How to become a jazz piano player: (for us mortals) Lesson one: Master all the chords in all voicings in left and right hand separately and together, combine with all know varieties of scales. Start learning a few standards. Come back in 20 years for lesson two.
David may i ask, what is it that is “jazz” to you? How can you regconise “its jazz” instantly? Im studying into Jazz! And your opinion would be a treasure to me !😊
So cool how you can hear Peterson singing the melody to himself as he plays. It's straight brain-to-keys transmission. That's incredible musicianship on display.
@@user__214 I can take a straight Net York to Los Angeles flight while also eating a meal and having a drink. Why can't Peterson have brain to keys transmission and also involve other aspects of his musicality? My original point was that this demonstrates that what he hears in his mind is exactly what he plays when improvising. I simply don't see how those things are mutually exclusive. Care to elaborate on your comment so I can better understand?
@@lambdaman3228 Hmm, I think I agree with your point ("what he hears in his mind is what he plays"). I don't know if the original way you *expressed* that point makes sense to me. Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO. It's not important though, nor is it a hill I want to die on.
@@user__214 > Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO. This video is called "Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues" and he's playing keys all the way through the video so it's a given that he is playing the keys - no need to mention this explicitly. More importantly, if you're improvising on the keys but not singing your improvisation as you play, it's not possible for a listener to know if you're playing an improvised melody that's in your head or simply playing notes that "make sense" given chord-scale theory. The former is much more impressive than the latter. That impressive ability is precisely what I was commenting on.
Singing what youre playing is something very important when improvising. As a matter of fact user, it is indeed a brain to keys relationship because you know exactly what youre going to play on the keys, and think it in your head all at the same time
@@sajateacher Not really. Not in those days. Racism was the normal way in Montréal and Canada, for any non-white. Born in St-Henri's 'hood, high school was a tough thing to go through. For both whites and blacks. My dad was raised there too, beeing the same age as Oscar. He was a strong boxer and A local 'Defender' in that 'hood, for his brothers and friends, including Oscar.
@@jimvalko6044 While bus segregation may have ended before 1964, black artists still continued to face everyday, institutional racism in the US, and still do to this day. I can't imagine you're unaware of that, but it's best to keep that in mind when you discuss Oscar Peterson's life in the US. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had only just been passed the year this performance took place.
In the last 10-15 years I’ve grown to love and a passion for jazz/blues music my appreciation to all the greats is immeasurable. Thank you Oscar Peterson and band for expanding my musical journey. Absolutely stunning!!
@@ditrixaa your comment had me watching this track again, thank you! This time I noticed, in one long camera shot, Ed Thigpen's left hand, how he uses it for those fills that keep the music going. What a subtle drummer!
I've been a pianist since I was 12 and unfortunately I've only had the pleasure of listening to Oscar on UA-cam, but he's changed my life. I WISH I could've met him just to shake his hand and say thank you. There has never been anyone better. I missed an era.
This is absolutely ridiculous, i am quite new to jazz. The skill the main man Peterson has is absolutely mind blowing, but what i am learning in jazz is every great record is made up up of mind blowing talent. Ive not heard a bad record where the bass player was R.Brown,
If you like this, check out Phineas Newborn Jr.. Some have said that Oscar didn't want to hear his name mentioned. Also check out Clark Terry with Mumbles.
Transcribe this and slow it down and learn to phrase like Oscar paying attention to his note durations and space in between the notes. It is quite possible to develop this technique and sound with a lot of careful listening and writing it down and lea ring it slowly.
Ray Brown was one of two guys I ever saw playing with Oscar. The other guy a Swedish guy. Lights out top drawer players. I love this trio!! Add Joe Pass and you got one hell of a quartet.
@@barracuda7018 Are you nuts? He was Canadian end of! Jazz is not American. I believe it came from black people themselves. We have delivered many of the world's great musicians. Where do I start? Leonard Cohen,Joni Mitchell,Neil Young,Gordie Lightfoot, etc,etc!
American blacks of the South not Canadian, you must be an idiot. Canada is a country without birth certificate and national identity, Jazz, blues boogie all came from the South. İts American culture, don’t embarrass yourself..Shut the fcuk up..There is nothing in the world that is Canadian except ice hockey.. Oscar played American music. There is no such thing as Canadian music..
It’s in him after 10,000 hours of practice. No magic. Hard work. You can have a gift. But without work it’s nothing. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.
my grandfather was a jazz drummer for much of his life. you know what they say about hindsight; I was too young to appreciate his skill and his passion for it, and now I wish I had talked with him about it more. got emotional listening to this and hearing those cymbals. I miss you, Papa. brilliant work by Peterson, Brown, and Thigpen. I'm going to end up listening to a lot of C Jam Blues for the next little while.
" you know what they say about hindsight". Tell me about it. I grew up in Montreal where he lived, and yeah, am old enough that I could have gone to see him if I wished.
As a pianist myself, I always find it interesting to watch the hands as well, and I wish the cameras had indulged us more in that area. Outside of that, this is musicianship at its finest, from 3 guys just having a good ol' time, doing what they do best, and we are all the better for it.
I'm a Montrealer born and raised. I live 15 min walk away from the Petite Bourgogne where Oscar Peterson was born. There is now painted murals of him in the neighborhood and he is one of the greatest pride of the people who live there.
A lot of other pianists, when packing a lot of fast notes into a phrase, have a little trouble getting it all in perfectly and often come in just a tiny bit late for the next. Oscar Peterson always got everything done on time and never came in late for the next phrase. That's just one little example of how great he was.
One of my favourite Jazz Pianists, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the music and styles he built his language upon. I love listening to him play with Joe Pass.
Oscar is so good he makes me wanna burn my guitar. Always listen to other instruments guys, it doesn't matter if you play flute or ukelele, you can always learn a thing or two from the great masters
+zaidbassist it's incredible, isn't it? It's all predetermined, and beautifully articulated. As a mediocre musician, I can only say that any solo I attempt is governed by what I can reach in what time from where I am, rather than the work of an artist as displayed here...
