Live in Denmark,1964. Oscar Peterson on Piano Ray Brown on Bass Ed Thigpen on Drums
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@greg_d4 жыл бұрын
In 1964 in Denmark (and the rest of Europe) these guys were treated like royalty. The came back to the US, and had to sit in the back of the bus.
@sajateacher4 жыл бұрын
Hope he was treated better in his hometown of Montreal.
@pmj-artmusic77904 жыл бұрын
A U.S. cop pulled a gun on him and manager, because they were using a White Only taxi...
@pmj-artmusic77904 жыл бұрын
@@sajateacher Not really. Not in those days. Racism was the normal way in Montréal and Canada, for any non-white. Born in St-Henri's 'hood, high school was a tough thing to go through. For both whites and blacks. My dad was raised there too, beeing the same age as Oscar. He was a strong boxer and A local 'Defender' in that 'hood, for his brothers and friends, including Oscar.
@aregaali35873 жыл бұрын
Very sad.
@matthewbrown9003 жыл бұрын
@@jimvalko6044 While bus segregation may have ended before 1964, black artists still continued to face everyday, institutional racism in the US, and still do to this day. I can't imagine you're unaware of that, but it's best to keep that in mind when you discuss Oscar Peterson's life in the US. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had only just been passed the year this performance took place.
@NostraFnDamus4 жыл бұрын
Non piano players: Wow, I should totally start playing the piano! Piano players: I should just stop playing the piano...
@princeprosper33144 жыл бұрын
you really get it😂
@AbbyMendezz4 жыл бұрын
no cap tho 🥺
@lucianoalfideo86834 жыл бұрын
Ahahaha true
@jfuzzi46254 жыл бұрын
ikr
@cabrillohighlands36684 жыл бұрын
I thought Joey Alexander had that honor.
@donnafaust8402 Жыл бұрын
Let's take a moment to thank Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums) for their solid performances.
@nicolasrossi597811 ай бұрын
Amen
@fukhue822611 ай бұрын
Absolutely Donna. Oscar had a really good pair with those guys in that Trio. They could have played anywhere!
@NormAppleton9 ай бұрын
Indeed
@richardharris97089 ай бұрын
also knowing when to stop because oscar was straight blasting off into the stratosphere. that kind of bond is difficult to find!
@goutfromfriedokra39367 ай бұрын
dem boys got LAID all the time
@williamgregory1848 Жыл бұрын
It’s actually scary how good Oscar Peterson was on the piano
@stevejeffrey11 Жыл бұрын
one of the best no doubt and from Canada :D
@ellenmaccarrone493611 ай бұрын
Why scary? I sort of get that, but kindly explain. Thanks
@MustafaAkbar11 ай бұрын
@@ellenmaccarrone4936 like fighting Mike Tyson
@ellebhee504511 ай бұрын
@@ellenmaccarrone4936Scary as in try and replicate the precision and style 😊
@seasonalserotonin255910 ай бұрын
It's disturbing to be honest.
@lambdaman32283 жыл бұрын
So cool how you can hear Peterson singing the melody to himself as he plays. It's straight brain-to-keys transmission. That's incredible musicianship on display.
@@user__214 I can take a straight Net York to Los Angeles flight while also eating a meal and having a drink. Why can't Peterson have brain to keys transmission and also involve other aspects of his musicality? My original point was that this demonstrates that what he hears in his mind is exactly what he plays when improvising. I simply don't see how those things are mutually exclusive. Care to elaborate on your comment so I can better understand?
@user__2143 жыл бұрын
@@lambdaman3228 Hmm, I think I agree with your point ("what he hears in his mind is what he plays"). I don't know if the original way you *expressed* that point makes sense to me. Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO. It's not important though, nor is it a hill I want to die on.
@lambdaman32283 жыл бұрын
@@user__214 > Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO. This video is called "Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues" and he's playing keys all the way through the video so it's a given that he is playing the keys - no need to mention this explicitly. More importantly, if you're improvising on the keys but not singing your improvisation as you play, it's not possible for a listener to know if you're playing an improvised melody that's in your head or simply playing notes that "make sense" given chord-scale theory. The former is much more impressive than the latter. That impressive ability is precisely what I was commenting on.
@jonahm75453 жыл бұрын
Singing what youre playing is something very important when improvising. As a matter of fact user, it is indeed a brain to keys relationship because you know exactly what youre going to play on the keys, and think it in your head all at the same time
@billdrake19024 жыл бұрын
From a hospital bed, this is the stuff that keeps me alive, I couldn’t ask for better medicine! Bill D
@rnami97054 жыл бұрын
Wt
@scytale64 жыл бұрын
Get well soon.
@benji.B-side4 жыл бұрын
Best of luck, get well soon!!
@CamilleMarieArt4 жыл бұрын
Get well soon!
@johnroberts37234 жыл бұрын
Get well soon mate.
@grahamlyons85222 жыл бұрын
The best thing about living now, rather than at any other historical period, is that we can hear and see Oscar Peterson whenever we want.
@davidtilley76882 жыл бұрын
Just the best. Absolutely amazing! I’ve loved this music since I was 16. I’m now 82 and it is still some of the best jazz of all time.
@marcoathayde42 Жыл бұрын
Prime music, finest musicians.
