Jago Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22389614/ His Christmas album was among my favorite releases. RIP, Oscar Peterson. You'll be missed terribly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
po! Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 luv Oscar Peterson... RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zykO Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 i'm still soaking this one in. you know, a popular musical figure can pass and i won't flinch. a musical legend passes and i'm riveted with sorrow. RIP, sir. you were a fine artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiesty Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Indeed. RIP. One of the greatest jazz pianists to walk this earth, and definatley the greatest canadian one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Didn't realize he'd done a Christmas album. I'll have to get that one. The second jazz album I owned was Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio, and I recently discovered his album Night Child, one of, if not the only, albums featuring Oscar playing a Rhodes. I was lucky enough to see him live a year and a half ago: it was a spur-of-the-moment thing (I'd heard on the radio that he was playing a benefit concert for World Vision, a Canadian charity about two days before the concert happened, and there were still tickets, so I bailed on another event to see him), and I was so glad I did. I missed out on seeing Joe Zawinul when he brought the Zawinul Syndicate through Toronto in 2003, and Joe passed on this September, on 9/11 ironically, so I'm really grateful to have had the chance to see Oscar as well. He will definitely be missed. I'd argue that he was the best Canadian musician, period, across all genres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herograw Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 http://youtube.com/watch?v=kJ2CB_RCyp0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emura Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 He lived only half an hour away from me, yet I never went to hear him play... I guess I've learned my lesson. Better go see Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins while I still can. Me he rest in peace! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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