Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass: Unbridled excellence!

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  • @andyszpekman5205
    @andyszpekman5205 4 роки тому +150

    The only guy who could hold his own with Joe Pass, or with Oscar Peterson, depending on how you want to look at it.

    • @mallanac
      @mallanac 3 роки тому +16

      You should check out Niels-Henning Ørsted Petersen - he definitely could hold his own.

    • @PotatoQuality251
      @PotatoQuality251 2 роки тому +7

      @@mallanac Came here to say this. This guy never heard of NHØP.

    • @whetcalf
      @whetcalf 11 місяців тому

      Exactly!

    • @darrylschultz9395
      @darrylschultz9395 4 місяці тому

      That's my main problem sad to say!😬🤟😄

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 2 місяці тому

      @@mallanac - NHOP was in a class by himself, according to those who played with him....

  • @gitardood
    @gitardood 2 роки тому +32

    Imagine what kind of society we'd have if THIS was considered the popular music.

  • @thelonious-dx9vi
    @thelonious-dx9vi 3 роки тому +53

    It's crazy how Joe stays loose and comfortable, not getting rattled or swamped, or dragging, in all that piano and high tempo. He's just all ears, hears it and plays it.

    • @EvilSean62
      @EvilSean62 Рік тому

      i dreak of that grounded knowledge , not having to think ... insanity if you have to eat or breathe

  • @MusikeXavier
    @MusikeXavier 5 років тому +90

    To play guitar in a duet with Oscar Peterson and rise to that level of wonderfulness is truly unbridled excellence!!

    • @johnstasio6205
      @johnstasio6205 3 роки тому +3

      “Beyond category “ Dukes praise not mine !

  • @zwakelemgabhi
    @zwakelemgabhi 5 років тому +88

    Once upon a time, there were these two masters, one played the piano, the other played the guitar.

    • @neptune696cameron6
      @neptune696cameron6 9 місяців тому +4

      If there is such a thing as "mastery" we are priviledge to it in recordings like this. For me as an intermediate sort of musician ... at least I know it can be achieved. Humankind , despite it's weaknesses , is capabable of such heights. Simply astounding that mere mortals have attained this level of expression in one lifetime. Magnificent! cheers..

  • @rolandmueller7218
    @rolandmueller7218 Рік тому +9

    These two musicians are missed by many people.

  • @wallyb55232
    @wallyb55232 6 років тому +82

    Joe Pass throwin it down with Oscar Peterson. Pass is fearless ...

  • @motoputz3201
    @motoputz3201 5 років тому +46

    i was lucky enough to see Joe Pass perform in a dinner club inside some guys house in half moon bay, ca just before he died. he couldn't get the house amp to work so he asked me to help, as i was sitting in front of him ... that jeorsee accent was thick man especially with the choice "french" being spoken about said amp!
    a memory i have burned in my mind forever ...what a night

  • @simonbeckford3025
    @simonbeckford3025 6 років тому +129

    As good as Peterson is, Pass stuck to him like super-glue.

    • @louislilli7774
      @louislilli7774 6 років тому +20

      Joe Pass is not of this world...hope he's stlll killing in his nex one.

    • @Alejandro_87
      @Alejandro_87 6 років тому +15

      Joe Pass was a Titan of Guitar

    • @marlon1171
      @marlon1171 5 років тому +7

      😯😯😯😯😯Astonishing at the peak of his genius with that 6 string hollow body!!!

    • @michaelcolletti4392
      @michaelcolletti4392 4 роки тому +12

      Joe Pass to me was the greatest solo guitarist in the jazz genre

    • @Dtruthseek
      @Dtruthseek 4 роки тому

      Very well put, Simon Beckford.

  • @martyn3392
    @martyn3392 5 років тому +87

    I’ve listened to these guys for decades and had the good fortune to see Joe Pass at Ronnie Scott’s in the 1970’s. Here’s my comment. Just look at the joy on their faces, isn’t this part of what it’s about, unbridled spontaneity and pure joy at connecting with another musician and an audience at the same time. Wonderful!

    • @Psychiatrick
      @Psychiatrick 4 роки тому +1

      I keep waiting for them to stop and break out laughing at their timing an synchronicity ..

    • @MikeSheasheaDtree
      @MikeSheasheaDtree 4 роки тому +2

      Is this improve? Or what?

    • @owenfield818
      @owenfield818 3 роки тому

      @@MikeSheasheaDtree yes, most certainly

  • @ChrisJohnsonproducer
    @ChrisJohnsonproducer 6 років тому +56

    I saw Oscar and Joe perform together with Ella and Basie - yeah together and in duo's and trio's and with the band. I thank God my father gave me the gift of playing and loving jazz. When performed at this level it is such a pure expression of the human spirit - it is what is great about being alive! - The pure joy on their faces says it all!

