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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

New Oscar Peterson Jazz Video Libary

Well, we lost another jazz giant yesterday….the great Oscar Peterson.  If you haven’t heard already, Oscar died in his home, a suburb of Toronto, at the age of 82.  I guess he had been fading for a few months now.

There are few jazz greats that I really wanted to see in concert or a club one time before they died and Oscar Peterson was one of them.  Unfortunately I never got the chance to catch Oscar during his playing days.  If you ever did, consider yourself lucky.  The guy was one of the most amazing piano players of the 20th century.

There are some players that come along that play so good that it is hard to even comprehend what they are doing on the instrument.  Oscar’s technique was so comprehensive that I had a hard time imagining anyone can actually play jazz piano with that much facility while still swinging their ass off.  Thankfully, Oscar was around for quite some time and left us with a vast body of recorded work.

My tribute to Oscar is a simple one, but one that I hope you will find not only entertaining but a fitting tribute to this jazz piano virtuoso. 

I have put together a video library of some of Oscar’s greatest moments on video.  There is not much to say about it. You just have to go there.

Visit the here Oscar Peterson Video Library here.

I am working on putting together video libraries for many more jazz artists.  Below are a few more complete. They don’t link together yet, but they will soon.  Hope you guys enjoy these.

 

Oscar Peterson Video Library

Charlie Parker Video Library

Keith Jarrett Video Library

Miles Davis Video Library