Oscar Peterson

Born: 
08/15/1925
City: 
Montreal
Region: 
Quebec
Country: 
Canada
Died: 
12/23/2007
Years Active: 
1945-2007
Genre(s): 
Bebop
Blues
Hard Bop
Jazz
Third Stream
Instruments: 
Piano
Former Members: 
Cannonball Adderley
Irving Ashby
Ray Brown
Herb Ellis
Bill Henderson
Lester Young
Associated Artists: 
Louis Armstrong
Count Basie
Roy Eldridge
Ella Fitzgerald
Stan Getz
Dizzy Gillespie
Stéphane Grappelli
Billie Holiday
Anita O'Day
Joe Pass
Clark Terry
Ed Thigpen
Ben Webster
Link: 
http://www.oscarpeterson.com/

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Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career. He is considered to have been one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, having played thousands of live concerts to audiences worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.

Discography

Only the Blues
Released: 1957
Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio
Released: 1959
Very Tall
Released: 1962
Reunion Blues
Released: 1971
The Milt Jackson Big 4
Released: 1975
Ain't But A Few Of Us Left
Released: 1982
Two of the Few
Released: 1983

Concerts

Event Datesort descending Venue City Region Country
Jazz @ the Philharmonic 09/29/1951 Downtown Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz @ the Philharmonic 10/18/1952 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz @ the Philharmonic 09/26/1953 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Jazz @ the Philharmonic 10/12/1953 IMA Auditorium Flint Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/11/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/12/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/13/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/14/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/15/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/16/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/18/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/19/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/20/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/21/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/22/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 05/23/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson 07/27/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson 07/28/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson 07/29/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson 07/30/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson 07/31/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson 08/01/1954 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Jazz @ the Philharmonic 10/02/1954 Broadway-Capitol Theater Detroit Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 01/18/1955 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA
Oscar Peterson Trio 01/19/1955 Rouge Lounge River Rouge Michigan USA

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