Oscar Peterson - Nica's Dream

[@theWarriorUnknown]

The most mind blowing version of Nica's Dream I have ever heard.

[@dillonheimerl5683]

no kidding!

[@Pizaz0]

Absolutely even the key change sounds really good

[@63Baggies]

Agreed upon....

[@jakorabane]

absolutely!

[@stephanedubarry8624]

Fully agree same for me

[@stepheneverett6131]

Absolute class ,the best jazz pianist ever .

[@cooldebt]

I have come late to this version via video game music - a jazz cover of the Zelda Main Theme by The Consouls which was inspired (I think - I'll have to ask the band when I next see them) by the String Band take on this tune (ft Isao Suzuki with Ron Carter on bass, Roy Haynes on drums and Hank Jones on piano). A totally different feel from this but for me, equally stunning.

[@63Baggies]

I completely agree.

[@MisterJSF]

Une chose est sûre : dans ce monde ou dans un autre (hypothétique), il n'y aura jamais de meilleur pianiste de jazz que Oscar Peterson ❤👍🎹👍❤

[@squizza28]

This is my favorite oscar trio piece. So moody, and he just dances oer the keys. Beautiful.

[@63Baggies]

The accompanyment ain't bad either.

[@holyspacemonkey]

phenomenal!

[@squizza28]

If you ever want a definition of sheer musical genius, this is it. For me, this piece characterizes Oscar completely, and in my opinion was his best performance. He captures the mood of the piece perfectly. I can also honestly say I've never heard a better demonstration of keyboard agility. I also like all the other pieces on his mellowmood album which this is taken from. RIP

[@Khamomil]

He had the lightest touch of any pianist I know. The speed comes from practicing since he was 5 years old. You don't get this proficiency any other way but early and intensive training.With this level of mastery of the instrument comes total freedom and he could play whatever inspired him without thinking. We are blessed to have him show us what can be achieved.

[@dillonheimerl5683]

Oscar was truly along the lines of modern day, and classical pianist Lang Lang...in terms of velocity and touch.

[@victoza9232]

According to Oscar, he practiced 14 hours a day. His dad, who worked on a train, would be away traveling for several days, but before leaving, would tell Oscar that he'd better have mastered a certain piece before he came back.

[@dillonheimerl5683]

this is do doubt one of the best renditions of Nica's dream I've ever heard...just unreal!

[@tropicvibe]

I'm totally shocked that anyone could thumb this down....I know this tune by Horace Silver very well but never ever heard Oscar playing it. I'm in total awe of his technical prowess... this has become my new favorite tune.

[@cooldebt]

I also have never heard this version. Would you believe I came to it via video game music - a jazz cover of the Zelda Main Theme by The Consouls which was inspired (I think - I'll have to ask the band when I next see them) by the String Band take on this tune (ft Isao Suzuki with Ron Carter on bass, Roy Haynes on drums and Hank Jones on piano). A totally different feel from this but for me, equally stunning.

[@stephanedubarry8624]

Sûre but Horace Silver was also à fabulous composer. Proof is that his tunes can be adapted by many différent style singers and players with equal or greater performance

[@speedemon03]

The ideas that stem from his mind were completely amazing. I am just blown away by his innovation. RIP.

[@improvy]

He is always my wannabe jazz pianist! Howcome is it possible to be just perfect at every single technic and musical nuance..? Block chords, comping, solo, intro... Such a perfection.. And his ton sounds like, there is no stress for all this things :)

[@mk-ok5ie]

Just perfect, can't be any better...

[@jazz64]

Peterson is a wonderful musical ocean. Fantastic music and musician

[@louishugues4106]

How beautiful is the interlacing of the piano and the bass !

[@getzfan1258]

Oscar was a monster! Loved everything he played! Thank you for posting.

[@johnlee7934]

As I listen to Oscar Peterson I constantly wonder how does any pianist get this good. He seemed to have complete mastery of the keyboard - what a player!

[@richardrandolph223]

John Lee, i here he comes From a family of pianist

[@63Baggies]

@@richardrandolph223 ...it doesn't necessarily follow that genius such as Oscar Peterson's would spring forth from the loins of musicians; he was a once in a multi lifetime talent. I had the pleasure of seeing him at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield - BLOODY HELL!

