The Greatest Solo of All Time
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2021
- In this episode I discuss what I believe is the Greatest Solo of All Time. This musician had a massive impact on mine and many others, musical journeys.
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Love it brother keep posting videos like this amazing tickling of the key's you are the man..
just want to say that "improvisation" is a murky word for me, but this IS a GREAT video to introduce people to a trio that is beyond imagination for most people... SO SOLID. truly great. Perhaps you might do a video on the subject of improv, how it is developed and instituted in playing. I am certain you are aware of the broader signification of the word improvisation but for MANY people they believe it is just inventing on the fly when in reality it is NOT. There is practice and thinking that is CRUCIAL BEFORE ANY improvisation on this level.
I think that this track was OSCAR saying watch me lock the orchestra out by purely music. Quite a feat to achieve. Genius. If you got it.
Rick just "Thank-you" l can more than appreciate your love & knowledge of music. IMO it's 2nd to none. Just love your videos!
- Keith Townsend -
Rick, can you tell me whether this performance was recorded on an album? From which concert was this clip taken?
Rick, my father was in the audience at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London for this performance. Dad's still alive.
That's cool👍
Totally jealous of your dad to get to hear that in person. I couldn't be there because I was negative three years old, but still jealous. Lol
Wow, that in itself is amazing.
My father in law loved Oscar Peterson. I thought of him during Ricks' show, and was misty-eyed again, to read your comment.
@@MattsAwesomeStuff Hi Matt, I was 14 at the time, so underage for the club. He's 92 now and rather forgetful. He grinned when I showed him this. Within 5 years of this gig , I had taken him to see Queen, Santana and Bob Marley - the last 2 he was swathed in 'herb' smoke.... "what is that smell?" he enquired, hilarious, especially given his background as a UK Government diplomat, and he still loves Marley.
I came here expecting a guitar solo, but wasn't disappointed.
Exactly
I agree.
Count me #3. Only a piano solo can stomp a guitar solo ;)
Same :)
Lol
As a Canadian hailing from Montreal, a huge thank you for recognising this beloved icon (and your Dad for introducing you to his music!)
Thank you for bringing Senator Oscar Peterson to life again.
If I remember correctly, Senator Peterson, first toured with Louis Armstrong in 1943.
He was one of the best piano accompanists of all time.
Move to Canada, Mr. Beato, and you might become a Canadian Senator, honoured among the millions.
I live way the hell out west in AB, and proud to share the same country as that man. What a force!
Watching Oscar play and knowing the notes he’s playing are an intimate expression of his soul, as though he’s transcribing his brainwaves in real time in a form we can hear and feel and understand… it’s pure genius.
Nicely said
Well said.
Wonderful analysis
God Rest your father’s soul, Rick. In imparting his love of high-information music to you, he had no idea he’d be impacting MILLIONS of lives in the future. That’s a hell of an achievement for a non-musician.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Couldn't agree more bluemichi. Bless everyone who lets music impact their lives and influence them. I couldn't get through the week if I didn't watch Rick's videos and given we just went into lockdown yesterday there's even more reason to watch these videos. Keep up the great work Rick.
@@RickBeato You're so blessed to have him for a dad. My dad liked Frankie Laine and Tennessee Ford for crying out loud!
@@63kavon What is wrong with Tennessee Ford? Or Frankie Laine? Both were seriously talented.
@@63kavon That baritone, though. Just amazing.
I've been playing piano for 30 years and I'm not even good enough to get that man his coffee....This really is the greatest solo of all time.
You are good enough to get him a coffee. I’m pretty sure.
Your point is taken, but his being absolutely great doesn't take anything away from you. Rejoice in your ability.
I've been playing for 50 years and, like you, I am not good enough to get him his coffee.. Am currently attempting to learn his version of "Summertime" from Mellow Mood. Of course I have to spend hours learning those runs and my poor efforts are garbage compared to his command of the instrument, but it's still satisfying to play on the less complicated parts, because, it's just so fun trying to make it swing hard like he did. He just has so much control, improving at warp speed, and it swings and it's musical. It's mind blowing.