Been a pro musician for over 4 decades and I have never seen or heard a better musician than Oscar Pederson. This guy is the real rock star. I am blown away by his feel and phrasing. No one can touch this beautiful man in terms of sheer musicality. Wow!
Oscar told the story of when he wanted to play jazz, his dad said he only could switch to that (from his classical training) if he was the best jazz player... and he had to, right, be the best jazz pianist, ever!
Quite an interesting comparison considering both pianists' flair for staccato voicings and both possessing a technical wizardry on a whole other level.
What a great pleasure to listen to Oscar, Ed and Ray'! He has been the sunshine of my life. All my life and now I am 80 and still enjoy every second of his magic hands. Thank you my beloved Oscar and Rest In Peace.
I've known this Oscar tune on the album Night Train for years and years.... But I only stumbled across this version last week. And jeez!....it's absolutely brilliant!! *3 jazz 'dudes' at the absolute top of their game.* Just listen to Oscar (brilliant as ever) and Ed on drums tipping the ride cymbal and hardly ever repeating himself on the Snare drum, and Ray Brown on bass giving his usual great performance. My feet haven't stopped tapping along to this song since hearing it. *Bravo....Oscar, Ray & Ed!*
@@Sh0n0 I know that Ray Brown married Ella Fitzgerald and together they adopted a son who they called Ray Brown Jr. And he went on to have a carreer as a drummer & a singer and is still performing. He has kids....but there's no mention of a 'Chris' amongst them. Thanks.
+Steve Wright > Nobody has his inventiveness, playfulness, class , shear chops! Well, there was a nobody... a blind pianist from Toledo Ohio, named Art Tatum. OP spent years and countless hours emulating Tatum. When OP was in his teens, his father brought home some Tatum records to put the young man in his musical place. OP said that when he realized that it was *not two guys playing the piano but just one*, then he became discouraged and nearly gave up playing for a month or so. In a TV interview (elsewhere on youtube) OP quoted Tatum as telling him, "The only way to get over me is you'll just have to learn to hate me." OP and Tatum later became friends, and OP remarked, "He calls me son."
Yeah for a big part of his life he had to use only one hand to play the piano because of an illness he had causing one of his hands not to work. He was later able to get treatment thankfully, but he had a lot of practice not using two hands so maybe that's why he was able to easily wipe off the sweat off his head.
Listening to Oscar play the Blues is amazing, but watching Ray Brown on the bass is fantastic; that man was on every major recording throughout the entire Be-Bop era.
Ray Brown was one of the finest if not the finest bass player to ever live. I am not sure I would call him underrated. Anyone who was the bass player for Peterson and Ella is clearly a master at his craft.
Singing the notes as you play them, with a little practice, is magical. It unlocks something in your brain to finger connection. You will very soon learn that you can play anything you can sing. Once you get past the phase of basic finger training on your instrument.
lol, yep you have to tap along - I feel the power of the OP, Brown, Thigpen trio, is that they somehow make the listener the fourth member of the band.
Yes, I can't understand how the audience manage to keep so still. I would be jumping up and down in a delirium of delight; and being 80, would probably have had a heart attack. But, what a way to go!
August 15th is Oscar Peterson's birthday - Happy Birthday Oscar - hope you're looking down from heaven and smiling knowing how much love you brought us with your music!
No photoshop. No drugs. No girls. No advertisement. No product. No bad language. No fights. No guns. Just quality... I feel so grateful to be able to access this masterpiece anytime...
Don't be dramatic. There's plenty of good music today. Why drag something else down? This track can stand on its own merits Also, drugs were rampant among jazz musicians
I don't know about Oscar specifically, but Jazz musicians in general were certainly no strangers to drugs, girls, "bad" language, fights and guns, or even to having a product to sell.
@@ghostwitch644Fr I'm so tired of these comments pretending all present day music are bad because they only see rap music videos. There's good music from all genres and eras. You can have your preferences but you don't need to disrespect other types of music to praise your favourites.
Because people are generally uneducated in the matters of music and end up either speeding up or slowing down when they clap. This took place in a jazz club, where people were educated in that way. (probably; tis is just speculation)
Because back in the day, music was more important than the artist or the perfomance. Nothing mattered more than the music even in the Swing and Big Band Era where dancing to Jazz exploded. Nowadays, it's all about a meat dress, flashes and lights, or doing some kind of joke. It's not about uneducated music but what kind of audience it has.
faux I come from Denmark (where this takes place) and this is definitely still a thing - although it can be very annoying to listen to, both whilst clapping or being the one playing, since people have the tendency to clap by a large margin out of time it would be much preferable if people just clapped like everyone else in the world does . this is still a phenomenon which I have only encountered in Denmark!
I have been deeply into jazz for over 60 years. There are very few people in the world about whom you can say that they are the best ever at what they do, but you certainly can say that about Oscar P and Ray B. Ed Thigpen is no slouch either. He fits right in here. When Oscar and Ray died I said "if God was not a jazz fan, he is now!" How in the world could 113 people go thumbs down on this. I feel sorry for them.
One of my Grandad’s favourites, he and my Dad saw him live a few times and my Grandad was often to be found sat at his piano trying to emulate his jazz & blues heroes, it was a house of beautiful music, sometimes not played so well but the love was there. Now that love for Oscar has been passed onto me, all I’ve got to do is hand the baton onto my daughter 😳
in swing music, and in the blues especially, the key element of the rhythmic impulse (along with a constant underlying "triplet feel") comes from emphasizing the second and fourth beats of the four note bar. Jim is implying that it's 2nd nature for these musicians to be able to swing, they even do it when they brush their teeth. one TWO three FOUR.look at the high hat at 1:10 listen to the drummer and what he is playing on the cymbal and high hat. you can try to insert this "feel" into your playing, but it only really can be gotten by a) growing up in a black gospel church and starting your career in the1930's playing swing dance music, where you HAD to make it swing or you didnt work..... or b) listening and playing along with thousands of hours of Nat Cole, Ellington, Monk, Muddy Waters Fats Waller, Memphis Slim et al. I grew up in a frigid polka playing Milwaukee Austrian Catholic environment so I had to implement plan b. yo mah wiggah, wassup? Check out my vids and let me know if you think i can swing the blues. polymath7
Ray brown is one of the greatest bassist in jazz history. You can observe how slowly and lazily he begins his part and then how he catches his mood and accelerate.
