Keyboard player reacts to Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues Live in Denmark,1964. Oscar Peterson on Piano Ray Brown on Bass Ed Thigpen on Drums in celebration of black history month my reaction to one of the best to ever do it !!!!!
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@stevenmonte7397 Жыл бұрын
Oscar is INDEED the GOAT! Oscar, Ray and Ed are one of the best trios EVER!
@fredkahan333711 ай бұрын
yes sir
@eddiebeato554610 ай бұрын
As a classical trained pianist, I cannot get my head around how Oscar Peterson could put those scintillating notes so accurately and extemporarily? It is amazing!!! True! Classically-trained pianists would spend countless hours honing and drilling the same passage, time and time again, till we are pleased with the results, but some jazz pianists would spin endless improvisation on the spot, a la prima. Another amazing, head-scratching feat is the complexity of the syncopation, viz., extremely complex rhythmic lines “off-beats” With classical pianists replicating ad infinitum with the advent of the internet, it seems that the future of music would be for those who can improvise like the old masters!
@StopCensorship2 ай бұрын
He was a student(of a student) of classical master Franz Liszt!
@brianparkhurst3840 Жыл бұрын
Master class in rhythm playing, watch the drummer and bass player communicate throughout. The bass player can go on runs and play extended riffs because he knows the drummer has his back. They check in with each other throughout, lots of eye contact and tons of communication with just a glance. And, good grief, Oscar wiping his brow in the middle of amazing solos. 11 minutes and he plays new ideas and modes and styles. So much amazing musicianship between 3 guys.
@paulh52933 жыл бұрын
Absolute mastery. Oscar didn't just play the piano, it was like it became part of his body. A monumental, inspirational musician and thank goodness we have so much of his music to still enjoy half a century later. Thank you for posting this, your expression at the end summed it up perfectly.
@stevenmonte7397 Жыл бұрын
You are so right! reminds me of SRV on the guitar. Not many musicians play at THIS level. They ARE the instrument. And Freddie Mercury with his voice. But DAMN Oscar is my #1 on the piano. Glad my dad made me listen to him growing up.
@thesaint2700 Жыл бұрын
According to OP: "The piano ceases to exist. It's a means of transportation"
@PSquared-oo7vq8 ай бұрын
Oscar Peterson is the well that never, never ever runs dry.
@cedmelancon Жыл бұрын
What’s most impressive is not even his technique, however incredible it is, it’s how effortlessly he can create music on the fly, he improvises as easily as I breathe. Holy cow.
@michaelcjr6966 ай бұрын
He created Hymn to Freedom on the fly. Oscar Peterson is next level genius. There are parts in his playing that teleports one to a different dimension.
@hannejeppesen180925 күн бұрын
Glad to see someone reacting to jazz. I have been an Oscar Peterson fan for years. I was born and raised in Denmark and in the sixties Copenhagen was one of the jazz capitals of Europe. My friends and I would take the train or bus into Copenhagen to go a famed jazz club Montmatre, the American jazz saxphone player, Dexter Gordon was living Denmark and was part of Montmatre's house band. he played with my fellow Dane, the bassist Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen who later played with Oscar Peterson for years. I saw them both at Yoshi's jazz club in Oakland, Ca in 2005. You might want to check some recording from Montreux Jazz Festival with Occar Peterson and NHOP, especially the ones from 1975 through 77.
@sigil5772 Жыл бұрын
If an alien asked me to define humanity - everything we are, everything we've done throughout history - I would say "watch this, and then we'll talk" (Edit) - I should add, I didn't mean Maestro Peterson's skill alone, mindblowing though it is, but also the amazing synergy and understanding between three players, how human communication and creativity can exist together in this eruption of artistic expression. You can forget the invention of the wheel or landing a man on the moon or the pyramids of Egypt - THIS here (for me) is the true, everlasting legacy of the human race, encapsulated in 10 short minutes.
@alexstudy76285 ай бұрын
The most fascinating thing about Oscar is that, when you try to play the same notes, using the same fingering, rhythm and technique, it is just so difficult to achieve THAT feel. Oscars groove is just raw talent at its full potential. The phrase delivery is unbelievable.
