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Oscar Peterson
Called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, received the Order of Canada and is considered to have been one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. This new biography from award-winning author Jack Batten, promises to tell Oscar Peterson's story in acomplete, compelling and sympathetic way. This is first biography of Oscar Peterson for young people. This book is the story of a black kid from a Montreal ghetto who reached accliam in the great music halls of the world.
Oscar Peterson
An engaging biography of a living musical legend, Oscar Peterson. A man Duke Ellington once called the " maharajah of the piano." Gene Lees carefully builds up the portrait of Peterson, his childhood and what it meant to be be black and talented in Montreal in the 1940s, hist three marriages and six children, his musical partners (Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and Ed Thigpen), his musical friends and colleagues (Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Tatum and Lester Young, amongst others) and the critical controversy and mythology that have long surrounded Peterson. This updated version has a new chapter that covers Peterson's appointment as Chancellor of York University; his receipt of ten honorary doctorates and the Order of Canada; his stroke and partial recovery; the origins and fallout of his cancelled North American tour and much more.
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Virtuose athlétique et imperturbable du piano de jazz, le Canadien Oscar Peterson s'est imposé, dès les années 50, comme une sorte d'icône du genre. Sa discographie est impressionnante, il sait infailliblement swinguer un immense répertoire de standards de tous genres, avec une perfection technique et une pertinence harmonique qui lui ont permis, au fil des décennies, d'accompagner tout le monde, de Louis Armstrong et Ella Fitzgerald à Fred Astaire, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie et mille autres... Le meilleur de son style, il le doit à un autre grand artiste populaire, Nat King Cote, pianiste autant que chanteur.
Oscar Peterson - Jazz Exercises, Minuets, Etudes & Pieces for Piano (Music Instruction)
(Keyboard Instruction). Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has long been devoted to the education of piano students. In this book he offers dozens of pieces designed to empower the student, whether novice or classically trained, with the technique needed to become an accomplished jazz pianist.
A Jazz Odyssey
Oscar Peterson's career as a jazz pianist has spanned over five decades. During that time, he has recorded nearly 90 albums, won seven Grammys, and earned lifetime achievement awards from the Black Theatre Workshop, the Peabody Conservatory of Music, and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. He has played with, and come to know, many of the genre's greatest contributors, including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. Peterson chronicles his storied career in A Jazz Odyssey: The Life of Oscar Peterson.Organized chronologically, A Jazz Odyssey takes readers through the development of jazz over the course of the late 20t...
Oscar Peterson - Omnibook
(Jazz Transcriptions). This is the ultimate resource for studying the work of Oscar Peterson! Nearly 40 full piano transcriptions for the jazz piano master, including: All of Me * Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea * Falling in Love with Love * Georgia on My Mind * I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good * If I Were a Bell * In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning * Love Is Here to Stay * On Green Dolphin Street * Sometimes I'm Happy * The Song Is You * Tangerine * That Old Black Magic * Whisper Not * You Stepped Out of a Dream * Yours Is My Heart Alone * and many more. Includes a brief biography and foreword by transcriber Larry Dunlap.
Oscar
Young people will be inspired by this story of Oscar Peterson's musical gift, his determination to lift himself out of the poverty and limited opportunities of his youth, and his refusal to be cowed by racial prejudice.