I got to hear him at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival; I was 19 then, coming form an extensive training of rock and country music and no jazz whatsoever. From that moment on, nothing has ever been the same in my musical taste, nor in my record collection. RIP, Mr. Peterson !
I have the CD of his performance at that festival. I bought the LP when it came out in the 70's too. It's called 'Oscar Peterson's Big 6 Live at Montreux 1975'. He was playing so beautifully at that festival. He also played in a quartet with Milt Jackson at the same festival and I like that record even more. It's called 's 'Milt Jackson's Big 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975'. Great records, both.
We all know Oscar is great but let's talk about the guy Rockin that Bass! Flowing lines that weave in and out of Oscars playing while the drums are laying down a smooth rhythm. What a Trio these guys were!
The communication and interplay between the drummer and bassist is so cool to see. I’d kill to have that ride cymbal, this recording quality is also off the charts.
We have heard this artistry over and over again without wanting to stop admiring his skills on the keyboard. OMG! an avalanche of notes cascades into our house as we hear this display of superb harmony and improvisation that is never ending. Shoveling snow can be peaceful now!
I just love how the drums & bass play so tasteful and still modest to put Oscar Peterson in the spotlight he deserves. All 3 of them are undeniably some of the best jazz musicians of all time!
kilbo98 I do this on guitar, with my eyes closed. its just a thing like you hear music in your head and its just part of it, even if you'll notice its out of tune. Paul Kossoff from Free was pretty known for it as well as a lot of other blues and jazz players.
John Brown oscar's death really hurt! What a great artist, and loved by the world. Canada was privileged to have had him. Our loss here in the U.S. Can't believe I could write this while my feet and legs were moving to the beat! Fantastic.
Saw him play with Joe Pass, Ella, and Basie on Ella's birthday. They were just plain having fun and extended the concert for hours. I will NEVER EVER forget the evening
I heard some story that one time, a lady in the front row at a very small club pulled out a cigarette, and he lit her cigarette while just playing his solo with his left hand...yeah...
I had the privilege of watching Oscar in person at the Half Note club in NYC during the 60's and 70's many times, and considering the intimacy of that venue this is something that could have happened.
Peterson's band brought a little light, wonder and humor into a period of obscurity and weariness in my life. Listening to it many years later, my sensitivity and admiration I felt for it grew. A difficult listening at first, he lends the orchestral direction of his flayed intelligence, until he draws you inevitably into his universe. Each listening reveals a little more of its mystery, its magic, so this work becomes ineluctably timeless "Imperial”
Oscar's 1959 portrait of Sinatra Trio album with Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen is an early vivid example of such... I was 9 yrs old when my dad bought that LP & played it on our Magnavox HiFi at the time & I've gone back to that LP album countless times throughout my adult audiophile life, Literally!
This is what great jazz is to me - right on the threshold between music and madness, where exotic and fantastical melodies emerge. A great jazz musician takes you on a trip to the precipice of the abyss, makes to cast you out but keeps you in his arms all the while, like a father teasing his child.
How could anyone in their right mind not like this? I put this one on and I'm at risk of falling out my window from dancing and jumping around like a fool. Y'all need more Oscar in your life.
I'm 75, just listened to this for the first time in my life!!! Grew up in the 60's Beatles, rock, always loved good music and singing. Frank Sinatra was a firm favourite... intend putting more Oscar on in my car ... ❤
Non piano players: Wow, I should totally start playing the piano!
Piano players: I should just stop playing the piano...
you really get it😂
no cap tho 🥺
Ahahaha true
ikr
I thought Joey Alexander had that honor.
From a hospital bed, this is the stuff that keeps me alive, I couldn’t ask for better medicine! Bill D
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Get well soon.
Best of luck, get well soon!!
Get well soon!
Get well soon mate.
Let's take a moment to thank Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums) for their solid performances.
Amen
Absolutely Donna. Oscar had a really good pair with those guys in that Trio. They could have played anywhere!
Indeed
also knowing when to stop because oscar was straight blasting off into the stratosphere. that kind of bond is difficult to find!
dem boys got LAID all the time
It’s actually scary how good Oscar Peterson was on the piano
one of the best no doubt
and from Canada :D
Why scary? I sort of get that, but kindly explain. Thanks
@@ellenmaccarrone4936 like fighting Mike Tyson
@@ellenmaccarrone4936Scary as in try and replicate the precision and style 😊
It's disturbing to be honest.
And God came down to earth and said “Let there be Oscar...”. And there was Oscar. And on the seventh day, God grooved.
Sh-Boing!
And you sir, broke the mold. Well said my good man
And GOD tapped his foot and all of Florida went underwater.
Mike Martin Why o Why is this only in the past? What happened to creative people, where have they gone ?
Malcolm Macleod It’s a mystery
How to become a jazz piano player: (for us mortals)
Lesson one: Master all the chords in all voicings in left and right hand separately and together, combine with all know varieties of scales. Start learning a few standards. Come back in 20 years for lesson two.
For real! Keep the woodshed unlocked.
@Gabriel Micheal Yeah everyone else only has to focus on one note at a time. Not fair!
30 years at least...
@@noahmay7708 cough guitar
It'd take me 100 lifetimes to play piano like that..........OR MORE!