[@aaronfowlkes3910]

Oscar had such a beautiful and subtle touch---a master !!

[@lylecosmopolite]

I've known for years of Peterson's monster talent, but the velocity of his solo on this number, as well as his rich understanding of Horace Silver's chord changes (I've studied the sheet music to this wonderful tune), leaves me with a pounding heart. Was Oscar Peterson the greatest jazz pianist of all time?

[@loloforge2841]

Yes he was....it wasn’t only about speed but powerful harmony and with a trio which Is not the same as playing solo.

[@Rickriquinho]

You need to listen to more jazz and read more about it...

[@lylecosmopolite]

@@Rickriquinho Is "you" alnot01 or Lolo Forge?

[@reginaldinoenchillada3513]

😂 Happy tears from the tune, the solo comes around and you summed it up better than I ever could. Thnx, u chrystalized some of my emotion into thoughts.

[@nathanperrin6296]

Atrociously awesome. The best of the very best.

[@MargaridaSousa2382]

Oscar´s playing is always extremely especial and beautifull

[@nikname955]

Благодарю небеса за самого лучшего джазового пианиста и возможность наслаждаться его исполнением! ❤

I love this..... One of the best things I ever listened to

[@ojacobsen3727]

The piano sounds just wonderful. It really brings out his incredible lightness of touch. The way the chords hang in the air. Bud Powell sounds great on bad pianos, but Peterson's luxurious sound is really made for this.

[@EpiScintilate]

Great version, thanks for posting it. It doesn't matter how hard Oscar Peterson goes the music never loses it's pulse.

[@noelsampson5203]

As always with Oscar, superb technique, fabulous touch and incredible musicianship.

[@Jestunes]

Thank you Oscar. Amazing as always.

[@narpes55]

Bought this album when I was about 18 in the mid 1970's! Fantastic music!

[@bobburck56]

good Lord!!!!!

[@Gianjakob97]

This high notes sounds like little starts falling from the sky!

[@ninabaska-piszcz3082]

Przepiekne wykonanie pianisty i basisty !!!!!! SUPER !!!!!

[@mariaalbertasoares4630]

Just amazing!!!

[@francoismartel4135]

Wow ! The bassist is incredible !

[@charleskilleen1673]

+François Martel Ray Brown? I guess.

[@MuriMorello]

and oscar beyond that hahahah

[@dutchkeys]

Bassist Sam Jones and Bobby Durham drums :-)

[@luckydickbig]

..Ray Brown is de bassist

[@iwishyourlove46]

Si, es Ray Brown efectivamente

[@harrycoo5739]

My God, the scores maestro Peterson receives on youtube are amazing; an very well-deserved! He is incredible.

[@peterdbroughton1172]

In 1956 I bought th Jazz Messengers album including this number and was sold. Imagine when I heard this too. A superb song that I love to hear anyone play well. Peter B.

[@JazzAtMyPlace]

Fantastic!

[@franguccio1]

Great interpretation......maybe one of the best....

[@amtrakatsfnyc]

I am always impressed with Oscar's ability to produce music that has so much depth with a driving rhythm that translates into a very pure form of creativity. The support of the bass and drums sounds like Niels Pederson and Martin Drew. Thank you for this posting.

[@Jackie-Fvcking-Chan]

Os and Wes both nail this beauty, love it!

[@tomasvanecek8626]

Thanks for mentioning Wes .. there are but a few greats

[@jormunmo]

M A S T E R ! !

[@ImJustWantToComment]

Had my headphones on while studin with 20 other rands, nobody else would hear what I was listning.. Im like "this is some good shit"

[@Modes9]

I can't decide what I like better...the burning double-time triads or the pretty 50's-style chord melody solo. It sounded a little like Lennie Tristano or maybe George Shearing.

[@SebastianRodriguez-uq7ev]

Awesome bass playing

[@marcinpiotrowski1869]

Beautiful !👍❤️

[@eduardocastro6947]

Otra muestra màs (y van .....) de lo excelso que es este intèrprete impar !!!!

[@dachhha]

Beautiful !!!

[@andi1968heygurlhey]

Love this. I loved Joe Sample's version, but Oscar was the original 🐐

[@sungbyun]

Master Piece

[@ToTo-jz4yj]

Monstrueux !!!!

