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Get well soon.

Best of luck, get well soon!!

Get well soon!

Get well soon mate.

Straight brain-to-keys transmission wouldn't involve the diaphragm, intercostals, vocal chords, tongue, mouth.

@@user__214 I can take a straight Net York to Los Angeles flight while also eating a meal and having a drink. Why can't Peterson have brain to keys transmission and also involve other aspects of his musicality? My original point was that this demonstrates that what he hears in his mind is exactly what he plays when improvising. I simply don't see how those things are mutually exclusive. Care to elaborate on your comment so I can better understand?

@@lambdaman3228 Hmm, I think I agree with your point ("what he hears in his mind is what he plays"). I don't know if the original way you *expressed* that point makes sense to me. Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO. It's not important though, nor is it a hill I want to die on.

@@user__214 > Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO. This video is called "Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues" and he's playing keys all the way through the video so it's a given that he is playing the keys - no need to mention this explicitly. More importantly, if you're improvising on the keys but not singing your improvisation as you play, it's not possible for a listener to know if you're playing an improvised melody that's in your head or simply playing notes that "make sense" given chord-scale theory. The former is much more impressive than the latter. That impressive ability is precisely what I was commenting on.

Singing what youre playing is something very important when improvising. As a matter of fact user, it is indeed a brain to keys relationship because you know exactly what youre going to play on the keys, and think it in your head all at the same time

Amen

Absolutely Donna. Oscar had a really good pair with those guys in that Trio. They could have played anywhere!

Indeed

also knowing when to stop because oscar was straight blasting off into the stratosphere. that kind of bond is difficult to find!

dem boys got LAID all the time

Prime music, finest musicians.

I'm sixteen and I'm happy to say I'm also in love with Oscar's playing

David may i ask, what is it that is “jazz” to you? How can you regconise “its jazz” instantly? Im studying into Jazz! And your opinion would be a treasure to me !😊

@@liammcelroy2265 I just turned 17 on may 7 and I'm also happy so say I love oscar peterson's playing more than art tatum overall.

Hi boomer

you really get it😂

no cap tho 🥺

Ahahaha true

ikr

I thought Joey Alexander had that honor.

one of the best no doubt and from Canada :D

Why scary? I sort of get that, but kindly explain. Thanks

@@ellenmaccarrone4936 like fighting Mike Tyson

​@@ellenmaccarrone4936Scary as in try and replicate the precision and style 😊

It's disturbing to be honest.

Sh-Boing!

And you sir, broke the mold. Well said my good man

And GOD tapped his foot and all of Florida went underwater.

Mike Martin Why o Why is this only in the past? What happened to creative people, where have they gone ?

Malcolm Macleod It’s a mystery

For real! Keep the woodshed unlocked.

@Gabriel Micheal Yeah everyone else only has to focus on one note at a time. Not fair!

30 years at least...

@@noahmay7708 cough guitar

It'd take me 100 lifetimes to play piano like that..........OR MORE!

It’s like he is composing an extemporaneous song, an ode of poetry, and we are gathered to listen so we can tell the story to our children.

It's called scatting just thought you'd like to know

​@@Michele49quàndo e venuto milàno grazie oscarpeterson grazie😅

😂

@@ditrixaa your comment had me watching this track again, thank you! This time I noticed, in one long camera shot, Ed Thigpen's left hand, how he uses it for those fills that keep the music going. What a subtle drummer!

WATCH IT AGAIN!

My number one will forever be his 1961 recording of On Green Dolphin Street Live at the London House

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When Oscar humbles himself he listens to Hiromi ... :)

@@adhanda2017 Or Basie.... seriously there is a recording out there of him describing a joint concert with Basie...

@@adhanda2017 Tatum.

Try Art Tatum! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbKJh5aUtaeZhGw.html

Hope he was treated better in his hometown of Montreal.

A U.S. cop pulled a gun on him and manager, because they were using a White Only taxi...

@@sajateacher Not really. Not in those days. Racism was the normal way in Montréal and Canada, for any non-white. Born in St-Henri's 'hood, high school was a tough thing to go through. For both whites and blacks. My dad was raised there too, beeing the same age as Oscar. He was a strong boxer and A local 'Defender' in that 'hood, for his brothers and friends, including Oscar.

Very sad.

@@jimvalko6044 While bus segregation may have ended before 1964, black artists still continued to face everyday, institutional racism in the US, and still do to this day. I can't imagine you're unaware of that, but it's best to keep that in mind when you discuss Oscar Peterson's life in the US. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had only just been passed the year this performance took place.

Are you as good as him now that 4 months has past since your coment?

He's from Canada bruh...

@@whateverittakes1673 true dat

True they were treated like Gods in , Europe, that's why so many of them spent so much time , over there, playing the Jazz circuit, and making good money, and a few even settled there on a permanent basis.

Winston Smith j

Lol

Mz Mrs Mr Chemvura, sounds about right. Like #36.

Lol orrr

you said it

..funny..

Did not need to look either. It is why many blind pianists are so good..

So true. It is just "in" him.

Absolutely. The piano is an extension of his soul.

And....that's why we practice, practice,....and practice some more.!!!