@liammcelroy2265 Жыл бұрын
I'm sixteen and I'm happy to say I'm also in love with Oscar's playing
@thiennguyen9747 Жыл бұрын
David may i ask, what is it that is “jazz” to you? How can you regconise “its jazz” instantly? Im studying into Jazz! And your opinion would be a treasure to me !😊
@gilnech9310 Жыл бұрын
@@liammcelroy2265 I just turned 17 on may 7 and I'm also happy so say I love oscar peterson's playing more than art tatum overall.
@gitgen1887 Жыл бұрын
Hi boomer
@jonra193 жыл бұрын
How to become a jazz piano player: (for us mortals) Lesson one: Master all the chords in all voicings in left and right hand separately and together, combine with all know varieties of scales. Start learning a few standards. Come back in 20 years for lesson two.
@eltonparks6593 жыл бұрын
For real! Keep the woodshed unlocked.
@noahmay77083 жыл бұрын
@Gabriel Micheal Yeah everyone else only has to focus on one note at a time. Not fair!
@michelponcet58103 жыл бұрын
30 years at least...
@cjgreen43313 жыл бұрын
@@noahmay7708 cough guitar
@mark1952able3 жыл бұрын
It'd take me 100 lifetimes to play piano like that..........OR MORE!
@mgmartin514 жыл бұрын
And God came down to earth and said “Let there be Oscar...”. And there was Oscar. And on the seventh day, God grooved.
@eltonparks6594 жыл бұрын
Sh-Boing!
@rydermeehan81714 жыл бұрын
And you sir, broke the mold. Well said my good man
@billsincl4 жыл бұрын
And GOD tapped his foot and all of Florida went underwater.
@17attewell4 жыл бұрын
Mike Martin Why o Why is this only in the past? What happened to creative people, where have they gone ?
@mgmartin514 жыл бұрын
Malcolm Macleod It’s a mystery
@jeantours9641 Жыл бұрын
Happy people we are, we were alive in the era of O.P. ...
@notpsicoh2107 Жыл бұрын
haha yeaaaaaaah...
@renoraider981710 ай бұрын
I love how understated Thigpen's drums are. Sign of a master.
@mikkovaltonen35645 жыл бұрын
The piano professor in my university (who is an amazing piano master) said that he listens to Oscar Peterson to humble himself.
@henryg.87625 жыл бұрын
: |}
@adhanda20175 жыл бұрын
When Oscar humbles himself he listens to Hiromi ... :)
@tubemagpie5 жыл бұрын
@@adhanda2017 Or Basie.... seriously there is a recording out there of him describing a joint concert with Basie...
@BirdBop5 жыл бұрын
@@adhanda2017 Tatum.
@duchampfitz5 жыл бұрын
Try Art Tatum! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fX28hWaZhaZoipo
@trying2adult6 жыл бұрын
The best part starts at 0:00 till the end
@ErnieIsleysabeast5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@henryjames86545 жыл бұрын
Mz Mrs Mr Chemvura, sounds about right. Like #36.
@eliseygames36225 жыл бұрын
Lol orrr
@paulslavich85505 жыл бұрын
you said it
@bh56065 жыл бұрын
..funny..
@biggydrake3 жыл бұрын
Humming to himself while absolutely killing it. What a legend.
@Michele49 Жыл бұрын
It’s like he is composing an extemporaneous song, an ode of poetry, and we are gathered to listen so we can tell the story to our children.
@joed590111 ай бұрын
It's called scatting just thought you'd like to know
@giancarlocomi197411 ай бұрын
@@Michele49quàndo e venuto milàno grazie oscarpeterson grazie😅
@OboeClassics Жыл бұрын
That's the most creative extended solo I've ever heard from Oscar Peterson. Ray Brown's walking bass is so melodic, too. He even smiles at one point!
@ditrixaa Жыл бұрын
😂
@OboeClassics Жыл бұрын
@@ditrixaa your comment had me watching this track again, thank you! This time I noticed, in one long camera shot, Ed Thigpen's left hand, how he uses it for those fills that keep the music going. What a subtle drummer!
@ha1ban37 ай бұрын
WATCH IT AGAIN!
@DrellNinja4 ай бұрын
My number one will forever be his 1961 recording of On Green Dolphin Street Live at the London House
@noahlove19554 жыл бұрын
Anyone else wish they filmed his hands occasionally?
@tobyhiddens72334 жыл бұрын
Yea that's were the magic is freaking tv..
@jangtheconqueror4 жыл бұрын
I'm just glad I get to listen to this.
@knowmusicman1574 жыл бұрын
at 3:41
@algail444 жыл бұрын
yes and counted the fingers too I think he has at least 20
@egreenbery4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I wish they had shown more of his hands on the keys
@jimbob88598 жыл бұрын
Peterson is obviously amazing.. But props to the drummer he's super clean
@GB37708 жыл бұрын
+Jim Bob y drums and bass are good...
@johnreid53218 жыл бұрын
+Jim Bob: Bassist no slouch either?
@gsdsteve88258 жыл бұрын
+John Reid Of course the bassist is no slouch. The great Ray Brown!!
@roddymclachlan8 жыл бұрын
+Jim Bob Yep, a flawless band all round makes it particularly awesome.