My Dad is 85 and loves jazz. His favourite is Oscar Peterson. In 2011 I bought him an iPod and filled it with Oscar and Diana Krall and Michael Buble and Art Tatum and Dave Brubeck and others that I knew he loved. One of the albums I put on the iPod was OP's live recording from 1958 in Vancouver, and while we were listening to it I told him how the recording was found in 2003 and released as an album soon after. He asked me where it was recorded because his father used to take him to the Orpheum Theatre to watch Oscar and his trio. When I looked it up and told him it was August 4th at the Orpheum he told me that he was there that night with his Dad. He was 20 years old. He is sure he can hear his Dad's whistle during the cheering.
Thank you for doing this, Rick. Dad now has alzheimer's and music is one of the only things that brings out his passion and excitement. He can't remember what he had for lunch today. Can't even remember his granddaughter's name some days. But he can tell you that's Ray Brown on bass (or in this case Niels Pedersen), and that's Joe Pass on guitar (Barney Kessel), Ed Thigpen on drums. I will play this tribute for him tomorrow ❤
The musicians in the audience knew what they were witnessing, and how rare it was. Thank you so much from a humble trumpet player. I enjoyed this immensely.
Wow Rick. I was at that gig. An 18 year old kid from out of town. Depressed when I walked in as I’d just missed out on a tea boy’s job at trident studios. Stood at back with my jaw open and feet tapping and after, walked out happy.
Lucky.
What a blessing! I saw Oscar a few times over the years, but this truly may be one of the best solos of all time.
This is most incendiary, batshit insane playing I have ever seen.
I’m pretty sure that piano either was written off for water damage or caught fire spontaneously after this
I know, right? Some of the patterns are literally mind bending. I need to start doing acid again.
🔥😎🎹
Incendiary is the perfect word
Incendiary is the PERFECT word for it
Oscar Peterson is nauseatingly good. The amount of talent and knowledge that left us when guys like him and Chick Corea passed away is insane. Thank God for their legacy and all their recorded music.
Returned to Forever!
Yup
I'm stunned at your musicality, your openness and your straight-ahead personality, Rick. Now that I've landed in your channel, escape appears to be next to impossible. Keep telling the great stories and displaying your many skills. Your loyal audience is in awe.
Freaking incredible. I knew Peterson was considered a jazz piano great, but I didn't quite get why until this video. I worked on Pixar's Soul, and when Joe Gardner first steps into the Half Note jazz club he sees an image of Oscar Peterson on the wall. A well deserved place of honor.
Thank you for the information, I love how dedicated Pixar always is to details like these. ❤❤❤
Hear, hear 🍻
When you see a title of "The Greatest Solo of All Time," you immediately think - OK, clickbait for sure. You'd think - oh it'll be good, but the greatest - ever? And then you watch the video. And you think to yourself, If there IS such a thing as The Greatest Solo of All Time, this just might be it. I was just flabbergasted. I've never seen anyone play the piano like that. The amount of complexity, precision and soul in this performance is off the charts. And I hate to say it, but I had never heard of Oscar Peterson before! Well, I have now! Amazing.
There are 2 undisputed post-mid-century masters of the piano, and they’re both from Canada: Oscar Peterson and Glenn Gould. In their own unique ways, they both radically re-imagined what piano playing could be. And they were both astonishing technical masters to boot.
Never.heard.of Oscar Peterson? Really?
Canada represents!
There’s a statue of him and his piano at the national arts of canada in Ottawa.
Not like brings me any closer to playing like that LOL
Agreed 100%!
Oscar, like Glenn Gould and bassist James Jamerson "heard" counter melodies in their heads as they played. Columbia had great difficulty recording Gould, as he hummed counter melodies to the great Bach pieces that made him immortal. And I insist that Motown's James Jamerson was hearing cross melodies as Jamerson was taking compositions to #1! Jack Ashford alerted me to this fact.
I live in Ottawa and walk past his statue near the National Arts Centre all the time. There's good, there's great, there's prodigy, there's genius, and then there's Oscar freakin' Peterson. I made it all the way through Gr 10 Conservatory piano and I have absolutely no illusions about ever being able to come even within a light-year of this kind of amazing playing. It's like nothing else on Earth.
The simple truth ... so well expressed. Ottawa born and raised myself, so I was hooked at your opening words!