@yimskykatzikoff74082 жыл бұрын
C Jam Blues is a Duke Ellington composition. Hearing Ellington perform it gave me an even greater appreciation for what Peterson accomplished with this arrangement. This particular version still gives me chills in spite of how many times I’ve listened. I’ve spent the better part of a year leaning how to play the first two minutes of just the right hand. The left hand baseline is a level of perfection I can’t come close to. Even though I’ll never be anywhere near the same planet O.P. comes from, my playing and solo ability shot through the roof just making the attempt to play it. Hell, just learning the technique for how to play that first repeated C note was several lessons and days and days of practice all by itself.
@kentbrooks3227 Жыл бұрын
My all-time favorite jazz pianist!
@martysun7096 Жыл бұрын
It is wonderful to see a young person getting into Oscar Peterson. My face must have looked the same way sitting in front of my Dad's Garrard turntable falling completely in love. I first heard the Westside Story lp, then my Dad took me to the Chicago Public Library and we watched this very 1964/65 concert film...this was 1980. i was 14 or 15. Great Post!!!!!
@WillieDines12 жыл бұрын
When God made Oscar Peterson, he threw away the mould and said, "I can't top that!" Oscar often spoke about Art Tatum and how good he was, but in my eyes Oscar was better than Art because Art was mostly about speed and filling spaces, whereas Oscar didn't try to cram everything in at once and he knew to pace the music with feelin like nobody else could. Thanks for posting this and respect to all black musicians because they were all the true architects, builders and generators of American music and deserve to be recognised for it all.
@Snitsie2 жыл бұрын
Art Tatum was absolutely not mostly about speed and fillings spaces. It's the mistake everyone makes when they first listen to him, because he just plays so fucking much. If you take away all his speed and technique he was still lightyears ahead of everyone else harmonically and creatively.
@JohnSmith-oe5kx Жыл бұрын
@@Snitsie No, sorry. Tatum was too prone to just dropping random arpeggios into tunes, he was not as good as Peterson at working changes.
@eddiebeato554610 ай бұрын
As a classical trained pianist, I cannot get my head around how Oscar Peterson could put those scintillating notes so accurately and extemporarily? It is amazing!!! True! Classically-trained pianists would spend countless hours honing and drilling the same passage, time and time and again, till we are pleased with the results, but some jazz pianists would spin endless improvisation on the spot, a la prima. Another amazing, head-scratching feat is the complexity of the syncopation, viz., extremely complex rhythmic lines “off-beats” With classical pianists replicating ad infinitum with the advent of the internet, it seems that the future of music would be for those who can improvise like the old masters!
@jamesdrynan Жыл бұрын
Peterson said his father told him if you are going to be a pianist, be the best. I think he proved that in spades! I often wondered what was going on in his brain while playing.
@coppulor6500 Жыл бұрын
maybe while practicing. but while playing....it seems the dude is totally in the zone and connecting purely to the stream of creativity. A seemingly endless one, apparently. just incredible.
@freddiefrumko42302 жыл бұрын
An effortless performance. Watch the audience people. If you need a lesson in Black american artistry here it is in all its abundance. Pay attention to the drummer and bass player as regular members of the team. An avalanche of music that never stops.
@alanpecherer5705 Жыл бұрын
I saw OP at the Keystone in San Fran about 45 years ago in the mid-70s, and I sat about 10 feet behind the keyboard. Of course he was incredible, but what really impressed me was how he would reach for something on the keyboard and instead of one note, an entire bar of 16th and 32nd notes would come out. And it just never stopped nor slowed down, and of course he was playing stuff a lot more complicated than a straight blues. He was really like a force of nature, he was so strong.
@davenatale850 Жыл бұрын
I make a point of listening to this at least once a week just for the joy it brings. As a side note, the drummer is swinging his ass off, especially that relentless hi-hat. Love it!
@Ziberial3 жыл бұрын
Man this is the best reaction I ve seen in my life
@markcreitzman87283 жыл бұрын
I’m a piano player and I’m feeling it just like you. I saw him play in London a few times and it was mind boggling to be present.
@altowatts13252 жыл бұрын
I remember Oscar Peterson telling Count Basie how intimidated he was by Art Tatum. And Oscar Peterson was untouchable. He and Art are the best ever.
@jon82489 Жыл бұрын
Plus Art Tatum was blind
@WPM_in_ATL Жыл бұрын
Once upon a time, Thomas P. ("Fats") Waller went into a nightclub in NYC to hear Art Tatum play. Fats declared: "I only play the piano, but tonight God is in the house." So our beloved Oscar Peterson, the pride of the "Little Burgundy" neighborhood in Montreal had the same fear of the pride of Toledo....oh, but to have been alive then!