Just the best. Absolutely amazing! I’ve loved this music since I was 16. I’m now 82 and it is still some of the best jazz of all time.
Prime music, finest musicians.
I'm sixteen and I'm happy to say I'm also in love with Oscar's playing
David may i ask, what is it that is “jazz” to you? How can you regconise “its jazz” instantly?
Im studying into Jazz! And your opinion would be a treasure to me !😊
@@liammcelroy2265 I just turned 17 on may 7 and I'm also happy so say I love oscar peterson's playing more than art tatum overall.
Hi boomer
He deserves an Oscar..
So cool how you can hear Peterson singing the melody to himself as he plays. It's straight brain-to-keys transmission. That's incredible musicianship on display.
Straight brain-to-keys transmission wouldn't involve the diaphragm, intercostals, vocal chords, tongue, mouth.
@@user__214 I can take a straight Net York to Los Angeles flight while also eating a meal and having a drink. Why can't Peterson have brain to keys transmission and also involve other aspects of his musicality? My original point was that this demonstrates that what he hears in his mind is exactly what he plays when improvising. I simply don't see how those things are mutually exclusive. Care to elaborate on your comment so I can better understand?
@@lambdaman3228 Hmm, I think I agree with your point ("what he hears in his mind is what he plays"). I don't know if the original way you *expressed* that point makes sense to me. Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO. It's not important though, nor is it a hill I want to die on.
@@user__214 > Giving an example of "brain to mouth" transmission while calling it "brain to keys" just doesn't work all that well, IMO.
This video is called "Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues" and he's playing keys all the way through the video so it's a given that he is playing the keys - no need to mention this explicitly. More importantly, if you're improvising on the keys but not singing your improvisation as you play, it's not possible for a listener to know if you're playing an improvised melody that's in your head or simply playing notes that "make sense" given chord-scale theory. The former is much more impressive than the latter. That impressive ability is precisely what I was commenting on.
Singing what youre playing is something very important when improvising. As a matter of fact user, it is indeed a brain to keys relationship because you know exactly what youre going to play on the keys, and think it in your head all at the same time
In 1964 in Denmark (and the rest of Europe) these guys were treated like royalty. The came back to the US, and had to sit in the back of the bus.
Hope he was treated better in his hometown of Montreal.
A U.S. cop pulled a gun on him and manager, because they were using a White Only taxi...
@@sajateacher Not really. Not in those days. Racism was the normal way in Montréal and Canada, for any non-white.
Born in St-Henri's 'hood, high school was a tough thing to go through. For both whites and blacks. My dad was raised there too, beeing the same age as Oscar. He was a strong boxer and A local 'Defender' in that 'hood, for his brothers and friends, including Oscar.
Very sad.
@@jimvalko6044 While bus segregation may have ended before 1964, black artists still continued to face everyday, institutional racism in the US, and still do to this day. I can't imagine you're unaware of that, but it's best to keep that in mind when you discuss Oscar Peterson's life in the US. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had only just been passed the year this performance took place.
I love how understated Thigpen's drums are. Sign of a master.
In the last 10-15 years I’ve grown to love and a passion for jazz/blues music my appreciation to all the greats is immeasurable. Thank you Oscar Peterson and band for expanding my musical journey. Absolutely stunning!!
The piano professor in my university (who is an amazing piano master) said that he listens to Oscar Peterson to humble himself.
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When Oscar humbles himself he listens to Hiromi ... :)
@@adhanda2017 Or Basie.... seriously there is a recording out there of him describing a joint concert with Basie...
@@adhanda2017 Tatum.
Try Art Tatum! ua-cam.com/video/GLYT3cPA5T8/v-deo.html
Anyone else wish they filmed his hands occasionally?
Yea that's were the magic is freaking tv..
I'm just glad I get to listen to this.
at 3:41
yes and counted the fingers too I think he has at least 20
Yes, I wish they had shown more of his hands on the keys
Humming to himself while absolutely killing it. What a legend.
It’s like he is composing an extemporaneous song, an ode of poetry, and we are gathered to listen so we can tell the story to our children.
It's called scatting just thought you'd like to know
@@Michele49quàndo e venuto milàno grazie oscarpeterson grazie😅
That's the most creative extended solo I've ever heard from Oscar Peterson. Ray Brown's walking bass is so melodic, too. He even smiles at one point!
😂
@@ditrixaa your comment had me watching this track again, thank you! This time I noticed, in one long camera shot, Ed Thigpen's left hand, how he uses it for those fills that keep the music going. What a subtle drummer!
WATCH IT AGAIN!
My number one will forever be his 1961 recording of On Green Dolphin Street Live at the London House
The best part starts at 0:00 till the end
Lol
Mz Mrs Mr Chemvura, sounds about right. Like #36.
Lol orrr
you said it
..funny..
Peterson is obviously amazing.. But props to the drummer he's super clean
+Jim Bob y drums and bass are good...
+Jim Bob: Bassist no slouch either?
+John Reid Of course the bassist is no slouch. The great Ray Brown!!
+Jim Bob Yep, a flawless band all round makes it particularly awesome.
+Don MacQuarrie Ed Thigpen! Great drummer, but there's only one Buddy Rich!
The best thing about living now, rather than at any other historical period, is that we can hear and see Oscar Peterson whenever we want.
I've been a pianist since I was 12 and unfortunately I've only had the pleasure of listening to Oscar on UA-cam, but he's changed my life. I WISH I could've met him just to shake his hand and say thank you. There has never been anyone better. I missed an era.
Are you as good as him now that 4 months has past since your coment?
He did not need the “Oscar”. He was the Oscar himself.
THE Oscar.
That's right.
This is absolutely ridiculous, i am quite new to jazz. The skill the main man Peterson has is absolutely mind blowing, but what i am learning in jazz is every great record is made up up of mind blowing talent. Ive not heard a bad record where the bass player was R.Brown,
If you like this, check out Phineas Newborn Jr.. Some have said that Oscar didn't want to hear his name mentioned. Also check out Clark Terry with Mumbles.
