OSCAR PETERSON blue etude LP VG LS 86039 Vinyl 1966 Record A1/B1

Release Date: December 01, 2009

Pablo Records

Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass); Jake Hanna (drums).Recorded live in Tallinn, Russia on November 17, 1974. Includes liner notes by Benny Green.Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1996, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano).Recording information: 11/17/1974.Although the music of this two-LP set was recording at a concert in the Soviet Union, it is a fairly typical recital by pianist Oscar Peterson with no obvious reference to the exotic location. Peterson takes five selections unaccompanied, performs four others as duets with bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, and adds drummer Jake Hanna to the nine remaining numbers. Other than three originals, all of the music is comprised of veteran standards and, although no real surprises occur, the results are what one would expect from the great Oscar Peterson, who alternates hard swingers with sensitive ballad renditions. ~ Scott Yanow

Oscar Peterson - The Maharaja of the Keyboard is the biography of Oscar Peterson, a Canadian jazz pianist, vocalist and composer. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, "O.P." by his friends, and was a member of jazz royalty. During his extensive career he released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and also received numerous awards and honours over the course of his career. He is considered to have been one of the greatest pianists of all time, played thousands of live concerts to audiences worldwide in his sixty-five plus year career. Oscar Peterson - The Maharaja of the Keyboard is highly recommended for those interested in learning more about this great keyboard player and composer.

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This little memoir follows the journey of Hans Peterson from his home in Langeland, Denmark to Waupaca, Wisconsin. It is a book of fiction based on fact. Most of the characters are real and the dates of events are factual. The ships that the Petersons and Nelsons sailed to America on are the actual ships with information gleaned from records of ships' rosters. Any errors or omissions are solely those of the author and are unintentional.

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"Any book on my life would start with my basic philosophy of fighting racial prejudice. I loved jazz, and jazz was my way of doing that, " Norman Granz told Tad Hershorn during the final interviews given for this book. Granz, who died in 2001, was iconoclastic, independent, immensely influential, often thoroughly unpleasant--and one of jazz's true giants. Granz played an essential part in bringing jazz to audiences around the world, defying racial and social prejudice as he did so, and demanding that African-American performers be treated equally everywhere they toured. In this definitive biography, Hershorn recounts Granz's story: creator of the legendary jam session concerts known as Jazz at the Philharmonic; founder of the Verve record label; pioneer of live recordings and worldwide jazz concert tours; manager and recording producer for numerous stars, including Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable, this major work fills gaps in jazz history while offering a fr