  • @hank1519
    @hank1519 2 роки тому +6

    I can't listen as fast as these geniuses play!

  • @philipatoz
    @philipatoz 7 років тому +81

    Thank GOD these geniuses lived in the era of sound recording! Can you imagine them having never recorded or videoed?

    • @sunscapeband
      @sunscapeband 4 роки тому +1

      I think about that a lot. There aren’t many live performances of django Reinhardt and I wish he would’ve been recorded in video playing

    • @rodriguezelfeliz4623
      @rodriguezelfeliz4623 4 роки тому +1

      Now think of all of the music we never heard and will never hear :(

    • @axeman2638
      @axeman2638 3 роки тому

      without recording they never would have become the players they were

    • @Johnny-mp2ew
      @Johnny-mp2ew 2 роки тому +1

      Could you imagine being right there in the room with them, hearing them live as they play?

    • @AC-nq6os
      @AC-nq6os 2 роки тому

      @@Johnny-mp2ew Johnny brother, you take your thinking to the next level. I love it, bro.

  • @thomasgalfano2981
    @thomasgalfano2981 Місяць тому +1

    @Jack; me too; this was my fathers music; Civil Engineer; played Jazz Sax to supplement income as I grew up. Took me to Jazz Guitar lessons with Ray Gogarty (Massapequa NY) who told me stories of playing with Joe Pass. Thanks for posting, perhaps your dad and mind are mingling with the greats they so admired.

  • @dewood9463
    @dewood9463 Рік тому +2

    Simply the best duet ever.

  • @laserbeam002
    @laserbeam002 7 років тому +189

    This was back when the TV networks had great talent on at least once or twice a week and people who would normally never be exposed to such great music could see and experience the greats. Now it's all crappy reality tv shows and infomericials.

    • @Alejandro_87
      @Alejandro_87 6 років тому

      Enlighten the masses...? no thanks said the NWO.

    • @paulsimmons5726
      @paulsimmons5726 5 років тому +5

      Crappy reality shows... Hmmm, hopefully the star of one of them will be getting fired, himself, real soon.

    • @plumhunter9158
      @plumhunter9158 5 років тому +4

      so true ... TV could be(and almost was?) such a powerful medium to educate and enlighten ... and money and greed has turned most of it into crap

    • @ChannelMaster720
      @ChannelMaster720 5 років тому +2

      I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY! SYLVIA - FL 7/15/2019

    • @GVernon
      @GVernon 5 років тому +2

      Couldn't have said it better myself!

  • @Alexamdern
    @Alexamdern 6 років тому +25

    They are the Einsteins of music.

  • @josemolina959
    @josemolina959 6 років тому +26

    Jaw dropping performance! R.I.P. Oscar and Joe. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @zedad3120
    @zedad3120 8 місяців тому +2

    Amazing. Simply amazing.

  • @AndreaCaputo-po7ch
    @AndreaCaputo-po7ch 3 місяці тому +1

    Perfettamente in sintonia ❤❤❤❤

  • @wastrel09
    @wastrel09 6 років тому +23

    this is staggering virtuosity and improvisation

  • @larrywyrick6054
    @larrywyrick6054 7 років тому +36

    Doesn't get much better than this. No player could swing it like Oscar (everything he did would swing) Joe Pass will be remembered as one of the greats.

  • @kenedwards655
    @kenedwards655 2 роки тому +4

    Joe Pass The Greatest ever.

  • @robertnewman2850
    @robertnewman2850 7 років тому +77

    musical talent of this kind belonged to men such as Johann Sebastian Bach and a few others. Peterson and Pass were undoubtedly others. That power of improvisation is amazing.

  • @ItsRainingSteak
    @ItsRainingSteak 2 роки тому +4

    My God holy Jesus I can't believe what I'm hearing

  • @jperryfan
    @jperryfan 5 років тому +9

    Well that was ridiculously great. Gotta go practice now

  • @curiouscurious6558
    @curiouscurious6558 Рік тому +2

    had tickets to see them in Boston, but Oscar couldnt make it, so Joe played solo (music hall in Boston) he was amazing

  • @horaciohernandez9383
    @horaciohernandez9383 6 місяців тому +3

    EXCELENTE Excepcional.

  • @pamwatson5905
    @pamwatson5905 3 роки тому +4

    Two virtuoso artists jamming with each other. Bliss!