@@RobertWilliams-mk8pl Thanks, will check them out now!
Transcribe this and slow it down and learn to phrase like Oscar paying attention to his note durations and space in between the notes. It is quite possible to develop this technique and sound with a lot of careful listening and writing it down and lea ring it slowly.
Who tf dislikes these videos??
Ray Brown was one of two guys I ever saw playing with Oscar. The other guy a Swedish guy. Lights out top drawer players. I love this trio!! Add Joe Pass and you got one hell of a quartet.
Anyone else impressed with the crowd's clapping? Any idea how hard it is to get an audience to clap in-time even thrice?
true
Tbf, copenhagen in the 60s was packed with Jazz-enthusiasts. I bet you most of these ppl are musically enclined.
The phenomenon happens more often than you’d think
@@rile7648 Perhaps I need to attend more live shows with clapping... in my experience, an audience like that is rare.
And on the after-beats too! I'd've gone nuts if they were clapping on 1 & 3.
this music automatically makes you tap your feet with happiness
+dougie hamilton so right...Heavy swing...cannot resist
+dougie hamilton Realised as I was reading that my feet was taping by its own like a dog's tail haha thumbs up!
+dougie hamilton I'm a blues pianist too. You can find some good stuff on my channel :)
i didn't even notice dude holy shit
Oscar is the best.
And this it's all.
Let’s give Ed and Ray some love for their work here. Absolutely amazing stuff
Indeed!
No kidding!,
Seriously awesome drumming right here. 🥁
the pulse they felt was almost psychic! like they were 100% committed to the split second at whatever level Oscar went to!
I agree. Both had amazing careers.
It might be an unpopular opinion, but I believe Oscar Peterson could play the piano.
Nice one, japphan!
😂
You're on to something...
Underrated comment
You think?
Considered by many to be the greatest pianist ever. A great Canadian.
You bet! Best ever! From a fellow Canadian and so proud of Oscar!
Barring Art Tatum, even Oscar acknowledged this, besides his music has nothing to do with Canada, its American !!!
Oscar was great, but its always a question of taste, my favorite was always Erroll Garner..
@@barracuda7018 Are you nuts? He was Canadian end of! Jazz is not American. I believe it came from black people themselves. We have delivered many of the world's great musicians. Where do I start? Leonard Cohen,Joni Mitchell,Neil Young,Gordie Lightfoot, etc,etc!
American blacks of the South not Canadian, you must be an idiot. Canada is a country without birth certificate and national identity, Jazz, blues boogie all came from the South. İts American culture, don’t embarrass yourself..Shut the fcuk up..There is nothing in the world that is Canadian except ice hockey.. Oscar played American music. There is no such thing as Canadian music..
The groove is unreal.
Winston Smith j
imagine how fast he could type an email
. . . only if it was on a piano.
Piano has nothing to do with emails, I liked your comment thouh
in that vid where he played the synths, he typed with 2 fingers :D
To me this was the best Trio. Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen so cool and understated but on top of their game.
Oscar Peterson for 2 hours, Solo at Severance Hall in Cleveland 1986. Was the best concert I've ever seen.
He had complete mastery of that instrument. No need to think, just feel and then play.
Did not need to look either. It is why many blind pianists are so good..
So true. It is just "in" him.
Absolutely. The piano is an extension of his soul.
And....that's why we practice, practice,....and practice some more.!!!
It’s in him after 10,000 hours of practice. No magic. Hard work. You can have a gift. But without work it’s nothing. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice.
And to think I opened for THIS trio for two weeks in August, 1964 at The Village Vanguard. How lucky can you get?
Damn, you old
that's awesome. a great achievement to be proud of!!
Wow! Thanks to your comment, I discovered your music. You certainly belonged up on that stage with these guys.
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@@ly776 She does indeed. And thank YOU for following up her recordings to discover this track!
@@anirudhanmenon2212 well, first things first, she has more brain cells than you'll ever have so... lol
my grandfather was a jazz drummer for much of his life. you know what they say about hindsight; I was too young to appreciate his skill and his passion for it, and now I wish I had talked with him about it more. got emotional listening to this and hearing those cymbals. I miss you, Papa.
brilliant work by Peterson, Brown, and Thigpen. I'm going to end up listening to a lot of C Jam Blues for the next little while.
" you know what they say about hindsight". Tell me about it. I grew up in Montreal where he lived, and yeah, am old enough that I could have gone to see him if I wished.
As a pianist myself, I always find it interesting to watch the hands as well, and I wish the cameras had indulged us more in that area. Outside of that, this is musicianship at its finest, from 3 guys just having a good ol' time, doing what they do best, and we are all the better for it.
Agee. That's the only thing that I didn't like about this. I would have liked to see this genius play those keys. Otherwise excellent.
Ya, as interesting as the view of OP’s face is 😂, woulda been way cooler to see his hands too
There is indeed beauty in the movement of the hands. Love that in guitar players as well.
As a pianist sometimes I am actually grateful I don't get to see his hands, cause I may give up piano altogether
In addition to Oscar Peterson, this is Ray Brown on the bass. He's another great musician. What a fabulous trio!
Not just a bass player - a whole fleet of bass players, rollin’ in………
I love it when humans just become one by music.
music can and does do it
Mad Tad wonderful.comment. I will adopt it forever. Thanks. So true.
Alle menschen werden bruder wo dien sanfter flugel weilt
Yeah, don't find that with rap and hip hop.
humans? thought they came from another planet...the one where Art Tatem was born on...
I'm a Montrealer born and raised. I live 15 min walk away from the Petite Bourgogne where Oscar Peterson was born. There is now painted murals of him in the neighborhood and he is one of the greatest pride of the people who live there.
You can tell how he can play exactly what comes to his head in real time from his humming.
absolutely - that's what makes any seriously fgood musician. You've got to hear it in your head.