@gsdsteve88258 жыл бұрын
+Don MacQuarrie Ed Thigpen! Great drummer, but there's only one Buddy Rich!
@WisconsinWanderer4 ай бұрын
In the last 10-15 years I’ve grown to love and a passion for jazz/blues music my appreciation to all the greats is immeasurable. Thank you Oscar Peterson and band for expanding my musical journey. Absolutely stunning!!
@jerrygrimes19773 жыл бұрын
Anyone else impressed with the crowd's clapping? Any idea how hard it is to get an audience to clap in-time even thrice?
@deselby2602 жыл бұрын
true
@fremmer0072 жыл бұрын
Tbf, copenhagen in the 60s was packed with Jazz-enthusiasts. I bet you most of these ppl are musically enclined.
@rile76482 жыл бұрын
The phenomenon happens more often than you’d think
@jerrygrimes19772 жыл бұрын
@@rile7648 Perhaps I need to attend more live shows with clapping... in my experience, an audience like that is rare.
@drumday2 жыл бұрын
And on the after-beats too! I'd've gone nuts if they were clapping on 1 & 3.
@herculesmwp79833 жыл бұрын
Let’s give Ed and Ray some love for their work here. Absolutely amazing stuff
@garethamery31673 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@doughartley35133 жыл бұрын
No kidding!,
@zanzinger275 Жыл бұрын
Seriously awesome drumming right here. 🥁
@imakedookie Жыл бұрын
the pulse they felt was almost psychic! like they were 100% committed to the split second at whatever level Oscar went to!
@phyllisjohnson6442 Жыл бұрын
I agree. Both had amazing careers.
@Anthony-js3ki3 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely ridiculous, i am quite new to jazz. The skill the main man Peterson has is absolutely mind blowing, but what i am learning in jazz is every great record is made up up of mind blowing talent. Ive not heard a bad record where the bass player was R.Brown,
@RobertWilliams-mk8pl3 жыл бұрын
If you like this, check out Phineas Newborn Jr.. Some have said that Oscar didn't want to hear his name mentioned. Also check out Clark Terry with Mumbles.
@Anthony-js3ki3 жыл бұрын
@@RobertWilliams-mk8pl Thanks, will check them out now!
@downpatmusic3 жыл бұрын
Transcribe this and slow it down and learn to phrase like Oscar paying attention to his note durations and space in between the notes. It is quite possible to develop this technique and sound with a lot of careful listening and writing it down and lea ring it slowly.
@gabethebabe81873 жыл бұрын
Who tf dislikes these videos??
@robertmannel44463 жыл бұрын
Ray Brown was one of two guys I ever saw playing with Oscar. The other guy a Swedish guy. Lights out top drawer players. I love this trio!! Add Joe Pass and you got one hell of a quartet.
@cmacdhon Жыл бұрын
Oscar Peterson didn't pass away. He just returned to his planet.
@oneononeenglishschool29207 ай бұрын
The most celebrated jazz musicians received greater admiration in Europe than in their home country, the USA.
@whateverittakes16737 ай бұрын
He's from Canada bruh...
@henrywasserman4 күн бұрын
@@whateverittakes1673 true dat
@theodoreconstantini25483 күн бұрын
True they were treated like Gods in , Europe, that's why so many of them spent so much time , over there, playing the Jazz circuit, and making good money, and a few even settled there on a permanent basis.
@gambarmamedov56864 жыл бұрын
He did not need the “Oscar”. He was the Oscar himself.
@lisamcmahon14624 жыл бұрын
THE Oscar.
@NjonjoNdehi Жыл бұрын
That's right.
@winstonsmith27128 жыл бұрын
The groove is unreal.
@thomasgral68136 жыл бұрын
Winston Smith j
@warrengriffiths4248 Жыл бұрын
I've been a pianist since I was 12 and unfortunately I've only had the pleasure of listening to Oscar on KZbin, but he's changed my life. I WISH I could've met him just to shake his hand and say thank you. There has never been anyone better. I missed an era.
@Sh0n0 Жыл бұрын
Are you as good as him now that 4 months has past since your coment?
@scottmclennan61145 жыл бұрын
He had complete mastery of that instrument. No need to think, just feel and then play.
@grumpydwarf1674 жыл бұрын
Did not need to look either. It is why many blind pianists are so good..
@ginajackson41224 жыл бұрын
So true. It is just "in" him.
@Bigskyguy564 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. The piano is an extension of his soul.
@michaelbruce18473 жыл бұрын
And....that's why we practice, practice,....and practice some more.!!!
@docsaxman3 жыл бұрын
It’s in him after 10,000 hours of practice. No magic. Hard work. You can have a gift. But without work it’s nothing. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.
@trainliker1004 жыл бұрын
A lot of other pianists, when packing a lot of fast notes into a phrase, have a little trouble getting it all in perfectly and often come in just a tiny bit late for the next. Oscar Peterson always got everything done on time and never came in late for the next phrase. That's just one little example of how great he was.
@robertmannel44463 жыл бұрын
His timing was ridiculous. I have listened to this many times and will always love it going forward.
