas specials, one with Anthony Newley, the other with Frankie Howerd.


Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) studio album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, with the tenor saxophonist Ben Webster.

Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers

Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers is a 1978 (see 1978 in music) album by Oscar Peterson and Count Basie.

Half diminished scale

It is commonly practiced by such neoclassical metal guitarists as Yngwie Malmsteen and Michael Romeo, and such jazz pianists as Oscar Peterson and Jonah Cristall-Clarke.

Jazz Review

Major artists - including Keith Jarrett, Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman, Dave Brubeck and Wynton Marsalis - have given interviews to the magazine; historical surveys have included the Modern Jazz Quartet, Fletcher Henderson, Oscar Peterson and Andrew Hill; the magazine is also renowned for coverage of British jazz.

North Sea Jazz Festival

Artists that have performed at the Midsummer Jazz Gala include; Tony Bennett, Herbie Hancock and Oscar Peterson.

Onnig Cavoukian

During his career, Cavouk's subjects included Indira Gandhi, the Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth, Oscar Peterson, Pierre and Margaret Trudeau, Leonid Brezhnev, Patrick Macnee, Hubert Humphrey, and Pat Nixon.

Ontario Parliament Network

This music includes jazz musicians like Oscar Peterson, Moe Koffman, Ed Bickert, Lorne Lofsky and Jim Galloway, and there are also several classical pieces as well.

Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis

Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis is a 1975 (see 1975 in music) studio album by Oscar Peterson, featuring Jon Faddis.

Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel

Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel is a 1975 (see 1975 in music) live album by Oscar Peterson, featuring Joe Pass.

Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook

Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook is an album by Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, released in 1959 (see 1959 in music).

Peggy O'Keefe

It was during this spell that she played for - and rubbed shoulders with - artistes like Sammy Davis, Jr., Tony Bennett, Dame Cleo Laine, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, and renewed an old and rather special friendship with legendary bass player, Ray Brown.

Peter Beets

In 1996, Peter recorded a trio album called “First Date”, with drummer Jeff Hamilton, the driving force behind Monty Alexander and Oscar Peterson.

Rick Lazaroff

During his long career, Alex Lazaroff accompanied such notable performers as Chet Baker, Lenny Breau, Mel Tormé, Peter Appleyard, Moe Koffman, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, Peggy Lee, Oscar Peterson, Joe Venuti, Jack Sheldon and many more.

The Black Tie Affair

Maestro used "Nothin' at All" as a way to acknowledge the achievements of prominent Black Canadians, mentioning Egerton Marcus, Ben Johnson, Lennox Lewis, Oscar Peterson, and Salome Bey in the third verse, while criticizing "race scientist" Jean Philippe Rushton in the first verse.

The Genius of Coleman Hawkins

The Genius of Coleman Hawkins is a 1957 album by tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, featuring the Oscar Peterson quartet.

The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo

The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo is a live album by jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his trio, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music).

The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson

The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson is a 1975 (see 1975 in music) live album by the tenor saxophonists Zoot Sims and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, featuring the pianist Oscar Peterson.

The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise

Canadian jazz musicians to record the song include Bert Niosi (1946), Peter Appleyard (1957), Ed Bickert (1979), and Oscar Peterson (1980).

This Could Be the Start of Something

A number of performers have covered this song, including Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Aretha Franklin, Lionel Hampton, Grant Green, Steve Lawrence, Pia Zadora and Eydie Gormé, and Oscar Peterson.

Very Tall

Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall is a 1961 (see 1961 in music) album featuring a jazz trio, led by the Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, and also featuring the jazz vibraphonist Milt Jackson.


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