A lot of other pianists, when packing a lot of fast notes into a phrase, have a little trouble getting it all in perfectly and often come in just a tiny bit late for the next. Oscar Peterson always got everything done on time and never came in late for the next phrase. That's just one little example of how great he was.
His timing was ridiculous. I have listened to this many times and will always love it going forward.
I've watched this clip about once a month for the last year... 3 dudes with groove, feel and love. It's therapy for the soul.
amen brother
yeah bro
You still here?
@@davidferrara1105 Yep.
Same here. It's like an addiction. They are really at the top of their game.
One of my favourite Jazz Pianists, with an encyclopedic knowledge of the music and styles he built his language upon. I love listening to him play with Joe Pass.
Oscar is so good he makes me wanna burn my guitar. Always listen to other instruments guys, it doesn't matter if you play flute or ukelele, you can always learn a thing or two from the great masters
Don't burn just appreciate
I love how at 2:51 the drummer closely observes the others and 'musically responds' to them.
Michael Harwood I like how that time stamp is ii-V-I
Real musicians
to play with Oscar means you are the best at your craft
Whose jazz professor are you lol I swear this was a concept we legit had to learn and embrace for like 2 months and still trying to get down!
No disrespect all jokes lol
he sings all that he plays, all the notes are in his brain and slowly descends through his hand
+zaidbassist it's incredible, isn't it? It's all predetermined, and beautifully articulated. As a mediocre musician, I can only say that any solo I attempt is governed by what I can reach in what time from where I am, rather than the work of an artist as displayed here...
...(face to palm)
not that slowly though! :)
His music is processed by his brain but the armony comes out from his heart.
What do you mean he sings the notes he plays?
I was lucky enough to see him in concert about twenty years ago. I’m very lucky! A truly great musician and a lovely man.
It literally doesn’t get better than this
Been a pro musician for over 4 decades and I have never seen or heard a better musician than Oscar Pederson. This guy is the real rock star. I am blown away by his feel and phrasing. No one can touch this beautiful man in terms of sheer musicality. Wow!
One of the best versions of C Jam Blues I’ve ever heard! Oscar Peterson was a true gift to mankind!
Whenever you think you have mastered a skill, watch this and you will realize there is still more to learn.
Feel the same and all the work I've put looks so worthless.
He is one of the most talented living history jazz, this music will live forever
Oscar told the story of when he wanted to play jazz, his dad said he only could switch to that (from his classical training) if he was the best jazz player... and he had to, right, be the best jazz pianist, ever!
Man, that trio were tight. Brilliant musicianship. Love the way Peterson was humming along like a jazz Glenn Gould.
He won the Glenn Gould award in 1993
Must be a Canadian thing.
Those two cats are my favorite pianists of their genres. Heads and shoulders above just about everybody else.
Quite an interesting comparison considering both pianists' flair for staccato voicings and both possessing a technical wizardry on a whole other level.
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What a great pleasure to listen to Oscar, Ed and Ray'! He has been the sunshine of my life. All my life and now I am 80 and still enjoy every second of his magic hands. Thank you my beloved Oscar and Rest In Peace.
He really was one of those humans whose time on earth was spent making A LOT of people VERY HAPPY, even in the future
I've known this Oscar tune on the album Night Train for years and years.... But I only stumbled across this version last week. And jeez!....it's absolutely brilliant!! *3 jazz 'dudes' at the absolute top of their game.* Just listen to Oscar (brilliant as ever) and Ed on drums tipping the ride cymbal and hardly ever repeating himself on the Snare drum, and Ray Brown on bass giving his usual great performance. My feet haven't stopped tapping along to this song since hearing it. *Bravo....Oscar, Ray & Ed!*
Crazy to thing ray brown is chris browns grandfather. The musical talent in that family is immense
@@Sh0n0 I know that Ray Brown married Ella Fitzgerald and together they adopted a son who they called Ray Brown Jr. And he went on to have a carreer as a drummer & a singer and is still performing. He has kids....but there's no mention of a 'Chris' amongst them. Thanks.
never repeating... you are not listening well..
@@morbidmanmusic Clean out your ears morbid...
My ABSOLUTE favorite piano player. Nobody has his inventiveness, playfulness, class , shear chops!
beedoe51 A true master of the instrument! My other favourite is Bill Evans.
Steve Wright The only person i Know to play with such energy is ray Charles! Lol He's Great!
+Steve Wright nothing compare to monk
+Jaroslav At Amsterdam , that's not a "strange capacity" at all ... why do you say it's strange?
+Steve Wright
> Nobody has his inventiveness, playfulness, class , shear chops!
Well, there was a nobody... a blind pianist from Toledo Ohio, named Art Tatum.
OP spent years and countless hours emulating Tatum. When OP was in his teens, his father brought home some Tatum records to put the young man in his musical place. OP said that when he realized that it was *not two guys playing the piano but just one*, then he became discouraged and nearly gave up playing for a month or so.
In a TV interview (elsewhere on youtube) OP quoted Tatum as telling him, "The only way to get over me is you'll just have to learn to hate me."
OP and Tatum later became friends, and OP remarked, "He calls me son."
This is Peterson giving his whole heart to the world.
I've been listening to this for years and it just blows my mind how amazing this performance is. I'll be watching this until I'm dead.
Best pianists vocalize. Oscar kept it low. Gould, and Jarrett screech. Absolute master at work here.
Actually Oscar was no slouch as a singer....sounded very much like Nat King Cole
7:29 You know you're great when you can wipe the sweat off your head while still kicking ass on the piano. LOL. He was a bad cat for sure!
I used my phone and played piano at the same time in my 11th grade jazz combo.
And then proceeds to launch into some of the most raw chord work ever
Yeah for a big part of his life he had to use only one hand to play the piano because of an illness he had causing one of his hands not to work. He was later able to get treatment thankfully, but he had a lot of practice not using two hands so maybe that's why he was able to easily wipe off the sweat off his head.