@jeffmuenster51313 жыл бұрын
As a pianist myself, I always find it interesting to watch the hands as well, and I wish the cameras had indulged us more in that area. Outside of that, this is musicianship at its finest, from 3 guys just having a good ol' time, doing what they do best, and we are all the better for it.
@Phish19952 жыл бұрын
Agee. That's the only thing that I didn't like about this. I would have liked to see this genius play those keys. Otherwise excellent.
@johnschmid8652 жыл бұрын
Ya, as interesting as the view of OP’s face is 😂, woulda been way cooler to see his hands too
@feratgoogle2 жыл бұрын
There is indeed beauty in the movement of the hands. Love that in guitar players as well.
@franzchubert3808 Жыл бұрын
As a pianist sometimes I am actually grateful I don't get to see his hands, cause I may give up piano altogether
@noterix1164 Жыл бұрын
my grandfather was a jazz drummer for much of his life. you know what they say about hindsight; I was too young to appreciate his skill and his passion for it, and now I wish I had talked with him about it more. got emotional listening to this and hearing those cymbals. I miss you, Papa. brilliant work by Peterson, Brown, and Thigpen. I'm going to end up listening to a lot of C Jam Blues for the next little while.
@expat20106 ай бұрын
" you know what they say about hindsight". Tell me about it. I grew up in Montreal where he lived, and yeah, am old enough that I could have gone to see him if I wished.
@frankwithenshaw78925 жыл бұрын
imagine how fast he could type an email
@johndemeritt34604 жыл бұрын
. . . only if it was on a piano.
@blackjack-ks8zn3 жыл бұрын
Piano has nothing to do with emails, I liked your comment thouh
@harmonicreation55943 жыл бұрын
in that vid where he played the synths, he typed with 2 fingers :D
@richardandrews50133 жыл бұрын
In addition to Oscar Peterson, this is Ray Brown on the bass. He's another great musician. What a fabulous trio!
@bigbadbith84222 жыл бұрын
Not just a bass player - a whole fleet of bass players, rollin’ in………
@toyman96422 жыл бұрын
Considered by many to be the greatest pianist ever. A great Canadian.
@sugarmaple60 Жыл бұрын
You bet! Best ever! From a fellow Canadian and so proud of Oscar!
@barracuda7018 Жыл бұрын
Barring Art Tatum, even Oscar acknowledged this, besides his music has nothing to do with Canada, its American !!!
@barracuda7018 Жыл бұрын
Oscar was great, but its always a question of taste, my favorite was always Erroll Garner..
@anniegibson7734 Жыл бұрын
@@barracuda7018 Are you nuts? He was Canadian end of! Jazz is not American. I believe it came from black people themselves. We have delivered many of the world's great musicians. Where do I start? Leonard Cohen,Joni Mitchell,Neil Young,Gordie Lightfoot, etc,etc!
@barracuda7018 Жыл бұрын
American blacks of the South not Canadian, you must be an idiot. Canada is a country without birth certificate and national identity, Jazz, blues boogie all came from the South. İts American culture, don’t embarrass yourself..Shut the fcuk up..There is nothing in the world that is Canadian except ice hockey.. Oscar played American music. There is no such thing as Canadian music..
@hesh14912 жыл бұрын
It literally doesn’t get better than this
@dahamus4 жыл бұрын
I've watched this clip about once a month for the last year... 3 dudes with groove, feel and love. It's therapy for the soul.
@bobsaturday42733 жыл бұрын
amen brother
@intalassimo2 жыл бұрын
yeah bro
@davidferrara1105 Жыл бұрын
You still here?
@dahamus Жыл бұрын
@@davidferrara1105 Yep.
@alisdairmclean8605 Жыл бұрын
Same here. It's like an addiction. They are really at the top of their game.
@frankmurphyburr35988 жыл бұрын
this music automatically makes you tap your feet with happiness
@RM-gm7lu8 жыл бұрын
+dougie hamilton so right...Heavy swing...cannot resist
@spacebrush45508 жыл бұрын
+dougie hamilton Realised as I was reading that my feet was taping by its own like a dog's tail haha thumbs up!
@vittoriogorgoglione29338 жыл бұрын
+dougie hamilton I'm a blues pianist too. You can find some good stuff on my channel :)
@bakedbrownie697 жыл бұрын
i didn't even notice dude holy shit
@JazzyFabbry7 жыл бұрын
Oscar is the best. And this it's all.
@sabrinavandenbroeck717 Жыл бұрын
Oscar Peterson for 2 hours, Solo at Severance Hall in Cleveland 1986. Was the best concert I've ever seen.
@alfiobaldini5 ай бұрын
He is one of the most talented living history jazz, this music will live forever
@edmondthomas2826 жыл бұрын
Man, that trio were tight. Brilliant musicianship. Love the way Peterson was humming along like a jazz Glenn Gould.
@Kougeru4 жыл бұрын
He won the Glenn Gould award in 1993
@duncanwilson28034 жыл бұрын
Must be a Canadian thing.
@Shooters1414 жыл бұрын
Those two cats are my favorite pianists of their genres. Heads and shoulders above just about everybody else.
@stapler9422 жыл бұрын
Quite an interesting comparison considering both pianists' flair for staccato voicings and both possessing a technical wizardry on a whole other level.