[@MsCatwink]

Thank you!!!

[@justiciaideal46]

Awesome! Great and always the number one.

[@kocn53]

Jazz is a form of musical expression that is exquisite beyond words. Every tune contains the potential for a good jazz musician to do marvelous, original things with it. If you happen to like it, great. If you don't happen to like it, just go away and listen to something you do like. I have never understood why people have to get into arguments about this music. There is something in it for everyone's taste.

[@joewest-brown7532]

Wow! I grew up on Oscar, didn't realize so many were not hep to this amazing brother, and guess what! his biggest influence was not Art Tatum, it was Nat King Cole

[@johndelamontaigne7711]

I didn't know that! A lot of People dont realize what an amazing jazz piano player Nat King Cole was. I have an old album with a trio, Nat, Lester Young and Buddy Rich and it is fantastic!

[@63Baggies]

Nat King Cole was and ABSOLUTE BEAST of a musician, but much better known for his singing. Sacha Distel had the same dilemma being a great looking dude and a hell of a guitar player who could also sing beautifully too. Easier to market a singer I guess?

[@iwishyourlove46]

y Teddy Wilson

[@ReddyEddy]

amazing

[@dianna2560]

My favorite!

[@MOACYRSIMIONIFILHO]

Aos que pianistas, mesmo amadores, são, ele não dedilhou,mas simplesmente, de forma inigualável, navegou por todos os compassos, ritmos,e improvisos que só a alma dá, e,nele, transformada na magia das palmas, mãos e dedos!!!!.....

[@mariolinagiordano2395]

Grande immenso.ho avuto la gioia di sentirlo dal vivo.è sempre nel mio cuore❤❤❤❤❤😂

[@brabazon10]

Of all the Oscar Peterson recordings, the ones I think really show all his talents to the full, were those recorded in Villigen, Germany in the 60s, in a private home with what were brilliant recording technologies. This is a standout rendition of Nica's Dream. Also watch out for the trio's version of Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars in the same setting. stunning rendition.

[@marianpetrescu6990]

Amaizing beatiffull the tallest master of all expression ,beatiffull perfection❤

[@Eclectic1101]

This is AWESOME!!, It should be illegal(in the good sense) to have such an inmense talent, please check the Sonora Ponceña version is AWESOME too.

[@peterashford7855]

saw the same trio play this at the Colston Hall, Bristol 1970...extended version. brilliant!

[@unho126]

This is one of my favorite recordings of Nica's Dream. The one by Silver is good and all, but imho OP takes the song to a whole another level with his breathtaking chords. Let me illustrate. In the opening, his harmonically rich playing is full of sophisticated emotions. Then the trio comes in, adding more dreamy quality. Not long after, OP embarks on his solo along with his signature licks of infamous technicality. In the closing note, his relentless velocity slowly, but finally comes to an end; an ending with simple, repeating chords.

[@seguins5337]

No one has covered this version so good as Oscar did

[@cooldebt]

I have not heard this version until today and love it but came to it via video game music - a jazz cover of the Zelda Main Theme by The Consouls which was inspired (I think - I'll have to ask the band when I next see them) by the String Band take on this tune (ft Isao Suzuki with Ron Carter on bass, Roy Haynes on drums and Hank Jones on piano). A totally different feel from this but for me, equally stunning.

[@MrLazarbass]

Give it to the Drummer!!!

[@JohnPutney]

Bobby Durham

[@bobbiedicking612]

Absolutely marvelous. flight of the bumble bee..i heard it.

[@amtrakatsfnyc]

jimraw1 could very well be correct in claiming that Oscar was backed by Sam Jones and Bobby Durham. I went into my collection and listened to 2 LP's from the "Exclusively For My Friends" series that Oscar recorded with Sam and Bobby. The arrangements of the songs on these albums is very similar to Nica"s Dream.Thank you for the correction.

[@Andreeeiiii]

thats amazing!!

[@ABDOSPIANO]

My hero

[@슈퍼스타-u5d]

이런 곡이 세상에 남아있어서 얼마나 다행인지 모르겠네요

[@klyona1]

музыкальный гений, но и басист великолепен

[@coco1739cocotalca]

Lots of comments on Oscar's playing, but the bass part is just killer and the recording is awesome and doesnt bury it as is often the case!!!

