Oscar Peterson Dies

[filkertom]

Great sadness. Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, the guy Ray Charles said "is a motherfucking piano player!", has passed away at the age of 82. If you've forgotten, or never knew, how amazing he was, go to his web site, click "Audio", and just sit back and dig it.

Comments

[sdorn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link to his website: my parents and oldest brother had all of the family albums (and they were vinyl).

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

One of my all time favorite jazz pianists. I have some albums, but need to get more.

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

Here's a fine example of what the man could do:



Thanks to Digby for the link.