@mariomastronardi92322 жыл бұрын
🎨
@shadowjuan24 жыл бұрын
This is Peterson giving his whole heart to the world.
@scottcunningham50654 ай бұрын
To me this was the best Trio. Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen so cool and understated but on top of their game.
@williambremner9022Ай бұрын
Yes. I could not agree more. The real golden era of the Oscar Peterson Trio. Tight as anything! And each a virtuoso...wow. The very best.
@georgelydon4290 Жыл бұрын
You can tell how he can play exactly what comes to his head in real time from his humming.
@MichaelVeazey11 ай бұрын
absolutely - that's what makes any seriously fgood musician. You've got to hear it in your head.
@michaelharwood88485 жыл бұрын
I love how at 2:51 the drummer closely observes the others and 'musically responds' to them.
@Composer_Piggy5 жыл бұрын
Michael Harwood I like how that time stamp is ii-V-I
@Kougeru4 жыл бұрын
Real musicians
@tpledger1004 жыл бұрын
to play with Oscar means you are the best at your craft
@SmoothSax974 жыл бұрын
Whose jazz professor are you lol I swear this was a concept we legit had to learn and embrace for like 2 months and still trying to get down!
@SmoothSax974 жыл бұрын
No disrespect all jokes lol
@carolsloane47205 жыл бұрын
And to think I opened for THIS trio for two weeks in August, 1964 at The Village Vanguard. How lucky can you get?
@Kougeru4 жыл бұрын
Damn, you old
@jake.speare4 жыл бұрын
that's awesome. a great achievement to be proud of!!
@ly7764 жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks to your comment, I discovered your music. You certainly belonged up on that stage with these guys. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmibnK1pfbdsr6s
@rej19604 жыл бұрын
@@ly776 She does indeed. And thank YOU for following up her recordings to discover this track!
@elderlyoogway4 жыл бұрын
@@AryanMarlboro well, first things first, she has more brain cells than you'll ever have so... lol
@justinludeman8424 Жыл бұрын
One of my favourite Jazz Pianists, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the music and styles he built his language upon. I love listening to him play with Joe Pass.
@japphan3 жыл бұрын
It might be an unpopular opinion, but I believe Oscar Peterson could play the piano.
@grahamlyons85222 жыл бұрын
Nice one, japphan!
@RonCarterBassist Жыл бұрын
😂
@janwillembos481 Жыл бұрын
You're on to something...
@axowotahl Жыл бұрын
Underrated comment
@Shamzisto Жыл бұрын
You think?
@grillosaint8 жыл бұрын
he sings all that he plays, all the notes are in his brain and slowly descends through his hand
@CentralScrotiniser8 жыл бұрын
+zaidbassist it's incredible, isn't it? It's all predetermined, and beautifully articulated. As a mediocre musician, I can only say that any solo I attempt is governed by what I can reach in what time from where I am, rather than the work of an artist as displayed here...
@h.j.w27836 жыл бұрын
...(face to palm)
@Joe-qf9nv6 жыл бұрын
not that slowly though! :)
@joblack39916 жыл бұрын
His music is processed by his brain but the armony comes out from his heart.
@williamtinajero37126 жыл бұрын
What do you mean he sings the notes he plays?
@jeffreyfertuck93694 жыл бұрын
Whenever you think you have mastered a skill, watch this and you will realize there is still more to learn.
@luxolontamo44402 жыл бұрын
Feel the same and all the work I've put looks so worthless.
@Timo-152 жыл бұрын
I've known this Oscar tune on the album Night Train for years and years.... But I only stumbled across this version last week. And jeez!....it's absolutely brilliant!! *3 jazz 'dudes' at the absolute top of their game.* Just listen to Oscar (brilliant as ever) and Ed on drums tipping the ride cymbal and hardly ever repeating himself on the Snare drum, and Ray Brown on bass giving his usual great performance. My feet haven't stopped tapping along to this song since hearing it. *Bravo....Oscar, Ray & Ed!*
@Sh0n0 Жыл бұрын
Crazy to thing ray brown is chris browns grandfather. The musical talent in that family is immense
@Timo-15 Жыл бұрын
@@Sh0n0 I know that Ray Brown married Ella Fitzgerald and together they adopted a son who they called Ray Brown Jr. And he went on to have a carreer as a drummer & a singer and is still performing. He has kids....but there's no mention of a 'Chris' amongst them. Thanks.
@morbidmanmusic Жыл бұрын
never repeating... you are not listening well..
@Timo-15 Жыл бұрын
@@morbidmanmusic Clean out your ears morbid...
@ruinruri5 ай бұрын
True Genius and Real McCoy He was Greatly highly Respected in All Europe and Japan at all time!
@bondjamesbondsandiego00753 жыл бұрын
One of the best versions of C Jam Blues I’ve ever heard! Oscar Peterson was a true gift to mankind!
@mystriddlery3 жыл бұрын
The communication and interplay between the drummer and bassist is so cool to see. I’d kill to have that ride cymbal, this recording quality is also off the charts.
@timwingham89522 жыл бұрын
And those hi-hats!
@reievrmore73213 жыл бұрын
a jam so magnificent that the whole crowd syncs their appreciation in applaud, wow.
