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Category:	Jazz
Name:	Oscar Peterson - Canadian Series
Birth Year:	1925
Death Year:	2007
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Biography, Lectures, and Research Links:	Biography - Canadian Series Blog Oscar Peterson Artist Song Name Composer Composition Instrument Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was born 1925-08-15 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He died on December 24, 2007. He began learning trumpet and piano from his father at the age of five, but by the age of seven he was focused on the piano. He soon developed a reputation as a technically brilliant Jazz pianist, and became a regular on radio. He first appeared at Carnegie Hall in 1949. Some of his musical associates have included , Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ed Thigpen, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass. An important moment of his career was when he joined impresario Norman Granz's labels (especially Verve records), with which he was able to play with the major Jazz artists of the moment. His work has earned him seven Grammy awards over the years. His prolific recording output includes: Exclusively for My Friends; Canadiana Suite (1963); Hymn to Freedom (1964); Easter Suite (1984). [This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and uses material adapted in whole or in part from the Wikipedia article on Oscar Peterson.] The Great Books: Oscar Peterson Please browse our Amazon list of titles about Oscar Peterson. For rare and hard to find works we recommend our Alibris list of titles about Oscar Peterson. Post Comments, Questions or Suggestions! This database is maintained by Malaspina Great Books.
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