Oscar Peterson - Sweet Georgia Brown

Osar Peterson - Piano
Ray Brown - Bass
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Bass

[@clineshaunt]

I think I sprained my wrist just watching Oscar on the piano.

[@waldohpepper5884]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@jakecunningham8025]

Are we not talking about my mans on the second bass solo? He was going crazy on another level

[@calebprovencher7727]

I KNOW!! His fingers are so smooth and clean it's crazy!

[@lavanski]

NHOP was the GOAT. A bassist with a virtuoso chops, and a massive harmonic brain. There are no more like him!

[@Pericles_Vicente]

Best piano performance EVER, including everything, even classics.

[@01warmus]

These are two of the top 10 ever bass players who get floored by what Oscar is doing, I think that says it all. Incredible skill all round.

[@giulioferro8550]

Siamo nel 2024, chi conosce questo Brano, Eseguito dal Genio, OSCAR, che Suonando divertendosi, come i due Musicisti a fianco, Oscar ha Costruito UN CAPOLAVORO ! Come sempre !!

[@giulioferro8550]

Oscar, E' UN FENOMENO GENIO ! Non ci saranno più altri !!! 2024 .

[@polymath7]

Tho look of dumbstruck wonder on the face of Niels Pedersen at 3:33 is priceless. I love how he and Ray Brown just shake their heads and laugh.

[@saulgood7968]

And Niels is ACCUSTOMED to playing with Oscar, a monster player among bassists himself, and Oscar was STILL able to consistently blow his mind! God-level piano.

[@rfichokeofdestiny]

@@saulgood7968 But I wonder if Oscar ever watched Neils and Ray and thought "how do they do that?" 😏

[@johnnorden1026]

Love Niels and Ray. Neil’s hand look like an epileptic spider on crack when he goes HAM during his solo…but OP is the greatest no doubt

[@revenant1976]

My favourite and probably the greatest jazz pianist ever.

[@ayokay123]

Nobody's ever come close.

[@moricecorstanje8143]

Im so thankful that this is recorded

[@robertstoneback1644]

I saw Oscar play this in Philadelphia in the early 90s as part of the Kool Jazz Festival. When he went into stride, I had to change my underwear. Unbelievable!

[@robertstoneback1644]

Correction: in the early 80s

[@geenosr]

The greatest jazz performance EVER!!

[@JSmart523]

3:36 Left hand playing rag time. Right hand flows into and back out of 6/8 time at that speed! Slow the playback speed down and it's still perfect!

[@attiliomalambri]

Every human,musician,alien is nothing compared to this God,genius...i don't know why people believe only in God..i believe in Oscar Peterson!!!

[@debnandylawton]

I think I may try and learn this.... as soon as my left hand has doubled in size and I have grown another 12 fingers on my right. In the meantime I'll just watch in awe esp from 3.20 on. Wow!

[@xylfox]

from the Montroe Festival 1977! A highlight in Jazz-History!

[@Fluffski2006]

As I thought. The refresh rate on the camera isn't quick enough for his fingers. The master at work.

[@dillonheimerl5683]

Simply unreal...

[@clivem24]

You cannot help but smile at this great musician!

[@stephaneouzounoff3885]

Incroyable, génial, ça donne le sourire, ça ouvre les oreilles....c'est du jazz quoi....

[@rollandbourge6656]

Et ils ont du plaisir je ne lasse pas de les écoutes merci à eux

[@luableah7615]

Just came from Charles Cornell's video.

[@chxrlsma]

Just came because my school sent me here

[@Hiprich]

Me too 😁

[@guillaumepouyanne]

Montreux festival, 1977. From the album « Oscar Peterson and the bassists » (a must have !)

[@jamesclarke3248]

Makes me smile every time :D Love Oscar so much

[@emanx222]

So THIS is where hiromi found her chops! I can legitimately hear Oscar's influence on her playing omg!

[@alannewmeyer8670]

Chick Corea too RIP

[@jaythomas3180]

There's a picture out there of Hiromi Uehara meeting Oscar Peterson but I've never found a story that gave context to their interaction. I'm sure the conversation was wonderful and my mind would be blown if a recording surfaced of them playing together. RIP Oscar Peterson, you inspired many future generations of giants.

[@ayokay123]

Absolutely. I truly believe she's the best living jazz pianist, but she must have worshipped Peterson.

[@ursomusical]

yep. I do like this performance.Fantastic.

[@vladimirkhaspekov2969]

SUPER !!! GREATEST PIANIST/// офигенный пианист...

[@tatacass1]

O Olimpo se abriu para mais um deus. Maravilhoso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@melvinmiller4876]

!!!DAMN AMAZING!!!!!

[@lavanski]

The two best bassists, bar none couldn't keep up. One or two choruses at most. He gave the "Tatum treatment'

[@Caleb-zl4wk]

3:20 is my favorite section.

[@grantkoeller8911]

Unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!

[@soundsmoon]

最高！モントルーのレコードはよく聴いたけどこの早弾きの動画が有るなんて！感動ものです。

[@brishi69]

PURE CANADIAN BRILLIANCE!!