  • @jameslundy8951
    @jameslundy8951 5 років тому +10

    Oh Oscar! There was nobody like you! Just phenomenal!

  • @MrDXRamirez
    @MrDXRamirez 7 років тому +22

    The String Master Duo.
    The Peterson Pass Duo.
    Whatever you want to call them, they are
    in life and legend the true role models for humanity.

  • @cyrilbrocard
    @cyrilbrocard Рік тому +1

    Peterson'e smile is priceless. Two genuinely sweet guys, these two. It shows. As for the music, well... Would you expect anything less than perfection from those cats ?

  • @svenflaco4866
    @svenflaco4866 2 роки тому +2

    mesmerizing

  • @GeneTrujillo
    @GeneTrujillo 6 років тому +17

    Holy wow! A ludicrous display of musical excellence!

  • @danjv
    @danjv 5 років тому +5

    Their interplay at 3:07 is otherworldly! This video is a real gem.

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp58 5 років тому +9

    There were quite a lot of programmes like this on TV in the 70's. I sat transfixed.

  • @denisclement7687
    @denisclement7687 4 роки тому +2

    Nothing like this on TV anymore... Thanks for posting it

  • @carguy3460
    @carguy3460 5 років тому +29

    This plays in Heaven's lobby. Live.

  • @dennistognan3791
    @dennistognan3791 5 років тому +13

    Two improvisational giants doing what they were born to do. Wow!

  • @ErinMalczewski
    @ErinMalczewski 6 місяців тому +1

    Joe Pass and Oscar Peterson live 1984 Victoria, BC

  • @ldognz
    @ldognz 5 років тому +6

    my dad loved Oscar Peterson-to me this is like the dance of the gods:)

  • @thinkerly1
    @thinkerly1 5 років тому +6

    At about 5:00 Peterson and Pass start playing as fast as humans can play, and they smile and smile as they listen to each other.

  • @samuelj.bufalini7029
    @samuelj.bufalini7029 3 роки тому +1

    'It was my great good fortune to see Oscar and Joe perform at a small nightclub in North Vancouver, B.C., back in the '80s -- one of the greatest musical experiences of my life.

  • @BernieHolland-w4l
    @BernieHolland-w4l 7 років тому +13

    I could listen to these two for ever !

  • @1m2u3s8
    @1m2u3s8 5 років тому +3

    eeee la Madonna ..... questi due sono uno spettacolo !!

  • @newliferadio1
    @newliferadio1 8 років тому +20

    beautiful music by two late greats of jazz. they will be missed, though we have them still with us by tape.

  • @doctordave4247
    @doctordave4247 Рік тому +1

    Two of the greatest!

  • @austinhinchey2325
    @austinhinchey2325 4 роки тому +2

    Pure Art!!!

  • @gangnamstylegrandpa6352
    @gangnamstylegrandpa6352 6 років тому +5

    Jaw-dropping talent , once in a lifetime performance !!! You will never ever hear this live again !!

  • @mariobuttino6095
    @mariobuttino6095 4 роки тому +1

    The greatest jazz guitarist to walk the planet,Joe Pass,the greatest jazz pianist to walk the planet,Oscar Peterson. I saw Joe Pass perform many times but I regret never seeing Oscar Peterson.

  • @jerrytaliercio9087
    @jerrytaliercio9087 3 роки тому +1

    This is about as best as it could get..absolutely musical Heaven..😎👍🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @christopher9152
    @christopher9152 5 років тому +5

    Two legends showing how it's done...incredible.

  • @mikeburns1725
    @mikeburns1725 5 років тому +2

    Proof that we aren't all created equal. God, I miss these two, along with Clark and NHOP.

  • @willythewave
    @willythewave 7 років тому +15

    Two master musicians Thank you for uploading and hats off to your dad.

  • @aromero385
    @aromero385 5 років тому +2

    These guys are really good. I never listened them before, but I can appreciate their music.

  • @bogdanpaduch9559
    @bogdanpaduch9559 2 роки тому +2

    Jaka fantastyczna gra na fortepianie

  • @namastemind8441
    @namastemind8441 4 роки тому +2

    12 Minutes of Pure Heavenly Ecstasy! Long Live Jazz

  • @mattlandonmusic
    @mattlandonmusic 7 років тому +8

    This is the BEST! Fantastic.

  • @terryjames548
    @terryjames548 2 роки тому +2

    Oscar and Joe complimented each other. They were simply the best musicians in the world.

  • @nirvilchigs7871
    @nirvilchigs7871 4 роки тому +1

    I really don't think I've seen any better than this! Anywhere!

