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The New York Times
Artikler om Oscar Peterson fra nytimes.com. Senest opdateret 26. januar 2010
Ed Thigpen, 79, Jazz Drummer With Oscar Peterson's Trio
Ed Thigpen, a drummer whose tasteful and understated style made him a favorite accompanist of some of the best-known performers in jazz, died on Jan. 13 in Copenhagen, where he had lived since 1972. He was 79. His death was announced by his family. No cause was specified. Mr. Thigpen was most famous for his tenure with the pianist Oscar Peterson's...
DANCE REVIEW | FALL FOR DANCE; Sampler Offers Wide Range of Skills And a Deep Mixture of Movements
It is great that Fall for Dance tickets cost less than the price of admission to a movie. It is nice to get teasers of new companies. And where else do general dance audiences provide such an infectious buzz of energy? But, curmudgeonly though the question may be: Would it kill the organizers to exhibit a hint of a curatorial eye now and then?...
ARTS, BRIEFLY; Oscar Peterson Proposal In Montreal Causes Flap
A grass-roots movement to rename a busy Montreal subway station in honor of the jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, below, has run into a snag, The Globe and Mail of Toronto reported. The station, around the corner from where Peterson was born and reared, already memorializes Lionel-Adolphe Groulx (1878-1967), a Canadian priest, historian and powerful...
Wikipedia
Oscar Peterson (15. august 1925 i Montréal, Quebec - 23. december 2007 i Mississauga) var en canadisk jazzpianist.
Oscar Peterson var i nogle årtier en af de mest succesrige jazzmusikere, både som solist og med sin trio, der fra 1973 til 1986 havde Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen som medlem. Hans Hymn to Freedom er kendt og elsket langt udenfor kredsen af jazzinteresserede. Han har indspillet næsten 200 album, og han fik tildelt otte Grammy-musikpriser.
Oscar Petersen spillede sammen med mange af jazzens giganter så som Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie og Ella Fitzgerald.
Peterson var en stor virtuos inden for sit felt, hvilket f.eks. høres i hans version af "I skovens dybe stille ro" sammen med Niels Henning Ørsted-Petersen. I hans sidste år var han dog sygdomsramt, og han mistede en del af det tekniske overskud. Fold ud
Website: http://www.oscarpeterson.com/
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