[@Enzaie]

25 and above note pr. sec. is near imposible, but mighty Oscar is doing it like it was nothing..!!!

[@jonobester5817]

Jesus. I don't know which is more amazing, Oscar, or those guys keeping up with him. Just demoralizing.

[@polymath7]

3:20-4:00 is almost superhuman.

[@NINT3ND0master]

Not almost, it is.

[@filippofontana8248]

It is published and available, the entire performance. It was Montreux 1977. You canfind OP solo performance at Montreux 1975. Unfortunately, I could not find video recordings of Montreux 1976 (There is a sound record of "OP Big 6")

[@alandynin6023]

OMG!!!!

[@Hiprich]

Did humans actually play this or some aliens descended from the heavens to grace us with this supernatural experience 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mechatorres6614]

obviously peterson is amazing, men he does magic with his hands. But the second bass solo.. both incredible !

[@atombomb31458]

this looks circa 1980....ok someone mentioned 1977...still a youngish oscar and ray

[@waldohpepper5884]

I'd love to know what Ray said at the end.

[@juansecar2]

O.m.g...

[@spartanclucky884]

everyone be talking about oscar peterson, but the bass player Ray Brown's playing too... dman

[@Javid_74]

They put angels in his heart, but by god did they put the devil in his fingertips. Bloody hell.

[@erleboswell]

Proof, the man was Not human.

[@patheddles4004]

Listening to the left-side bassist (Ray Brown?) coming in and playing alongside Oscar early in this video, I just thought: I know about walking bass, but this is sprinting bass. No wonder the bassists kinda spell each other, when keeping up with Oscar is /that/ much work.

[@blackadeusc-e2365]

My fingers are twisted, just thinking in attempting!

[@gil-evens]

NHØP's chops are really up there

[@diplamatikjuan3595]

I love that grin he has at 3:53, it's like he can't believe he's getting away with this outrageous performance lol

[@DavidRothsteinMusic]

Ray Brown was Oscar's Right Hand. NHOP was his left hand! 3 GIANTS!

[@bryanquick3349]

yo those bassists motor, and then the piano player savages them, it's unreal

[@Tanauan]

se loco

[@DavidRothsteinMusic]

Ray is Oscar's Left Hand. NHOP is Oscar's right hand!

[@VincentBallou-cq4tr]

captain obvious: that's a good performance .

[@olivierleroy-parmentier185]

Just wondering how come we can't see the smoke out of this blazing piano?

[@eneabarzaghi3893]

i watched this 98 times.......it isn't human....i'm very surprised that humans can create this....

[@permpress]

Any other drummers trying to keep up with this? Fogettabouttit :0 !!!

[@t.brennanmusic3710]

3:35 He be speed running Super Mario Bros

[@AlexVonCrank]

They dont make 'em like that anymore!! 😮

[@MarkGrindell]

Yeah! And at 5:16 the piano explodes!

[@jgpret]

wow i wish i could see his hands around 3:40...

[@Edelce]

JESUS CHRIST MAN

[@Soundofmusic777]

Winder why Peterson was always so packed and buttoned up during his performances... It must have been awfully stifling and hot! He would have been much better off wearing some free-style gown, like Niels.

[@1internat]

Это полный пиздец! Петерсон лучший джазовый пианист 20-го века.

[@gmackhere4fun]

if this was the piano olympics i would have him drug tested after that performance

[@swmaal]

If you translate this to athletics it’s like running 110 m hurdles in 4 seconds.

[@anoramba]

more notes than pixels

[@morpheus7422]

ouch mahn

[@nctunes]

if one played the piano with Oscar's intent you would know. Its all possible

[@maximesteinebrunner9941]

wow hes almost as good as me:)

[@mgn3645]

Did he need two basses because his piano would wear him out?

[@BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

Not even I can play this in pretend piano.

[@Playpianokey]

He learned classical training first. Then went meadow lark lemon.

[@DavidHartley88]

Geez...this cat’s a 20th Century Einaudi.

[@dexmagedan5530]

If you slow it down that's the only way it's less impressive.

[@Reversingthelies]

Stop it these boys are swinging there a** off

[@trevormckinnon6696]

Oscar's jacket looks like it came straight from the drycleaners! Crumpled up with quite a few cigarette butt burns in it and red wine and pizza topping stains on it would be more in keeping with the sleazy mood of the music.

[@jus10dillard]

NHOP sound is ASS. He has the vocabulary, but not the language, and he played the same licks over and over again. Ray is the real GOAT. He maintained his sound, even during a time when everybody was trying to sound like Stanley Clark with that rubber band man bass sound in upright. S/O to Oscar for the diversity, but NHOP was not it. Butnin the 60s, NHOP had a great sound. Thays what happens when you bend to the will of the church of what's happening now.

[@tengizmeskhidze]

რა კონცერტებზეა ხალხი დასწრებული... ასეთ ვირტუოზ პიანისტებს რომ ლაივში ნახავ და მოუსმენ, ჩათვალე ყველა ოცნება ასრულებული გაქვს.