Oscar Peterson teaches piano

[Supertramp78]

I'm thankful for musicians who are this good....

[theevan]

The GREATEST. Fortunately he left behind a stellar catalog of recordings.

[lar]

Thanks so much for posting this. Oscar Peterson may be my all-time favorite piano player.

Of course what we don't see in his effortless playing is all of the hours of hard work that allowed him to get to that point.

"Double octaves"! Crazy. Who could possibly be that good at a moments notice. But he was.

[billhammond]

This is one of may mostest favoritest records of all time. What expression, omigod.

[theevan]

Thanks for posting that, Bill. So yum.

[billhammond]

Nov 27, 2014 17:49:28 GMT -5 theevan said:

Thanks for posting that, Bill. So yum.

One of those songs that when it ends, I can't hit REPLAY fast enough.


Thanks, Tramp, for the starter post!

[jdd2]

One of his I like is Tracks:

www.amazon.com/Tracks-Oscar-Peterson/dp/B0009AM658

Besides his playing, probably the best recorded piano sound ever.

One of the quiet tracks from that:

[drlj]

I enjoyed that. Great post.

[frazer]

Thanks! I sent a link to my piano teacher - a jazz nut.

[RickW]

Wow. We breed fine piano players in Canuckistan. I cannot fathom being able to improvise the same line with both hands at that speed. That's just inhuman. But gorgeous.

[coachdoc]

Now and again I can play something that I really like, but I could never be at Lonnie's level. Then Lonnie may never be at Paul Simon's level. But Oscar is something entirely beyond. It boggles my mind, how some folks can create beyond that which us mortals can't even imagine. Unreal.

Sorry to abuse you like this Lonnie. I really admire your playing, but it makes a better story to have a shared reference.