How immeasurably blessed we were to have this astounding genius and his transcendent talent. He was as humble as he was singularly brilliant.
@egreenbery2 жыл бұрын
and Oscar Peterson was pretty good too, huh ?!? 😜 [ of course DC is still alive and well ]
@lisasherry-p3j Жыл бұрын
When a teenager, March, 1953, in Copenhagen, I had the thrill of attending a Jazz at the Phil. concert with Ella, Lester Young, Gene Krupa. Oscar, Hank Jones, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, and Buddy Rich. My love of Oscar Peterson began that night. I saw him last in Seattle the year before he died. He was physically diminished, but musically on top of his fabulous self.
@ralphmunn668910 ай бұрын
I've had the privilege to see quite a few amazing pianists in performance, but of them all, Oscar amazed me the most, and remained thereafter a life-long hero.
@philodonoghue30622 жыл бұрын
Dick Cavett Show - where an intelligent knowledgeable interview becomes a master class in jazz piano. Unprecedented, unparalleled and unreplicated
@chorrellpique40574 жыл бұрын
I would have loved for him to have been my teacher. Such a warm, calm and eloquent man. My drum teacher used to know a bassist who played with Mr. Peterson. He told me he met him once; said that he was an incredibly kind and well-spoken man. Apparently he was also a man of great stature and had massive hands which allowed him to play God knows how many chords simultaneously (according to my teacher).
@thejazzmonastery95414 жыл бұрын
OP apparently had very painful arthritis in his hands and it hurt him to play. You'd never know it. What amazing grace.
@theparalexview7854 жыл бұрын
What a charming guy. I've heard studio recordings but never saw live shows. Oscar just moved up on my playlist.
@OllyRoberton4 жыл бұрын
The gentle manner of 70s prime time chat shows...I wish we could revert to the casual respectful style of Dick Cavett. Primetime shows now often involve lurid tales of drunkenness or salacious gossip (especially here in the UK). This was a genuine curiousness that Oscar boiled down beautifully... :)
@konspiratzailea4 жыл бұрын
Man, always when I see this it completely mesmerizes how he plays getting sentimental in Erroll Garner style. Fantastic musician
@guymichel1013 жыл бұрын
Oh My God. And Oscar is right up there with him! What an incredible video!! This is just so wonderfully educational, regardless of your musical level or if you can or can't play the piano, in what different kinds of music, all surprising and terrific, can be made from a same source (here, from a song). Thank you!
@Bird_Coltrane_Monk_Dizzy11132 жыл бұрын
What a class act. And just…..genius…..Thank you, Universe, for Oscar Peterson 🙏🏼
@kennixox26217 күн бұрын
This is what television should be.
@davidian06166 жыл бұрын
Rick Beato brought me here
@DrivenMind6 жыл бұрын
No one cares.
@randyevans63786 жыл бұрын
Me too. And yes, I care.
@emceereach3 жыл бұрын
Link me? I'd love to see the video that brought you here.
@davidian06163 жыл бұрын
@@emceereach i think this : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2jUg4xmjaiop5I
@emceereach3 жыл бұрын
@@davidian0616 Thank you.
@derrickbrady9816 Жыл бұрын
Oscar just doin’ what he had been doing his whole career . A true student of the game . Just humbly displaying that he was a mere instrument of jazz, and through that study and honesty, became the greatest, due to his respect and love of his forebears and peers . It is this display that demonstrates the utmost respect as an artist .
@nealluczkiewicz68464 жыл бұрын
TALK ABOUT MASTERY AND THE JOY ON HIS OSCAR'S FACE. THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST YOU -TUBES. ONLY 14 COMMENTS???
@oliveroneill13889 ай бұрын
Rick beto Brough me hear. My god . Even over a crappy Samsung phone . Oscar peterson sounds divine
@gabgarcia54462 жыл бұрын
So blessed. So lucky to have lived to experience Oscar. Miss him
@oliveroneill13889 ай бұрын
How you miss him .
@loombaron Жыл бұрын
he was an amazing guy and super talented
@angelajoseph67095 жыл бұрын
What a thrill it can must have been for Dick to have iconic virtuoso can Oscar Peterson give him piano 411😍
@GGanzolo3 жыл бұрын
This is pure gold.
@edmx10 ай бұрын
i love listening to the foot tap while he plays.
@edmx10 ай бұрын
... and imagine an interview this intelligent being shown on mainstream TV now.......
@tapeexperiments10 ай бұрын
Delightful!
@VangeliRock10 ай бұрын
What a master.
@SheldonBeldon6 жыл бұрын
Any racist who ever throws the intelligence of black folk into question need only to hear the genius of this man, or Nina Simone, or Stevie Wonder, or Sammy Davis Jr, or Aretha Franklin, or Duke Ellington, the list is really endless.
@stevegintz6 жыл бұрын
Or, also, just, like, DON'T be an awful person?
@angelajoseph67095 жыл бұрын
Sheldon Miller Yes it is! Black music is God's gift to chaotic humanity.