[@mcrohof]

From the Album: In A Mellotone

[@marysnare919]

My mind has just been boggled.

[@Carlos40495]

Simplemente único, inigualable!

[@hommefriday]

@alnot01 Very much yes ( we can't include Art Taum because he was from another galaxy)

[@georgecandreva9215]

Peterson. That says it all!

[@Adrianmichael04]

who ever disliked this should be sent to hell. This song is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard

[@joshuamarks1129]

Holy smokes!!!

[@olivierpenard3778]

j'ai toujours adoré oscar peterson

[@alfredo4485]

Incrível....

[@wonyang6052]

I love the line at 3:36 . Just wow

[@cooldebt]

I have never heard this version but came to it via video game music - a jazz cover of the Zelda Main Theme by The Consouls which was inspired (I think - I'll have to ask the band when I next see them) by the String Band take on this tune (ft Isao Suzuki with Ron Carter on bass, Roy Haynes on drums and Hank Jones on piano). A totally different feel from this but for me, equally stunning.

[@christowlee]

My most played track these days....a monster!

[@ArtanisYT]

With Sam Jones, Bobby Durham: 1967-68.

[@IorioStafano]

Tremendous!!!!

[@edvanderginst8323]

A wonderful rendition of Horace Silver's Nica's Dream, with Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen.

[@travisudall2533]

Pretty sure this isn't Ray and Ed

[@JoeCea]

Ed Vanderginst it's Sam Jones and bobby durham

[@jamaljabbar5014]

There's nobody else with brushwork speed like Bobby Durham's, unmistakably Bobby, a dead giveaway.

[@caesarjulius8657]

OMG what is this amazin awesome play

[@chad969]

The chills wont go away. Maybe I should call an ambulance.

[@marinebagdasaryan7909]

Потрясающе, гениально

[@joseptio6517]

the best!!!ens coneixem des de 1963 I rimmember cliford

[@jimraw1]

@amtrakatsfnyc I actually think this from his earlier work - my guess its Sam Jones and Bobby Durham - I'm guessing 1968.

[@IrvinMonk]

i don't think I will ever listen to any of Oscar Peterson play and think the song was dull or any other variation of that word.

[@sammuelacv4668]

Extraordinaria version...

[@blaqsparrow]

@djkcel It does sound like he wanted the head of the song to be a bit cleaner, but I wouldn't consider the solo to be dumbed down at all. It sounds like there are all kinds of crazy harmonies and mode changes going on in there.

[@VERTXProd]

The bassist deserves his flowers too 🙏🏾

[@DanielDalexis]

I sampled this and put some Dilla drums on it... #DOPE, Oscar never fails to inspire me.

[@GkeyzMusic]

would love to hear it

[@CAPTG1894]

I LIKE HIS STYLE OF PLAYING HE HAS THE BEST CHANGES

[@Lydiansolo]

James West - great comment if you remove the word "Arguably" both times. No argument from anyone I know!

[@mrravehat5563]

This surely must be a tribute to "Earls dream" by erroll garner, so much likeness in the intro come on...

[@cooldebt]

I have never heard this version (or Earl's Dream which I must look up now) but came to it via video game music - a jazz cover of the Zelda Main Theme by The Consouls which was inspired (I think - I'll have to ask the band when I next see them) by the String Band take on this tune (ft Isao Suzuki with Ron Carter on bass, Roy Haynes on drums and Hank Jones on piano). A totally different feel from this but for me, equally stunning. Just incredible what great jazz musicians can do with the same tune to make it their own.

[@sizzlinglizzi]

Written for Nica , aka Baroness Pannonica De somewhere or other , a Rothschild by birth, who was so bowled over by hearing Thelonious Monk playing Round Midnight that she moved to wherever he was and became patroness and friend to loads of jazz musicians [Charlie Parker died in her house ] and was known as The Jazz Baroness . Oscar as usual is quite spectacular on this .

[@iwishyourlove46]

Nica, Baronesa Pannonica de Koenigswarter. Gran dama, mecenas de Jazzistas. Albergó en su casa a Charlie Parker y a Telonius Monk hasta sus muertes. En su casa de NY se celebraron las más famosas reuniones del género, con la presencia de los mejores..Dios la tenga en su gloria.