Listening to Oscar play the Blues is amazing, but watching Ray Brown on the bass is fantastic; that man was on every major recording throughout the entire Be-Bop era.
Yea man, you can say that again. So underrated as a bass player.
Ray Brown was one of the finest if not the finest bass player to ever live. I am not sure I would call him underrated. Anyone who was the bass player for Peterson and Ella is clearly a master at his craft.
Singing the notes as you play them, with a little practice, is magical. It unlocks something in your brain to finger connection. You will very soon learn that you can play anything you can sing. Once you get past the phase of basic finger training on your instrument.
This piece started so „nicely mellow“ and turned out to become a tornado. WHAT a performance. No wonder the crowd went crazy. ❤️❤️
The swing is so ridiculously strong with this one. My shin always hurts after listening to this. I shouldn't try to tap along.
lol, yep you have to tap along - I feel the power of the OP, Brown, Thigpen trio, is that they somehow make the listener the fourth member of the band.
1000000trs Exactly! One of many reasons I absolutely love jazz.
that's pretty funny.
Yes, I can't understand how the audience manage to keep so still. I would be jumping up and down in a delirium of delight; and being 80, would probably have had a heart attack. But, what a way to go!
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August 15th is Oscar Peterson's birthday - Happy Birthday Oscar - hope you're looking down from heaven and smiling knowing how much love you brought us with your music!
No photoshop. No drugs. No girls. No advertisement. No product. No bad language. No fights. No guns. Just quality... I feel so grateful to be able to access this masterpiece anytime...
Don't be dramatic. There's plenty of good music today. Why drag something else down? This track can stand on its own merits
Also, drugs were rampant among jazz musicians
I don't know about Oscar specifically, but Jazz musicians in general were certainly no strangers to drugs, girls, "bad" language, fights and guns, or even to having a product to sell.
And no air conditioning apparently!
baseless, and frankly a ridiculously uninformed, comparison
@@ghostwitch644Fr I'm so tired of these comments pretending all present day music are bad because they only see rap music videos. There's good music from all genres and eras. You can have your preferences but you don't need to disrespect other types of music to praise your favourites.
a jam so magnificent that the whole crowd syncs their appreciation in applaud, wow.
People used to applaud in time to the music? Why is this not a thing anymore?
Because people are generally uneducated in the matters of music and end up either speeding up or slowing down when they clap. This took place in a jazz club, where people were educated in that way. (probably; tis is just speculation)
Because back in the day, music was more important than the artist or the perfomance. Nothing mattered more than the music even in the Swing and Big Band Era where dancing to Jazz exploded. Nowadays, it's all about a meat dress, flashes and lights, or doing some kind of joke.
It's not about uneducated music but what kind of audience it has.
There you go ;)
faux I come from Denmark (where this takes place) and this is definitely still a thing - although it can be very annoying to listen to, both whilst clapping or being the one playing, since people have the tendency to clap by a large margin out of time it would be much preferable if people just clapped like everyone else in the world does . this is still a phenomenon which I have only encountered in Denmark!
Because people don't know how to clap anymore. No sense of rhythm.
I have been deeply into jazz for over 60 years. There are very few people in the world about whom you can say that they are the best ever at what they do, but you certainly can say that about Oscar P and Ray B. Ed Thigpen is no slouch either. He fits right in here. When Oscar and Ray died I said "if God was not a jazz fan, he is now!"
How in the world could 113 people go thumbs down on this. I feel sorry for them.
This trio were pure magic & I wish I could have seen them play in person.
Hello 😊my name is Alex how are you where are you commenting from?
One of my Grandad’s favourites, he and my Dad saw him live a few times and my Grandad was often to be found sat at his piano trying to emulate his jazz & blues heroes, it was a house of beautiful music, sometimes not played so well but the love was there. Now that love for Oscar has been passed onto me, all I’ve got to do is hand the baton onto my daughter 😳
FABULOUS JAZZ. I was priviledged to meet Ed Thigpen about 8 years ago with his Scandanavian quintet. He signed my Night Train CD! Great guy.
It was a great gig and he even did a drum solo at 78 years old!
Too jealous!
100 bucks says these guys brushed their teeth on 2 and 4.
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Jim Martin hehehe x) then something witty about a 7th
Jim Martin I think they brush their teeth on 1 and 3 because when you're late for a gig , you brush double time :3
in swing music, and in the blues especially, the key element of the rhythmic impulse (along with a constant underlying "triplet feel") comes from emphasizing the second and fourth beats of the four note bar. Jim is implying that it's 2nd nature for these musicians to be able to swing, they even do it when they brush their teeth.
one TWO three FOUR.look at the high hat at 1:10 listen to the drummer and what he is playing on the cymbal and high hat. you can try to insert this "feel" into your playing, but it only really can be gotten by a) growing up in a black gospel church and starting your career in the1930's playing swing dance music, where you HAD to make it swing or you didnt work..... or
b) listening and playing along with thousands of hours of Nat Cole, Ellington, Monk, Muddy Waters Fats Waller, Memphis Slim et al. I grew up in a frigid polka playing Milwaukee Austrian Catholic environment so I had to implement plan b. yo mah wiggah, wassup? Check out my vids and let me know if you think i can swing the blues. polymath7
funny
Ray brown is one of the greatest bassist in jazz history. You can observe how slowly and lazily he begins his part and then how he catches his mood and accelerate.
Getanxmebit batono tamaz❤
Oscar Peterson didn't pass away. He just returned to his planet.
i heard someone screaming and shouting with delight during this and then realised it was me lol Absolute genius from an incredible trio. Wow!!!!
I got to hear him at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival; I was 19 then, coming form an extensive training of rock and country music and no jazz whatsoever. From that moment on, nothing has ever been the same in my musical taste, nor in my record collection. RIP, Mr. Peterson !
lucky you! this is a way superior form of art!