When you see perfection here on earth it overwhelms your soul. Oscar doesn’t seem real, but I’m thankful he is.
I'm a professional piano player for almost 40 years, proudly Canadian, whose jaw still hits the floor every time I see or hear Oscar Peterson. There will never again be anyone with that kind of surgical viscosity in front of any piano. Greatest of all time INDEED!!
I'm a professional Canadian, and just so happy to have had my head and heart filled with Oscar's music over the years. "Surgical viscosity". Brilliant. I remember the first time I heard Oscar play, and I thought he had four hands.
He plays like water flowing or wind blowing. So natural and effortless.
Rick, I cannot express how gratifying it is to see you geeking out to Oscar. I've been arguing for years with anyone who would listen, that Oscar is one of the greatest musicians in the history of our planet, period. Nobody else has ever brought his combination of technical chops, speed, smoothness, but far most importantly, swing. Oscar swung even on the tenderest of ballads. A true GOAT.
You said everything that I wanted to say! Oscar Peterson is a different level of musician.
Totally agree. I was lucky enough to grow up on Oscar and saw him play several times. I know Art Tatum. Oscar's hero, was arguably more advanced harmonically, but nobody swung like Oscar. There's a good video with him and Keith Emerson, who might have been the greatest rock keyboardist of all time, but Oscar just embarrasses Emerson with his facility and sense of swing. No dis to Emerson (RIP), but Oscar was definitely the GOAT of jazz piano.
@@eliecanetti I like your analysis.
Think of his mind eyes moving his fingers in flawless coordination.
Just a great tribute. Thank you!
I saw Oscar and Barney (not sure who was on bass) somewhere around 1978 at Ricks Cafe Americana in Chicago. The most moving music scene I was ever so lucky to be a part of. It was a small club in the Holiday Inn on Lake shore Drive (now gone) and the early show wasn’t even sold out. Maybe 40 to 50 people there. I just walked up and bought a ticket. Oscar just glided thru the music. And he talked to the audience. He was in love with his music and loved sharing it. I went alone after working my construction job in the city. Afterwards a just sat in my pickup not sure how to think about what I just saw.
I had seen Barney and Herb before in maybe 77. Barney came and sat with me a friend of mine at our table before the show. What a gentleman he was. He wanted us kids to enjoy ourselves… I think I was 19. What a time to be alive to experience these shows.
@edlysne8567 When your eyes and ears witness something like that it takes sometime to process. The feeling afterwards is wishing others could have had the same experience. What an honor it must have been to see him perform in those years...
EdLysne 8567 -- Thank you for sharing this gem of an anecdote. You convey so much, in so few words. These especially: "Barney came and sat with me a friend of mine at our table before the show. What a gentleman he was. He wanted us kids to enjoy ourselves… I think I was 19. What a time to be alive to experience these shows."
I'm not a musician and have no understanding of all the technical details you share with viewers. However, in addition to the joy I've received by listening to Oscar Peterson over the years, I'm always delighted to see how enthusiastic you are about these remarkable musicians. Not only do you know it's amazing music, but you know WHY it's amazing music. I know it's great, but I don't have the language to explain why. I just know I like it.
I'm a musician (3 years Guitar) and I still don't understand half of what Rick says.
@@harrisontownsend910 Now, I don't feel so alone. Haha. I'm sure you'll get there, since you're an actual musician. The passage of time will reveal much.
@@karlhungus5554 Well thank you Sir.
Just keep listening to amazing music! ;-]
@@cthomashalversen8604 Will do! I'm listening to Sinatra's 1958 album "Only the Lonely" right now!
My brother died a few years ago from sepsis he got from a puncture wound while gardening. It was tragic. I miss him. He was a virtuoso violinist and guitarist. He loved all kinds of music. Since we were kids we listened and he guided me through what we were hearing. He was a blast to hang out with. It was all about music.
This channel is great. You must be a blast to hang out with and dig music with your friends.
I wish your brother and Rick Beato had a chance to hang out. I would buy the drinks and just listen.
So sorry, that was indeed tragic.
Sorry. What is your brother's name, Sean?
This is why I love this channel. I never knew about these guys. This isn’t something I would search for. No computers of studio effects. Nothing but raw talent.
