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12-24-2007, 12:50 PM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | Oscar Peterson RIP
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12-24-2007, 01:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Ohhhh, man....  |
12-24-2007, 01:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | Last Christmas James Brown, This year Oscar Peterson.
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12-24-2007, 03:37 PM
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Another one takes the Coda. |
12-24-2007, 04:56 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | What a bummer......a really great player and a Canadian icon.
We'll miss him - good thing there are plenty of records, from all eras, to keep us company. |
12-24-2007, 07:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York City | | | oh man... |
12-24-2007, 10:10 PM
|  | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | Sad to hear. Gotta play some in the morning.
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12-24-2007, 10:46 PM
|  | layin' it down like pavement | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: North Kingstown, Rhode Island | | | I'm not a big Jazz guy, but I really liked Oscar Peterson. I can remember seeing an interview with him once where he was being interviewed while sitting at his piano and noodling during the interview. He made this comment to the interviewer that I'll never forget...Oscar says to the guy
" I don't live here, (meaning Earth), I live Out There (looking up as if looking to Outer Space). And then he looks back at the piano and says "And this is my mode of transportation"...
R.I.P. Oscar... )-(
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12-26-2007, 12:29 AM
|  | Journeyman Clam Artist Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, baby | | | I think Oscar brought a lot of casual listeners to jazz and to digging it a little bit. A lot of those listeners didn't stick around for much more, but he must have brought in a bunch more who did. That "Night Train" album is everywhere. I don't know how many times I borrowed that record (and "The Canadiana Suite") from the library when I was about 9 or 10 years old, but it was lots. I'm one of those listeners old Oscar managed to get to stick around for some more jazz. Almost 40 years later, I am a jazz musician (or, a musician who plays jazz -- I'm pretty sure there's a difference.)
Oscar affected my life. R.I.P., maestro. I hope you find the going a little easier in heaven.
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12-26-2007, 08:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago | | Ya think NHOP was waiting for him ready to play a set? 
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12-26-2007, 10:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: West Covina, CA | | | RIP Oscar Peterson..
I have a Pablo Jazz, Montreux 1977 Recording entitled, ''Oscar Peterson and the Bassists'', featuring Ray Brown and NHOP. Wow, simply amazing.
Carlo Tanori
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12-26-2007, 10:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | Sad ... there never will be another Oscar Peterson.
Thank you for all the music you left us. RIP. |
12-26-2007, 11:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Singapore | | | Oscar Peterson is definitely one of the best pianist to date. In my opinion, he along with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen formed perhaps the most solid yet down to earth trio ever. I remembered reading once that despite him being a jazz virtuoso he always played for the people unlike several other musicians who played only to impress the musicians in the audience.
My trio loves playing songs that were done by him, always with that hint of 'peterson' blues in it. RIP Oscar, your music will be dearly missed along with the way you always sing your lines while you do your solos. |
12-26-2007, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Marvelous, Texas | | | At least the trio's back together for the Big Gig! Thank you Oscar for all the wonderful music! |
12-26-2007, 11:48 AM
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12-27-2007, 12:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | sad news indeed...
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12-27-2007, 05:27 PM
| | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | Clink-i've got the DVD that the clip is taken from. Well worth the money to pickup the actual DVD. I think it was $20 @ Amazon.com
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12-27-2007, 05:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Buffalo, NY | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Vorse  Last Christmas James Brown, This year Oscar Peterson. | I know... I was just thinking the same thing. 
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