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In ' with (1950s)Background informationBirth nameOscar Emmanuel PetersonBorn( 1925-08-15)August 15, 1925, CanadaDiedDecember 23, 2007 (2007-12-23) (aged 82), CanadaGenres,Occupation(s)Musician, composerInstrumentsPianoYears active1945–2007Labels,Associated acts,WebsiteOscar 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 neighbourhood of in. It was in this predominantly neighborhood that he encountered the jazz culture. At the age of five, Peterson began honing his skills 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 him classical piano. Peterson was persistent at practising 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 for. By the time he was in his 20s, he had developed a reputation as a technically brilliant and melodically inventive pianist. Oscar Peterson as a 20 year old, at the Hamilton Infirmary in 1945 Duos, trios, and quartets In a cab on the way to the, 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 weary of touring.

The trio remained together from 1953 to 1958, often touring with Jazz at the Philharmonic. The Way You Look Tonight sampleProblems playing this file?

See.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. Both left in 1965 and were replaced by bassist Sam Jones and drummer (and later, drummer ). The trio performed together until 1970. In 1969 Peterson recorded with orchestral arrangements of ' and '. In the fall of 1970, Peterson's trio released the album. Jones and Durham left in 1970.

Peterson in 1977Peterson taught piano and improvisation in Canada, mainly in Toronto. With associates, he started and headed the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto for five years during the 1960s, but it closed because touring called him and his associates away, and it did not have government funding. Later, he mentored the jazz program and was the Chancellor of the university for several years in the early 1990s. He published jazz piano etudes for practice.

He asked his students to study the music of, especially, the, and, considering these piano pieces essential for every serious pianist. Among his students were pianists Benny Green. Peterson and Tatum He was influenced by, and, to whom many compared Peterson in later years After his father played a record of Tatum's ', he was intimidated and disillusioned, quitting the piano for several weeks. 'Tatum scared me to death,' he said, and was 'never cocky again' about his ability at the piano.

Tatum was a model for Peterson's musicianship during the 1940s and 1950s. Tatum and Peterson became good friends, although Peterson was always shy about being compared with Tatum and rarely played the piano in Tatum's presence.Peterson also credited his sister—a piano teacher in Montreal who also taught several other Canadian jazz musicians—with being an important teacher and influence on his career. Under his sister's tutelage, Peterson expanded into classical piano training and broadened his range while mastering the core classical pianism from scales to preludes and fugues by.Building on Tatum's pianism and aesthetics, Peterson also absorbed Tatum's musical influences, notably from piano concertos. Rachmaninoff's harmonizations, as well as direct from his, are scattered throughout many recordings by Peterson, including his work with the most familiar formulation of the Oscar Peterson Trio, with bassist and guitarist.

During the 1960s and 1970s Peterson made numerous trio recordings highlighting his piano performances; they reveal more of his eclectic style, absorbing influences from various genres of jazz, popular, and classical music.According to pianist and educator Mark Eisenman, some of Peterson's best playing was as an understated accompanist to singer and trumpeter. Awards and honours Grammy Awards. 1975 Best Jazz Performance by a Group. 1977 Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist. 1978 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist.

1979 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist. 1990 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group.

1990 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note. 1991 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group.

1997 Lifetime Achievement Award Instrumental Soloist Lifetime AchievementOther awards. Was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in June 2010. Pianist of the year, DownBeat magazine, 1950, and won again for the next 12 years., Officer, 1972; Companion, 1984., 1978.

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