[2010-01-12] Oscar Peterson "The Life Of A Legend" DVD (PBS/View)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:44 pm

Review
Peterson's dazzling piano playing made him one of the major stars in Jazz history! --New York Times

Oscar Peterson plays the best ivory box I've ever heard! --Count Basie

Maharajah of the keyboard. --Duke Ellington

About the Artist
Peterson grew up in the neighbourhood of Little Burgundy in Montreal, Quebec. It was in this predominantly black neighbourhood that he found himself surrounded by the jazz culture that flourished in the early 20th century. At the age of five, Peterson began honing his skills with the trumpet and piano. Oscar was persistent at practising scales and classical etudes daily, and thanks to such arduous practice he developed his astonishing virtuosity. In 1940, at age fourteen, Peterson won the national music competition organized by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. After that victory, he dropped out of school and became a professional pianist working for a weekly radio show, and playing at hotels and music halls. During the 1960s and 1970s Peterson made numerous trio recordings highlighting his piano performances that reveal more of his eclectic style that absorbed influences from various genres of jazz, popular and classical music.

Product Description
This comprehensive DVD documentary film tells the life story of one of Jazz's all-time great pianists, Oscar Peterson; a technical virtuoso and master of swing whose life has been shaped by his own extraordinary talent and driving ambition. Vintage and contemporary performances, archival footage and intimate interviews with the man himself and a cast of jazz greats create this historic biography of the man who made the music and the times that made the man!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002NO4IHC/?tag=imwan-20

[2010-01-12] Oscar Peterson "The Life Of A Legend" DVD (PBS/View)

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