  • @jacobsnitgen2650
    @jacobsnitgen2650 4 роки тому +1

    Oscar has such a big grin in the beginning I couldn't help but smile. They were having so much fun here

  • @PhillyTom
    @PhillyTom 3 роки тому +1

    Absolutely speechless. Thank God it’s recorded

  • @enlightenedjohnson
    @enlightenedjohnson Рік тому

    To me it seems surreal! I watch and listen to them play so seemingly effortless and so perfect!

  • @CARDINAL701
    @CARDINAL701 4 роки тому +2

    Two master musicians who are the epitome of world class...Oscar Peterson's hands were like magic as they slid across those keys man...he was phenominal

  • @castellanodrclaudio
    @castellanodrclaudio 4 роки тому

    ....ma che bravi!!
    Joe Pass ed Oscar Peterson?
    Due Grandi Artisti del Jazz, due " Big," di Elevata Statura Internazionale, due Grandi Artisti che hanno coronato e costellato con la loro Arte il firmamento della Musica Jazz.
    Ascoltarli insieme, come in questa occasione, è una eccezionale opportunità per gli amanti del Jazz che avvertono, sulla loro pelle, quella tipica ed incontenibile sensazione universale dell'anima che si chiama "Emozione"!!
    E ti pare poco??
    I peli delle braccia diventano "ispidi", resti lì ad ascoltarli , incantato ed a bocca aperta, senza dire una parola, per l'incontenibile "emozione" che avverti nel cervello e nell'anima e dici a te stesso sottovoce: Santo Cielo, che meraviglia!!
    Ma che bravi, bravi veramente.
    Le mie più sincere congratulazioni.
    c.castellano,italy
    .......but how good !!
    Joe Pass and Oscar Peterson?
    Two Great Jazz Artists, two "Big," of High International Stature, two Great Artists who crowned and studded the firmament of Jazz Music with their Art.
    Listening to them together, as on this occasion, is an exceptional opportunity for Jazz lovers who feel, on their skin, that typical and irrepressible universal sensation of the soul called "Emotion" !!
    And it seems a little to you?
    The hairs of the arms become "bristly", you stay there to listen to them, enchanted and open-mouthed, without saying a word, for the irrepressible "emotion" you feel in your brain and soul and say to yourself in a whisper: Good heavens, wonderful!!
    But what good, really good.
    My sincere congratulations.
    c.castellano, Italy

  • @stlev99
    @stlev99 4 роки тому +2

    Oscar Peterson is great. And Joe Pass... They haven't invented a word for that talent!

  • @pianonight
    @pianonight 5 років тому +5

    Great to see all the appreciation for Oscar and Joe, who I unfortunately never saw live. They were at an unbelievable level of musicianship and musical telepathy. I read that Oscar used to practice 18 hours a day. Sounds like it.

    • @rodriguezelfeliz4623
      @rodriguezelfeliz4623 4 роки тому +2

      I thought he practiced 48 hours a day, taking account how he sounds...

  • @Dontaking2008
    @Dontaking2008 7 років тому +9

    Great vid. Especially singing Oscar!

  • @davidmccarty6445
    @davidmccarty6445 2 роки тому +1

    Damn fine music

  • @Beatboxerskills
    @Beatboxerskills 6 років тому +3

    I love it when they throw musical expressions at each other
    And I love their faces while they’re doing that even more!

  • @thesaint2700
    @thesaint2700 3 роки тому +1

    Speechless! ...with tears in my eyes 🙏🏽

  • @delfinmontoya6
    @delfinmontoya6 2 роки тому

    super buenos. merci beaucoup. allez si á Montreal ¡ vive Quebec toujours !!

  • @wraithstrongopark
    @wraithstrongopark 5 років тому +3

    45 seconds in and my mind was blown!

  • @curiouscurious6558
    @curiouscurious6558 Рік тому

    AMAZING! So passionate, and creative, and swings at that tempo. As a piano player many years traveled a couple hours to hear Joe and Oscar, on arriving found out Oscar was not able to make the gig, Joe p[ayed solo, dissapoint to learn, but Joe was amazing

  • @jlane987
    @jlane987 3 роки тому +1

    Wow so much talent so glad we can still see them and hear how great they really were 2 of the best😎👍🏻👍🏻

  • @bertgetner9397
    @bertgetner9397 5 років тому +11

    Incredible. Now these guys had mastered their instruments. Love it.

  • @jamesha175
    @jamesha175 5 років тому +20

    @5:18 oscar is like, "oh no you didn't!"