It’s in him after 10,000 hours of practice. No magic. Hard work. You can have a gift. But without work it’s nothing. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.

Indeed!

No kidding!,

Seriously awesome drumming right here. 🥁

the pulse they felt was almost psychic! like they were 100% committed to the split second at whatever level Oscar went to!

I agree. Both had amazing careers.

true

Tbf, copenhagen in the 60s was packed with Jazz-enthusiasts. I bet you most of these ppl are musically enclined.

The phenomenon happens more often than you’d think

@@rile7648 Perhaps I need to attend more live shows with clapping... in my experience, an audience like that is rare.

And on the after-beats too! I'd've gone nuts if they were clapping on 1 & 3.

haha yeaaaaaaah...

+Jim Bob y drums and bass are good...

+Jim Bob: Bassist no slouch either?

+John Reid Of course the bassist is no slouch. The great Ray Brown!!

+Jim Bob Yep, a flawless band all round makes it particularly awesome.

+Don MacQuarrie Ed Thigpen! Great drummer, but there's only one Buddy Rich!

His timing was ridiculous. I have listened to this many times and will always love it going forward.

Yea that's were the magic is freaking tv..

I'm just glad I get to listen to this.

at 3:41

yes and counted the fingers too I think he has at least 20

Yes, I wish they had shown more of his hands on the keys

Not just a bass player - a whole fleet of bass players, rollin’ in………

You bet! Best ever! From a fellow Canadian and so proud of Oscar!

Barring Art Tatum, even Oscar acknowledged this, besides his music has nothing to do with Canada, its American !!!

Oscar was great, but its always a question of taste, my favorite was always Erroll Garner..

@@barracuda7018 Are you nuts? He was Canadian end of! Jazz is not American. I believe it came from black people themselves. We have delivered many of the world's great musicians. Where do I start? Leonard Cohen,Joni Mitchell,Neil Young,Gordie Lightfoot, etc,etc!

American blacks of the South not Canadian, ​​you must be an idiot. Canada is a country without birth certificate and national identity, Jazz, blues boogie all came from the South. İts American culture, don’t embarrass yourself..Shut the fcuk up..There is nothing in the world that is Canadian except ice hockey.. Oscar played American music. There is no such thing as Canadian music..

If you like this, check out Phineas Newborn Jr.. Some have said that Oscar didn't want to hear his name mentioned. Also check out Clark Terry with Mumbles.

@@RobertWilliams-mk8pl Thanks, will check them out now!

Transcribe this and slow it down and learn to phrase like Oscar paying attention to his note durations and space in between the notes. It is quite possible to develop this technique and sound with a lot of careful listening and writing it down and lea ring it slowly.

Who tf dislikes these videos??

Ray Brown was one of two guys I ever saw playing with Oscar. The other guy a Swedish guy. Lights out top drawer players. I love this trio!! Add Joe Pass and you got one hell of a quartet.

amen brother

yeah bro

You still here?

@@davidferrara1105 Yep.

Same here. It's like an addiction. They are really at the top of their game.

Agee. That's the only thing that I didn't like about this. I would have liked to see this genius play those keys. Otherwise excellent.

Ya, as interesting as the view of OP’s face is 😂, woulda been way cooler to see his hands too

There is indeed beauty in the movement of the hands. Love that in guitar players as well.

As a pianist sometimes I am actually grateful I don't get to see his hands, cause I may give up piano altogether

THE Oscar.

That's right.

+dougie hamilton so right...Heavy swing...cannot resist

+dougie hamilton Realised as I was reading that my feet was taping by its own like a dog's tail haha thumbs up!

+dougie hamilton I'm a blues pianist too. You can find some good stuff on my channel :)

i didn't even notice dude holy shit

Oscar is the best. And this it's all.

" you know what they say about hindsight". Tell me about it. I grew up in Montreal where he lived, and yeah, am old enough that I could have gone to see him if I wished.

He won the Glenn Gould award in 1993

Must be a Canadian thing.

Those two cats are my favorite pianists of their genres. Heads and shoulders above just about everybody else.

Quite an interesting comparison considering both pianists' flair for staccato voicings and both possessing a technical wizardry on a whole other level.

🎨

absolutely - that's what makes any seriously fgood musician. You've got to hear it in your head.

Feel the same and all the work I've put looks so worthless.

. . . only if it was on a piano.

Piano has nothing to do with emails, I liked your comment thouh

in that vid where he played the synths, he typed with 2 fingers :D

Michael Harwood I like how that time stamp is ii-V-I

Real musicians

to play with Oscar means you are the best at your craft

Whose jazz professor are you lol I swear this was a concept we legit had to learn and embrace for like 2 months and still trying to get down!

No disrespect all jokes lol

Yea man, you can say that again. So underrated as a bass player.

Ray Brown was one of the finest if not the finest bass player to ever live. I am not sure I would call him underrated. Anyone who was the bass player for Peterson and Ella is clearly a master at his craft.

Yes. I could not agree more. The real golden era of the Oscar Peterson Trio. Tight as anything! And each a virtuoso...wow. The very best.

music can and does do it

Mad Tad wonderful.comment. I will adopt it forever. Thanks. So true.