I have the CD of his performance at that festival. I bought the LP when it came out in the 70's too. It's called 'Oscar Peterson's Big 6 Live at Montreux 1975'. He was playing so beautifully at that festival. He also played in a quartet with Milt Jackson at the same festival and I like that record even more. It's called 's 'Milt Jackson's Big 4 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975'. Great records, both.
Ts Rs I was too with my father and I was 13 years old
Thanks God and until today is in my heart
Great and superb Oscar Peterson
The three are so tight and so in synch with each other. It's like a musical mind meld, a single musical super organisim.
We all know Oscar is great but let's talk about the guy Rockin that Bass! Flowing lines that weave in and out of Oscars playing while the drums are laying down a smooth rhythm. What a Trio these guys were!
Ray Brown…. One of the hardest swinging cats to walk the earth
Don’t forget Ed Thigpen on drums either
The communication and interplay between the drummer and bassist is so cool to see. I’d kill to have that ride cymbal, this recording quality is also off the charts.
And those hi-hats!
He's one of the greatest jazz pianist ever.
I've heard many jazz blues tunes , but this tops them all, Oscar is a genius.
We have heard this artistry over and over again without wanting to stop admiring his skills on the keyboard. OMG! an avalanche of notes cascades into our house as we hear this display of superb harmony and improvisation that is never ending. Shoveling snow can be peaceful now!
I just love how the drums & bass play so tasteful and still modest to put Oscar Peterson in the spotlight he deserves.
All 3 of them are undeniably some of the best jazz musicians of all time!
You know is good when even the applause is on tune with the jam.
Mansur
@@quogir1 qué?
@@mansurbotellafraga1817 Well observed :-) .
An amazing pianist and an even more amazing improvisator. I'm proud to be Canadian like this piano legend 🍁
music has no nationality =)
In my opinion, the best ever! Nobody swings like Oscar Peterson!
Maybe Basie lol
Pretty impressive that he knows exactly what notes he is going to play, what they sound like, and that he can sing along to it.
WITH HIS EYES CLOSED TOO
Tons of Jazz piano players do that. You hear them humming along all the time. Mose Allison is notorious for it.
Yes, ok.
kilbo98 I do this on guitar, with my eyes closed. its just a thing like you hear music in your head and its just part of it, even if you'll notice its out of tune. Paul Kossoff from Free was pretty known for it as well as a lot of other blues and jazz players.
Hendrix940 Yeah i getcha inernalizing pitch and stuff like that
Saw Oscar approx 40 years ago / once with Ella. Still the best trio in the world. Thanks U Tube
+John Brown Was the trio tour With Oz Ella & Joe Pass? Or am I eariler still? Stil top drawer,,,. by any standard.
thats rigth,magic sounds.
John Brown oscar's death really hurt! What a great artist, and loved by the world. Canada was privileged to have had him. Our loss here in the U.S. Can't believe I could write this while my feet and legs were moving to the beat! Fantastic.
Saw him play with Joe Pass, Ella, and Basie on Ella's birthday. They were just plain having fun and extended the concert for hours.
I will NEVER EVER forget the evening
The genius of these three in full display.....3 as one
I believe this is a valid answer to the existentialism question: What is our purpose as a species.
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True. Music is an extension of the human soul
Agreed! Yet there are those who hold that our purpose, for Nature, was to invent plastics.
@Craig Johnson
You did it to your self
@Craig Johnson I can't worship a God that's so insecure that he needed to create an entire race of people just to kiss his ass all the time.
I heard some story that one time, a lady in the front row at a very small club pulled out a cigarette, and he lit her cigarette while just playing his solo with his left hand...yeah...
christ a fuckin mighty, i mean i wouldnt be suprised. how do you react to that?
Roy Buchanan kinda move
Too funny!! Don't doubt it for a minute. Genius pulls off stuff we can't even imagine, and Oscar was a genius of the first order!
I had the privilege of watching Oscar in person at the Half Note club in NYC during the 60's and 70's many times, and considering the intimacy of that venue this is something that could have happened.
HE GAVE SO MUCH JOY TO THE WHOLE WORLD, AND HE WAS THE MOST HUMBLE IN HIS PERSONALITY
I never get tired of this mastery by this magnificent trio. Just too great for words!! Bravo!!
Peterson's band brought a little light, wonder and humor into a period of obscurity and weariness in my life. Listening to it many years later, my sensitivity and admiration I felt for it grew. A difficult listening at first, he lends the orchestral direction of his flayed intelligence, until he draws you inevitably into his universe. Each listening reveals a little more of its mystery, its magic, so this work becomes ineluctably timeless "Imperial”
Oscar's 1959 portrait of Sinatra Trio album with Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen is an early vivid example of such... I was 9 yrs old when my dad bought that LP & played it on our Magnavox HiFi at the time & I've gone back to that LP album countless times throughout my adult audiophile life, Literally!
I'm a regular watcher of this piece . This trio is amazing . Oscar P. is amazing !
This is what great jazz is to me - right on the threshold between music and madness, where exotic and fantastical melodies emerge. A great jazz musician takes you on a trip to the precipice of the abyss, makes to cast you out but keeps you in his arms all the while, like a father teasing his child.
Yep. Its blues though
Nah now that i think about it i always have trouble with knowing the difference
Jazz blues ig. Bit of a mix no? Theyre pretty similar anyways.
i could listen to it every day, it's simply a masterpiece!
I do!
hans müller me too
+hans müller
Hans - I DO listen to it every day!!
How could anyone in their right mind not like this? I put this one on and I'm at risk of falling out my window from dancing and jumping around like a fool. Y'all need more Oscar in your life.
I'm 75, just listened to this for the first time in my life!!! Grew up in the 60's Beatles, rock, always loved good music and singing. Frank Sinatra was a firm favourite... intend putting more Oscar on in my car ... ❤