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In ' with (1950s) Background information Birth name Oscar Emmanuel Peterson Born ( 1925-08-15)August 15, 1925, Quebec, Canada Died December 23, 2007 (2007-12-23) (aged 82), Genres, Occupation(s) Musician, composer Instruments Piano Years active 1945–2007 Labels,,,,, Associated acts,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Website Oscar Emmanuel Peterson,,, (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian pianist and composer. He was called the ' of the keyboard' by, but simply 'O.P.' By his friends. He released over 200 recordings, won eight, and received numerous other awards and honours. He is considered one of the greatest jazz pianists, and played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Early years [ ] Peterson was born in, to immigrants from the; his father worked as a porter for. Peterson grew up in the neighborhood of in.

It was in this predominantly neighborhood that he encountered the jazz culture. At the age of five, Peterson began honing his skills with on trumpet and piano, but a bout of when he was seven prevented him from playing the trumpet again, so he directed all his attention to the piano. His father, Daniel Peterson, an amateur trumpeter and pianist, was one of his first music teachers, and his sister taught young him classical piano. Peterson was persistent at practicing scales and classical. As a child, Peterson studied with Hungarian-born pianist Paul de Marky, a student of, who was himself a pupil of, so his early training was predominantly based on classical piano.

But he was captivated by traditional jazz and and learned several pieces. He was called 'the of the Boogie-Woogie'. At the age of nine Peterson played piano with a degree of control that impressed professional musicians. For many years his piano studies included four to six hours of daily practice. Only in his later years did he decrease his practice to one or two hours daily. In 1940, at fourteen years of age, he won the national music competition organized by the.

After that victory, he dropped out of the, where he played in a band with. He became a professional pianist, starring in a weekly radio show and playing at hotels and music halls. In his teens he was a member of the Johnny Holmes Orchestra. From 1945 to 1949 he worked in a trio and recorded for Victor Records. He gravitated toward boogie-woogie and swing with a particular fondness of and. By the time he was in his 20s, he had developed a reputation as a technically brilliant and melodically inventive pianist.

Duos, trios, and quartets [ ] In a cab to the, Norman Granz heard a radio program broadcasting from a local club. He was so impressed that he told the driver to take him to the club so he could meet the pianist. In 1949 he introduced Peterson in New York City at a concert at Carnegie Hall. He remained Peterson's manager for most of his career. This was more than a managerial relationship; Peterson praised Granz for standing up for him and other black jazz musicians in the segregationist south of the 1950s and 1960s. In the documentary video Music in the Key of Oscar, Peterson tells how Granz stood up to a gun-toting southern policeman who wanted to stop the trio from using 'whites-only' taxis. In 1950 Peterson worked in a duo with double bassist.

Two years later they added guitarist. Then stepped in after Kessel grew wearing of touring.

The trio remained together from 1953 to 1958, often touring with Jazz at the Philharmonic. The Way You Look Tonight sample Problems playing this file? Peterson also worked in a duo with,,,,, and. He considered the trio with Brown and Ellis 'the most stimulating' and productive setting for public performances and studio recordings. In the early 1950s, he began performing with Brown and drummer Charlie Smith as the Oscar Peterson Trio. Shortly afterward Smith was replaced by guitarist Irving Ashby, who had been a member of the Nat King Cole Trio.

Ashby, who was a swing guitarist, was soon replaced by Kessel. Their last recording,, recorded live at the Town Tavern in Toronto, captured a remarkable degree of emotional as well as musical understanding between three players. When Ellis departed in 1958, they hired drummer because they felt no guitarist could compare to Ellis. Brown and Thigpen worked with Peterson on his albums and.