@4251268 Жыл бұрын
Oscar is so good he makes me wanna burn my guitar. Always listen to other instruments guys, it doesn't matter if you play flute or ukelele, you can always learn a thing or two from the great masters
@wash82448 ай бұрын
Don't burn just appreciate
@mrbrianc6 жыл бұрын
Listening to Oscar play the Blues is amazing, but watching Ray Brown on the bass is fantastic; that man was on every major recording throughout the entire Be-Bop era.
@RM-gm7lu5 жыл бұрын
Yea man, you can say that again. So underrated as a bass player.
@marvinwhisman33334 жыл бұрын
Ray Brown was one of the finest if not the finest bass player to ever live. I am not sure I would call him underrated. Anyone who was the bass player for Peterson and Ella is clearly a master at his craft.
@TheNaturalust6 ай бұрын
Been a pro musician for over 4 decades and I have never seen or heard a better musician than Oscar Pederson. This guy is the real rock star. I am blown away by his feel and phrasing. No one can touch this beautiful man in terms of sheer musicality. Wow!
@beedoe519 жыл бұрын
My ABSOLUTE favorite piano player. Nobody has his inventiveness, playfulness, class , shear chops!
@matonguitar9 жыл бұрын
beedoe51 A true master of the instrument! My other favourite is Bill Evans.
@haiktrombone28339 жыл бұрын
Steve Wright The only person i Know to play with such energy is ray Charles! Lol He's Great!
@bilzebor84579 жыл бұрын
+Steve Wright nothing compare to monk
@frednow8 жыл бұрын
+Jaroslav At Amsterdam , that's not a "strange capacity" at all ... why do you say it's strange?
@gingervytis8 жыл бұрын
+Steve Wright > Nobody has his inventiveness, playfulness, class , shear chops! Well, there was a nobody... a blind pianist from Toledo Ohio, named Art Tatum. OP spent years and countless hours emulating Tatum. When OP was in his teens, his father brought home some Tatum records to put the young man in his musical place. OP said that when he realized that it was *not two guys playing the piano but just one*, then he became discouraged and nearly gave up playing for a month or so. In a TV interview (elsewhere on youtube) OP quoted Tatum as telling him, "The only way to get over me is you'll just have to learn to hate me." OP and Tatum later became friends, and OP remarked, "He calls me son."
@afm622 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see him in concert about twenty years ago. I’m very lucky! A truly great musician and a lovely man.
@paulinocontreras12452 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to this for years and it just blows my mind how amazing this performance is. I'll be watching this until I'm dead.
@bored1ca8 жыл бұрын
August 15th is Oscar Peterson's birthday - Happy Birthday Oscar - hope you're looking down from heaven and smiling knowing how much love you brought us with your music!
@MadTad7 жыл бұрын
I love it when humans just become one by music.
@buddylarsen66476 жыл бұрын
music can and does do it
@murph30015 жыл бұрын
Mad Tad wonderful.comment. I will adopt it forever. Thanks. So true.
@billcrowley28595 жыл бұрын
Alle menschen werden bruder wo dien sanfter flugel weilt
@Eyes-of-Horus5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, don't find that with rap and hip hop.
@StuWeissman5 жыл бұрын
humans? thought they came from another planet...the one where Art Tatem was born on...
@tamazpatarkalashvili28112 жыл бұрын
Ray brown is one of the greatest bassist in jazz history. You can observe how slowly and lazily he begins his part and then how he catches his mood and accelerate.
@NikaTsabadze3 ай бұрын
Getanxmebit batono tamaz❤
@giovannigentile72112 ай бұрын
Ed Thigpen the MAESTRO OF JAZZ BRUSHES SIMPLY WONDERFUL ❤️🔥👏🏿✌🏿
@bucksix19 жыл бұрын
I have been deeply into jazz for over 60 years. There are very few people in the world about whom you can say that they are the best ever at what they do, but you certainly can say that about Oscar P and Ray B. Ed Thigpen is no slouch either. He fits right in here. When Oscar and Ray died I said "if God was not a jazz fan, he is now!" How in the world could 113 people go thumbs down on this. I feel sorry for them.
@chorrellpique40578 жыл бұрын
The swing is so ridiculously strong with this one. My shin always hurts after listening to this. I shouldn't try to tap along.
@1000000trs8 жыл бұрын
lol, yep you have to tap along - I feel the power of the OP, Brown, Thigpen trio, is that they somehow make the listener the fourth member of the band.
@chorrellpique40578 жыл бұрын
1000000trs Exactly! One of many reasons I absolutely love jazz.
@mick71928 жыл бұрын
that's pretty funny.
@Usefulmusic7 жыл бұрын
Yes, I can't understand how the audience manage to keep so still. I would be jumping up and down in a delirium of delight; and being 80, would probably have had a heart attack. But, what a way to go!
@saltypaul81157 жыл бұрын
Help
@rcpena Жыл бұрын
Best pianists vocalize. Oscar kept it low. Gould, and Jarrett screech. Absolute master at work here.
@retrothingz Жыл бұрын
Actually Oscar was no slouch as a singer....sounded very much like Nat King Cole
@TheWorldOfRagus2 жыл бұрын
This piece started so „nicely mellow“ and turned out to become a tornado. WHAT a performance. No wonder the crowd went crazy. ❤️❤️
@jmsbk123458 жыл бұрын
FABULOUS JAZZ. I was priviledged to meet Ed Thigpen about 8 years ago with his Scandanavian quintet. He signed my Night Train CD! Great guy.