Alle menschen werden bruder wo dien sanfter flugel weilt

Yeah, don't find that with rap and hip hop.

humans? thought they came from another planet...the one where Art Tatem was born on...

lucky you! this is a way superior form of art!

I have the CD of his performance at that festival. I bought the LP when it came out in the 70's too. It's called 'Oscar Peterson's Big 6 Live at Montreux 1975'. He was playing so beautifully at that festival. He also played in a quartet with Milt Jackson at the same festival and I like that record even more. It's called 's 'Milt Jackson's Big 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975'. Great records, both.

Ts Rs I was too with my father and I was 13 years old Thanks God and until today is in my heart Great and superb Oscar Peterson

beedoe51 A true master of the instrument! My other favourite is Bill Evans.

Steve Wright The only person i Know to play with such energy is ray Charles! Lol He's Great!

+Steve Wright nothing compare to monk

+Jaroslav At Amsterdam , that's not a "strange capacity" at all ... why do you say it's strange?

+Steve Wright > Nobody has his inventiveness, playfulness, class , shear chops! Well, there was a nobody... a blind pianist from Toledo Ohio, named Art Tatum. OP spent years and countless hours emulating Tatum. When OP was in his teens, his father brought home some Tatum records to put the young man in his musical place. OP said that when he realized that it was *not two guys playing the piano but just one*, then he became discouraged and nearly gave up playing for a month or so. In a TV interview (elsewhere on youtube) OP quoted Tatum as telling him, "The only way to get over me is you'll just have to learn to hate me." OP and Tatum later became friends, and OP remarked, "He calls me son."

And those hi-hats!

Don't burn just appreciate

+zaidbassist it's incredible, isn't it? It's all predetermined, and beautifully articulated. As a mediocre musician, I can only say that any solo I attempt is governed by what I can reach in what time from where I am, rather than the work of an artist as displayed here...

...(face to palm)

not that slowly though! :)

His music is processed by his brain but the armony comes out from his heart.

What do you mean he sings the notes he plays?

He really was one of those humans whose time on earth was spent making A LOT of people VERY HAPPY, even in the future

It was a great gig and he even did a drum solo at 78 years old!

Too jealous!

Damn, you old

that's awesome. a great achievement to be proud of!!

Wow! Thanks to your comment, I discovered your music. You certainly belonged up on that stage with these guys. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rp1ont1krbidqX0.html

@@ly776 She does indeed. And thank YOU for following up her recordings to discover this track!

@@AryanMarlboro well, first things first, she has more brain cells than you'll ever have so... lol

Nice one, japphan!

😂

You're on to something...

Underrated comment

You think?

Easily arguable

Crazy to thing ray brown is chris browns grandfather. The musical talent in that family is immense

@@Sh0n0 I know that Ray Brown married Ella Fitzgerald and together they adopted a son who they called Ray Brown Jr. And he went on to have a carreer as a drummer & a singer and is still performing. He has kids....but there's no mention of a 'Chris' amongst them. Thanks.

never repeating... you are not listening well..

@@morbidmanmusic Clean out your ears morbid...

Hello 😊my name is Alex how are you where are you commenting from?

Oscar's 1959 portrait of Sinatra Trio album with Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen is an early vivid example of such... I was 9 yrs old when my dad bought that LP & played it on our Magnavox HiFi at the time & I've gone back to that LP album countless times throughout my adult audiophile life, Literally!

lol, yep you have to tap along - I feel the power of the OP, Brown, Thigpen trio, is that they somehow make the listener the fourth member of the band.

1000000trs Exactly! One of many reasons I absolutely love jazz.

that's pretty funny.

Yes, I can't understand how the audience manage to keep so still. I would be jumping up and down in a delirium of delight; and being 80, would probably have had a heart attack. But, what a way to go!

Help

music has no nationality =)

+John Brown Was the trio tour With Oz Ella & Joe Pass? Or am I eariler still? Stil top drawer,,,. by any standard.

thats rigth,magic sounds.

John Brown oscar's death really hurt! What a great artist, and loved by the world. Canada was privileged to have had him. Our loss here in the U.S. Can't believe I could write this while my feet and legs were moving to the beat! Fantastic.

I used my phone and played piano at the same time in my 11th grade jazz combo.

And then proceeds to launch into some of the most raw chord work ever

Yeah for a big part of his life he had to use only one hand to play the piano because of an illness he had causing one of his hands not to work. He was later able to get treatment thankfully, but he had a lot of practice not using two hands so maybe that's why he was able to easily wipe off the sweat off his head.

I do!

hans müller me too

+hans müller Hans - I DO listen to it every day!!

Mansur

@@quogir1 qué?

@@mansurbotellafraga1817 Well observed :-) .

to be clear.. no human has perfect time.

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Actually Oscar was no slouch as a singer....sounded very much like Nat King Cole

I'm 75, just listened to this for the first time in my life!!! Grew up in the 60's Beatles, rock, always loved good music and singing. Frank Sinatra was a firm favourite... intend putting more Oscar on in my car ... ❤