Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson
	Oscar Peterson
Background information
Birth name	Oscar Emmanuel Peterson
Born	August 15, 1925; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	December 23, 2007; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	Piano
Years active	1945 - 2007
Website	Official website

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist. Peterson won eight Grammy Awards and was put into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1978.^[1] His career lasted for more than 65 years.

He was born in Montreal, where his father taught him to play the piano.^[2] While at high school he had lessons with a Hungarian classical pianist, Paul de Marky.

References

↑ Rob Gillies (24 December 2007). "Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Dies at 82". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
↑ "Oscar Peterson: Bio". Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2009-12-20.

Other websites

Oscar Peterson and Andre Previn - A mix of stories and music on BBC Channel 4
An album "We Get Requests" (1964) by the Oscar Peterson Trio at YouTube

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[GilliesSFChronicle-1] Rob Gillies (24 December 2007). "Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Dies at 82". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

[opb-2] "Oscar Peterson: Bio". Archived from the original on 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2009-12-20.

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