@chazbrew53343 жыл бұрын
Maaaannnnn I promise Oscar got an extra hand we can't see 🤣🤣🤣 JESUS THE CHRIST!! Dope fam
@stevenlamarjr76943 жыл бұрын
I love oscar peterson You should do a oscar peterson series it would be LIT🔥🔥🔥
@WatchGladTV3 жыл бұрын
Most definitely!!!
@ponfed2 жыл бұрын
It's the effortlessness... it just flows smoothly... like he isn't even hitting the keys... jesus....
@VogonPoet672 жыл бұрын
The G.O.A.T. If you haven't, you really need to watch his Boogie Blues Etude with Niels Pedersen (bass) and Barney Kessel (guitar) accompanying. If this one blew your mind, that one will take you to a different dimension.
I immediately subscribed. This is one of my favorite renditions of anything of all time. He is a masterful artist. you are the only person I found that reacts to this and for that: good on you. You've got another by me.
@rileystewart91653 жыл бұрын
I love your ending. On point I think. No one can match this man he is an absolute genius...
@mortenfriis4688 Жыл бұрын
The breaks are impecceable.. nothing and noone swings like this.. untouchable,
@mrbrianc Жыл бұрын
The coordination between Ray and Ed to play off Oscar's changes is fabulous. Ray is pretty much calling the changes
@alanwitton5980 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic listening! Oscar was phenomenal
@ozo310sk8 Жыл бұрын
I watch this live performance of C Jam Blues at least five times a month
@baabajosh3 жыл бұрын
Maaaan 😳. Next react to his mentor Art tatum.
@nyjazzman2 жыл бұрын
Technique aside, OP swung like crazy no matter what he played.
@pjbpiano Жыл бұрын
You cannot put the technique aside.
@keithhoban1534 ай бұрын
The left the perfect accompaniment to the right, which is the complete solo artist. It's like there's three instruments here. And he sings along as well!
@TheMikemedia Жыл бұрын
It does my heart good to see a young person appreciate the mastery that is Oscar Peterson. But let's not overlook bassist, Ray Brown. Listen carefully and you can hear him actually playing melody.
@reynightblood15173 жыл бұрын
He’s not from earth... just visiting for a time 😂😂😂
@danielnatzke67332 жыл бұрын
He was a human who practiced and practiced and was gifted with large hands.
@kencampbell9297 Жыл бұрын
Genius
@jerrymanning48662 жыл бұрын
Excellent discussion. I remember seeing him and Ella Fitzgerald on the same bill - first Oscar came out, then Ella, then both together. To say they almost tore the tent off the event wouldn't do them justice. Just Magniful !
@hitsounds Жыл бұрын
My Dad mentioned he saw Ella and Oscar on the same bill.. Crazy - you were both lucky!!
@pegrueneis8 ай бұрын
Ray is sooo good
@kingslaphappy1533 Жыл бұрын
There was only one Oscar. The greatest…ever.
@sandracid4987 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I found this site. Totally addicted to jazz!
@squamishfish2 жыл бұрын
Oscar is a Canadian from Montreal, He was shocked at the way American Blacks were treated compared his experience in Montreal , thus he wrote a song for the civil rights movement, It became the theme song for the movement
@svgs650r Жыл бұрын
Simply Joy! Don’t miss the performance from Ronnie Scott’s, a Master Class for sure!
@desmondnazombe5922 Жыл бұрын
An absolute virtuoso
@robertdugmore6688 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know there was any video of this trio my favourite jazz trio of all time.
@mauriceee1434 Жыл бұрын
It’s just heavenly
@lewiafeworki61042 жыл бұрын
Wwaaw...I am so glad to hear this A Beutfule JAZZ as player's
@eileenmiller7522 Жыл бұрын
Yes I know how hard that is!!!!! I can’t play at all but I love watching Oscar P and others tickle those ivories!!!❤️
@carnivaltym3 жыл бұрын
Totally depressing, I never want to hear that piece again. 🤣 Totally, completely awesome!
@billcooley5527 Жыл бұрын
Boy! That just welts up inya. Great
@df8749 Жыл бұрын
This is so amazing and swinging so much , no more to say ;-)
@Kent-qo6xp Жыл бұрын
My humble 2 cents about Oscar. WE HAD ARTHUR TATUM, Knute, Scotty Joplin,Nat Cole,Duke,,Erroll Garner, and on and on, but, Oscar could play the New York City phone directory if you asked him to. The almighty gave him his gift and he climbed the mountain. Kent Vogel A.S.C.A.P
@jimmyterry2842 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been waiting for a reaction vid to this doc. That progression at 6:01 went straight to church musician mode 😊 this is even different than his other recordings of it . Phenomenal 👍🏽👍🏽 thanks bro !