@jmsbk123458 жыл бұрын
It was a great gig and he even did a drum solo at 78 years old!
@makeshiftmusic7 жыл бұрын
Too jealous!
@twdaisydctre3 жыл бұрын
What a great pleasure to listen to Oscar, Ed and Ray'! He has been the sunshine of my life. All my life and now I am 80 and still enjoy every second of his magic hands. Thank you my beloved Oscar and Rest In Peace.
@nunocarvalhoguerra71903 жыл бұрын
He really was one of those humans whose time on earth was spent making A LOT of people VERY HAPPY, even in the future
@Turboy656 ай бұрын
Singing the notes as you play them, with a little practice, is magical. It unlocks something in your brain to finger connection. You will very soon learn that you can play anything you can sing. Once you get past the phase of basic finger training on your instrument.
@fukhue822611 ай бұрын
We all know Oscar is great but let's talk about the guy Rockin that Bass! Flowing lines that weave in and out of Oscars playing while the drums are laying down a smooth rhythm. What a Trio these guys were!
@christopherfischer69988 ай бұрын
Ray Brown…. One of the hardest swinging cats to walk the earth
@christopherfischer69988 ай бұрын
Don’t forget Ed Thigpen on drums either
@tyson50904 жыл бұрын
I just love how the drums & bass play so tasteful and still modest to put Oscar Peterson in the spotlight he deserves. All 3 of them are undeniably some of the best jazz musicians of all time!
@MegaCirse3 жыл бұрын
Peterson's band brought a little light, wonder and humor into a period of obscurity and weariness in my life. Listening to it many years later, my sensitivity and admiration I felt for it grew. A difficult listening at first, he lends the orchestral direction of his flayed intelligence, until he draws you inevitably into his universe. Each listening reveals a little more of its mystery, its magic, so this work becomes ineluctably timeless "Imperial”
@michaelchapman49552 жыл бұрын
Oscar's 1959 portrait of Sinatra Trio album with Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen is an early vivid example of such... I was 9 yrs old when my dad bought that LP & played it on our Magnavox HiFi at the time & I've gone back to that LP album countless times throughout my adult audiophile life, Literally!
@dangates5095 Жыл бұрын
The three are so tight and so in synch with each other. It's like a musical mind meld, a single musical super organisim.
@jasonmudgarde286 Жыл бұрын
I've heard many jazz blues tunes , but this tops them all, Oscar is a genius.
@GiovanniNicotera10 жыл бұрын
He's one of the greatest jazz pianist ever.
@maxmoves643 жыл бұрын
i heard someone screaming and shouting with delight during this and then realised it was me lol Absolute genius from an incredible trio. Wow!!!!
@jesroe58423 ай бұрын
He deserves an Oscar..
@nytrayfl22 жыл бұрын
This trio were pure magic & I wish I could have seen them play in person.
@AlexHembree-qk3gq Жыл бұрын
Hello 😊my name is Alex how are you where are you commenting from?
@mansurbotellafraga18174 жыл бұрын
You know is good when even the applause is on tune with the jam.
@quogir14 жыл бұрын
Mansur
@mansurbotellafraga18174 жыл бұрын
@@quogir1 qué?
@quogir14 жыл бұрын
@@mansurbotellafraga1817 Well observed :-) .
@jimmartin8399 жыл бұрын
100 bucks says these guys brushed their teeth on 2 and 4.
@polymath79 жыл бұрын
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@danieleriksson57289 жыл бұрын
Jim Martin hehehe x) then something witty about a 7th
@BorysPomianek9 жыл бұрын
Jim Martin I think they brush their teeth on 1 and 3 because when you're late for a gig , you brush double time :3
@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out9 жыл бұрын
in swing music, and in the blues especially, the key element of the rhythmic impulse (along with a constant underlying "triplet feel") comes from emphasizing the second and fourth beats of the four note bar. Jim is implying that it's 2nd nature for these musicians to be able to swing, they even do it when they brush their teeth. one TWO three FOUR.look at the high hat at 1:10 listen to the drummer and what he is playing on the cymbal and high hat. you can try to insert this "feel" into your playing, but it only really can be gotten by a) growing up in a black gospel church and starting your career in the1930's playing swing dance music, where you HAD to make it swing or you didnt work..... or b) listening and playing along with thousands of hours of Nat Cole, Ellington, Monk, Muddy Waters Fats Waller, Memphis Slim et al. I grew up in a frigid polka playing Milwaukee Austrian Catholic environment so I had to implement plan b. yo mah wiggah, wassup? Check out my vids and let me know if you think i can swing the blues. polymath7
@dabush7306 жыл бұрын
funny
@robkuiters6 ай бұрын
TOP OF THE WORLD ☘☘☘
@davidnaef13 жыл бұрын
I would give thousend thumbs up - ... man ... if I only could.
@frankmurrayiii44063 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure music gets any better than this, regardless of the genre. This is so pure, sincere and soulful, I cannot think of anything much better than these three guys doing their thing. This trio......DAMN!