  • @nancychace8619
    @nancychace8619 3 роки тому +1

    Incredible! I got to see them play in a quartet (?) with Ella singing in San Francisco many years ago. A once in a lifetime concert. This was extraordinary - there's hope for the world! Thanls for sharing.

  • @RayBrookes1954
    @RayBrookes1954 5 років тому +1

    Astonishing musicianship.

  • @secularDudeNE
    @secularDudeNE 7 років тому +10

    Fantastic, they were two of my favorites. Thank you for posting. Nice dedication in the subject, BTW.

  • @antoninodepaduanascimentof7996
    @antoninodepaduanascimentof7996 6 років тому +3

    Uma aula de jazz com dois gênios!!! Que Deus os tenha em ótimo lugar!!!

  • @АллаМонакова-ж3ж
    @АллаМонакова-ж3ж 5 років тому +1

    Классно! Позитивно! Потрясающе! Еще! Еще! Еще!

  • @magicdaveable
    @magicdaveable 5 років тому +1

    Wow! Two Virtuosos. Thanks!

  • @spark_6710
    @spark_6710 6 років тому +2

    Amazing!!! Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass together!!! Oscar Peterson had a pretty voice! He often hummed playing pianos with very low deep voices..., but his speaking voices & singing voice are pretty & much higher than ones I was familiar with! His piano play is so amazing! And it looked like as if he was having an ecstasy watching & listening to Joe Pass playing his guitar! So funny!

    • @neptune696cameron6
      @neptune696cameron6 9 місяців тому

      I seem to hear some of the influnces of musical history being quoted and embelished even. Django Rheinhart , Nat King Cole , Art Tatum.. Who carries the tradition of the great river now? I hate to be judgemental of musics.. but sooo much contemp[oray pop is sooooo overated (yet self absorbed). These men were freaking GIANTS. Yet so humble at the same time. There are no words... Just listen and thank the creator you had ears. be well all..

  • @caprise-music6722
    @caprise-music6722 3 місяці тому

    Best tv show ever
    P.S I love what OP says before second song. “The blues being a very necessary ingredient of jazz”

  • @artseymour3892
    @artseymour3892 4 роки тому

    The first time I saw these guys together was in the London House in 1973 this is a great post these are great musicians. thanks for posting

  • @dannywoody5497
    @dannywoody5497 2 роки тому

    2 masters having fun greatness love and respect

  • @penchev73
    @penchev73 5 років тому +1

    Pure Magic!😊😊😊😊😊😊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @gregfinejazz
    @gregfinejazz 5 років тому +1

    Unic recodrd! Thanks!

  • @randytate6848
    @randytate6848 2 роки тому

    Always love the joy on Oscar's face.

  • @markbenson9379
    @markbenson9379 4 роки тому +1

    Wonderful. Thanks for this!

  • @giuseppeiuliano5723
    @giuseppeiuliano5723 5 років тому

    Credo che continuerei ad ascoltare questa musica anche se mi dicessero che sta avvenendo la fine del mondo...è un fenomeno musicale incredibile e prodigioso...fa piangere per l'emozione.Grazie a Osca Peterson e a Joe Pass per quello che riescono a generare in chi ascolta.

  • @BigKexpress
    @BigKexpress 5 років тому +1

    Amazing!!!

  • @johnwellings3225
    @johnwellings3225 5 років тому +1

    Wonderfull. ....Great stuff, two of the very best

  • @salchaos
    @salchaos 3 роки тому

    Brilliant playing by both gentlemen.

  • @anatolyFedotov
    @anatolyFedotov 6 років тому +2

    Bravo!

  • @Moniguitar1
    @Moniguitar1 3 роки тому

    I am equally amazed about the 33 geniuses who put the thump down for the highest level and the most sophisticated music that exists on our planet ! My advice to those : please stick to your hobbies like go fishing or riding horses etc… and leave the music alone.

  • @michaelthompson6452
    @michaelthompson6452 Рік тому

    Amazing ❤

  • @poststructuralisthero9290
    @poststructuralisthero9290 7 років тому +5

    Holy crap! They were magicians. What monster gave this a thumbs down?

    • @alimacdee
      @alimacdee 7 років тому

      Hey...think they meant "it was real bad"

    • @willythewave
      @willythewave 7 років тому

      Some little hiphop millenial that gets to rule the world in the future. Scary eh?

    • @LTJR.
      @LTJR. 6 років тому

      Thumbs down? Sure, standing on my head in Australia

  • @robertjones9598
    @robertjones9598 3 роки тому

    One of the best videos I have ever seen! Thanks for uploading.