@Bobdennell Жыл бұрын
Take a look at the brief descending riff at 7:40 - I swear he changes key 4 times in less than a dozen notes.
@paulomuniz672710 ай бұрын
É um absurdo Peterson tocando, lindo demais , é outro mundo a música é assim, vi o Oscar Peterson tocando ao vivo duas vezes , quando o ouvi pela primeira vez não acreditei e quando o vi pessoalmente eu chorei de tanta emoção .
@JosephNordenbrockartistraction Жыл бұрын
Let's here it for that upright bass player doing his job to perfection.
@willhouse Жыл бұрын
They're *all* incredible, tho. Oscar's genius was so brilliant sometimes that it kinda' blinded us to the rest of his trio... who always kept up with the guy!
@davidparkin90178 ай бұрын
Listen to Sandy's Blues by Oscar Peterson.
@ryanspeed46713 жыл бұрын
Tight!!
@keithhoban1534 ай бұрын
That left hand!!!
@johnbarnard7184 Жыл бұрын
That says it all
@BeadsByAria6 ай бұрын
Swinging like mad here!
@jettedybbro56052 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite piano player… THX. Gid Simone is still lis’ning;-)
@nozecone Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Classic Oscar ... !
@mvarick111 ай бұрын
It says something - the two GOATS of piano were from Canada - Oscar and Glenn Gould. You might want to do a treatment on Gould (Goldberg). Basically, Oscar and Glenn were coming at their respective musics with a similar intent- their views in light of the Cold War environment. BUT as a Canadian outsider.
@Paolobangbang2 жыл бұрын
That Block Chords brooo 8:36
@kingslaphappy1533 Жыл бұрын
That was indeed killer!
@charliekennedy25454 ай бұрын
Earth aint the only place with pianos. Oscar is not from here. ❤
@PointyTailofSatan6 ай бұрын
Canada! Oscar Peterson and Glenn Gould!
@STLT Жыл бұрын
So happy he stops and explains things here and there instead of just making faces like so many of these "reaction" videos.
@jimscudder88853 жыл бұрын
Yes sir. The big O got three hands
@jimscudder88853 жыл бұрын
That's how my face looks. My Dad was a pro different genra. I grew up in bars and clubs. I know the goods. Incredibly talented trio. I have this CD
@johnscudder4552 Жыл бұрын
Ray, Thag, Oscar, what could be better?
@fikretnesirullah.3468 Жыл бұрын
Black people had created the jazz music .Respect them.
@johnroberts3723 Жыл бұрын
Blues wizardry.
@Lord_Stinkfoot Жыл бұрын
Damn. That was tight. T. Monk tight!!
@addcafe2 жыл бұрын
That band is tight. It goes without saying OP is killings it
@Conn30Mtenor11 ай бұрын
Have you heard Art Tatum yet? I put Oscar at the top of jazz pianists- mainly because I see Jazz as a democratic art form- the best players elevate those around them. Art Tatum was so otherworldly that he occupied his own space. Nobody could play with him- his thought stream was so peculiar to him.
@ianrowlandian96573 жыл бұрын
Whaddya Say...??Mind boggling....
@gisterme2981 Жыл бұрын
Those crashes I'm hearing must be the piano players upstairs throwing out their pianos...
@jeffkilgore6320 Жыл бұрын
It’s doubtful that even one pianist today could repeat what he played. One of his teachers was himself taught by Franz Liszt. What do you think of his 1961 recording of Tricotism in Chicago? My favorite piano jazz piece of all time.
@pelicans4563 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, ends the video by just loudly exhaling. Agreed
@michaelcory22243 жыл бұрын
No fair. His piano has 200 keys.
@Firebrand55 Жыл бұрын
If genius is doing something few or no one else can do then Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong and Sydney Bechet were jazz genius's.To that short list must be added Art Tatum, Bud Powell and this jazz giant, Oscar Petersen. You will no doubt have other suggestions but these are my top jazzmen.......amongst others! In this Clip, note the huge support, ( and occasional lead), Brown and Thigpen give...a truly great and legendary trio of jazz! Is your name Jay?..you have been blessed with the ability to recognise and appreciate wonderful jazz, a talent few posses in the GenZ Age.....it will last you a lifetime; it has me. A wise jazz sage once said to me; "jazz is chess...everything else is draughts"...thinking of Beethovens 9th Symphony, I can't entirely agree, but I knew what he meant!
