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 , at first as a duo, before founding in 1952 his first trio which included in succession, the guitarists , and . 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.
Name Vars
- Dr. Oscar E. Peterson, C.C.
- Dr. Oscar Peterson
- O Peterson
- O. E. Peterson
- O. Petersen
- O. Peterson
- O.E. Peterson
- O.Peterson
- Oscar
- Oscar E. Peterson
- Oscar Emanuel Peterson
- Oscar Emmanuel Peterson
- Oscar Petersen
- Oscar Peterson & The Bassists
- Oscar Peterson And The Bassists
- Oscar Peterson Jam
- Oscar Peterson Piano Solo With Bass And Drum
- Oscar Peterson With Strings
- Oscar Petersson
- Oscar Petterson
- Osear Peterson
- Patterson
- Petersen
- Petersob
- Peterson
- О. Питерсон
- Оскар Питерсон
- Оскар Питерсън
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Aliases
- Tank Butterball
- John Fitzgerald