@arthurharrison13457 жыл бұрын
Just doesn't get any better than this.
@josephscoatyarn5 ай бұрын
Oscar told the story of when he wanted to play jazz, his dad said he only could switch to that (from his classical training) if he was the best jazz player... and he had to, right, be the best jazz pianist, ever!
@aidanschofield462 жыл бұрын
I just love how he took the tempo of the clapping and went off that. His perfect time as well is just amazing to listen to.
@morbidmanmusic Жыл бұрын
to be clear.. no human has perfect time.
@michaelduggan18905 жыл бұрын
I'm a regular watcher of this piece . This trio is amazing . Oscar P. is amazing !
@berkeleygang18345 жыл бұрын
"The maharajah of the keyboard." - Duke Ellington
@vernonbear2 жыл бұрын
One of my Grandad’s favourites, he and my Dad saw him live a few times and my Grandad was often to be found sat at his piano trying to emulate his jazz & blues heroes, it was a house of beautiful music, sometimes not played so well but the love was there. Now that love for Oscar has been passed onto me, all I’ve got to do is hand the baton onto my daughter 😳
@victorburnett63292 жыл бұрын
This is what great jazz is to me - right on the threshold between music and madness, where exotic and fantastical melodies emerge. A great jazz musician takes you on a trip to the precipice of the abyss, makes to cast you out but keeps you in his arms all the while, like a father teasing his child.
@linuswanqvist Жыл бұрын
Yep. Its blues though
@linuswanqvist Жыл бұрын
Nah now that i think about it i always have trouble with knowing the difference
@user-bj2ex7ow8x Жыл бұрын
Jazz blues ig. Bit of a mix no? Theyre pretty similar anyways.
@andyrobinsoncalgary4 жыл бұрын
I heard some story that one time, a lady in the front row at a very small club pulled out a cigarette, and he lit her cigarette while just playing his solo with his left hand...yeah...
@berettaq.88933 жыл бұрын
christ a fuckin mighty, i mean i wouldnt be suprised. how do you react to that?
@stephenweigel3 жыл бұрын
Roy Buchanan kinda move
@johnberman7773 жыл бұрын
Too funny!! Don't doubt it for a minute. Genius pulls off stuff we can't even imagine, and Oscar was a genius of the first order!
@TheResidentex3 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of watching Oscar in person at the Half Note club in NYC during the 60's and 70's many times, and considering the intimacy of that venue this is something that could have happened.
@kilbo9810 жыл бұрын
Pretty impressive that he knows exactly what notes he is going to play, what they sound like, and that he can sing along to it.
@kilbo9810 жыл бұрын
WITH HIS EYES CLOSED TOO
@fmurphy5510 жыл бұрын
Tons of Jazz piano players do that. You hear them humming along all the time. Mose Allison is notorious for it.
@krishnaarun405810 жыл бұрын
Yes, ok.
@lygoi05549 жыл бұрын
kilbo98 I do this on guitar, with my eyes closed. its just a thing like you hear music in your head and its just part of it, even if you'll notice its out of tune. Paul Kossoff from Free was pretty known for it as well as a lot of other blues and jazz players.
@kilbo989 жыл бұрын
Hendrix940 Yeah i getcha inernalizing pitch and stuff like that
@gainesp2003gainesp Жыл бұрын
In my opinion, the best ever! Nobody swings like Oscar Peterson!
@wisegamer706 Жыл бұрын
Maybe Basie lol
@2SharpMusic Жыл бұрын
An amazing pianist and an even more amazing improvisator. I'm proud to be Canadian like this piano legend 🍁
@sebribo1873 Жыл бұрын
music has no nationality =)
@tsrs99005 жыл бұрын
I got to hear him at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival; I was 19 then, coming form an extensive training of rock and country music and no jazz whatsoever. From that moment on, nothing has ever been the same in my musical taste, nor in my record collection. RIP, Mr. Peterson !
@maracayg5 жыл бұрын
lucky you! this is a way superior form of art!
@bholaoates15424 жыл бұрын
I have the CD of his performance at that festival. I bought the LP when it came out in the 70's too. It's called 'Oscar Peterson's Big 6 Live at Montreux 1975'. He was playing so beautifully at that festival. He also played in a quartet with Milt Jackson at the same festival and I like that record even more. It's called 's 'Milt Jackson's Big 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975'. Great records, both.
@bebop623 жыл бұрын
Ts Rs I was too with my father and I was 13 years old Thanks God and until today is in my heart Great and superb Oscar Peterson
@bmxpeter85 жыл бұрын
I believe this is a valid answer to the existentialism question: What is our purpose as a species.
@Robb33485 жыл бұрын
word
@tryptamineodyssey5 жыл бұрын
True. Music is an extension of the human soul
@PinkAmadeus5 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Yet there are those who hold that our purpose, for Nature, was to invent plastics.
@lawdizzy48294 жыл бұрын
@Craig Johnson You did it to your self
@s.sestric99294 жыл бұрын
@Craig Johnson I can't worship a God that's so insecure that he needed to create an entire race of people just to kiss his ass all the time.
@Weathership Жыл бұрын
The genius of these three in full display.....3 as one
@racine16859 жыл бұрын
i could listen to it every day, it's simply a masterpiece!