@hakonkvamme86853 жыл бұрын
Not so much to get out of your facial expression in the corner. The enthusiasm about Oscar’s playing is the same for quite a few of us. But what about an analysis of what he is really doing: structure, chords, touch, fingering, use of wrist etc? That would be much more interesting for amateurs like myself.
@WatchGladTV3 жыл бұрын
I have no clue what he is doing im know hes in the Key of C and playing the 12 bar blues i believe but i was just listening as a fan lol enjoying - Thank God i didnt have to learn it at that time lol
@hakonkvamme86853 жыл бұрын
@@WatchGladTV The clue to Oscar's immense technique may be his very loose wrists, obvious learnt from his classical teacher. This is what every classical piano teacher stresses with more or less success. If you look at closeups of Oscar's hands, you will observe that he masters this to the full. This explains his speed and accuracy, and his ability to never play a wrong note. In C-Jam Blues there is only one incident of him missing out: At 8'40" he wipes the sweat off his front and comes in a split second too late with his block chords. The rest of the video is completely flawless as far as I can see...😇
@WatchGladTV3 жыл бұрын
@@hakonkvamme8685 I love it’s thanks for the analysis!!! I agree 💯
@123zappafan2 жыл бұрын
your reaction is priceless
@mattfoley60827 ай бұрын
You need to listen to Oscar's recording of Wave by Jobim. You'll thank me.
@Bruce.-Wayne Жыл бұрын
Not even the Duke himself could play it like that....
@emmetray97033 жыл бұрын
When you realize that you can not play like Mr Oscar Peterson and only thing you can do is smile :D damn.. cool, oo yeah..
@WatchGladTV3 жыл бұрын
My whole mood for the whole video lol
@emmetray97033 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine Oscar Peterson, Fats Waller and Errol Garner playing together.. ? Pure Jazzgasm.. :D
@emmetray97033 жыл бұрын
@@WatchGladTV My first reaction was "ook.. wait what? how? is he real? yeeah" :D
@hockeyrd993 жыл бұрын
My nephew once asked me if I wished I could play like Oscar Peterson. I said NO! If everyone could play like Oscar, it would diminish how special he was. I have no problem with him being the greatest!
@billtomson57913 жыл бұрын
CAUTION: Listen as directed. Intentional misuse of Oscar Peterson by deliberately concentrating his solos while smoking dope can result in loss of consciousness or death.
@floristube Жыл бұрын
Jay, this is s u p e r na t u r a l❤
@nezkeys792 жыл бұрын
Boogie Blues Etude ^
@charlespender59783 жыл бұрын
Is 4:41 a quote to Playmates by Johnny griffin???? 🤯
@nozecone Жыл бұрын
I'd say so!
@desmondnazombe5922 Жыл бұрын
My first jazz album that I got from my uncle was Oscar Peterson 's Very Tall back in 1978 and I was hooked
@joecalato9329 Жыл бұрын
the swingingest rhythm section ever.
@pedrao420 Жыл бұрын
oscar peterson had 2 brains
@simonhtoo1307 Жыл бұрын
You need to reaction to Tommy Emmanuel
@Darrell10194 ай бұрын
Is this a "Master Class"?
@stringlarson1247 Жыл бұрын
All the way back? This should be basic training these days. When I was coming up, we dint have YT, etc. as a reference. Some vinyl, some rare occasion reel-to-reel, but no visuals. Look up Mingus' live stuff, Monk, etc. For now, at least it's all on the YT. Find a way to pay $10/mo for 'Premium' and drop the rest. I'm not pimpin YT save for to get rid of commercials for stuff like this. oh, and play scales.... :) just saying.
@cousinavi147 Жыл бұрын
Reaction video: 1. Play OP. 2. *sigh* Yeah, man. Nothing else to say.
@LiveONEWorldImage7 ай бұрын
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ....OSCAR is the best!
@curtisvalle5141 Жыл бұрын
Another one that makes me ashamed to profess I even know what a piano is. Truly, signed a keyboard player....
@JJamJ Жыл бұрын
Thing is, this performance is playable…some of Oscar’s are not! In my opinion anyway