Same I love this channel! Not only it's not something we would search for, but you wouldn't even know what to search for to begin with!
That's not talent... that is thousands upon thousands of hours of dedication to the instrument
@@JohnJesus - Combined with talent!
@@dwightropp3014 Sure - but what I mean is that talent alone cannot bring a musician to this level. He started pretty young, at 5 years old, father also a musician.
I've taught a few kids that, one could say, were talented, they developed faster, had a natural ability to play the guitar superior to other kids. But that talent alone isn't enough. So many talented kids do not nurture their gift and lose the potential they have.
What I meant with my comment is to make it clear that it is only hard work, lots of dedication and discipline, that will make a musician exceptional. So that people do not think they were born with that ability -- they worked their asses off for the skill they have.
Talent is a spark. But only persistence and dedication will make a blazing fire!
@@JohnJesus - Without a doubt! Right on, sir!!
Dam dude that's worth a ten minute standing ovation. I've enjoyed OP's music since my early hard rock twenties but have never heard this. Awesome. Love your dedication to your Dad. Respect.
Thank you Rick for sharing Oscar Peterson and you endearing tribute to your Dad--with the most sincere and heartfelt gratitude. Keep doing what you do because your musical talent and message brings us all closer and connected in the common language of music! With kindest regards, Jay Zim
Oh, my flipping goodness!! I'm totally floored. That was some of, if not THE, best musicianship I've ever heard in my life! My dad is Bobby Kimball, the original singer of Toto. He used to play one little part of this song that he told me his mom, Ruby Kimball, used to always play him while she was teaching him to play boogie woogie piano as a child. ( 6:37 and 6:49 ) I've never heard it anywhere else before and was under the impression that my grandmother had made it up herself. Now I know who influenced part of her playing that helped shape my father's career in music. What a special moment for me to find this artist and particular performance. Thank you so much, Rick Beato for making this video!! Allison Kimball
❤
Rewatched this section, and was even more amazed: Rick shows how Oscar plays boogie-woogie with his left hand, while also playing a blues w/ his right. THEN he improvises his solo over all of that-so how is that possible without having (at least) three separate hands? I keep watching Rick’s video and I still can’t answer that question!
Allison, your father's vocals were amazing! Especially the songs Mama and White Sister. He really seemed to sing from the heart and deep inside. His work is much appreciated.
Your dad was the greatest singer Toto ever had and his time in the band was during their prime for sure.
That`s awesome! Your dad was a huge part of the soundtrack of my life growing up in the 1970s-80s. I didn`t realize he`s from Louisiana until recently. His voice always amazed me.
I was blessed to see Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald at the Music Center in Los Angeles when I was 16 years old (1980) I drove my self there in my 66 Mustang, wearing a suit. Needless to say, I was completely blown away. Great post Rick!
You are beyond lucky. Even more so to recognize, as a young kid, how brilliant they were. I am almost certain if so lucky I would have missed the significance of the performance.
One of my favorite records (also on CD) is "Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson" which includes Joe Pass (Martin Drew and Dave Young as rhythm section). Just fabulous music - happy and mind-bogglingly brilliant.
Wow, so envious!! Ella Fitzgerald is my absolute favourite female singer EVER!! She's the Beatles of the Jazz world!!!😂😂🇬🇧
What a cool post, James! Love it!
Wow, what a treat!
I remember going to an Oscar Petersen concert in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh in 1975. I had a seat just behind his piano on the stage. It was totally amazing. Thank you RB for bringing back all those memories. Just great❤
Wish I could’ve been there, as someone born in the early 2000s, this type of music just barely exists anymore… everything nowadays is hiphop and auto-tuned pop. While I have some admiration for a good amount of hiphop artists, old school rock, jazz, blues, etc. will never be beaten in my opinion
Rick, I am so grateful for your insightful inspiration on this video and many others that I have watched this year. My father was a jazz pianist who was self-taught. He had a phenomenal ‘ear’ too. In 1955 we moved to Santa Monica to follow his dream…unfortunately the music business was hard while raising a family and my parents split up. He formed a trio still hoping to get discovered and played music in small clubs in the Pacific Northwest. He passed at an early age of 51. I wish he had been able to get his music recorded 😢 thinking of him this holiday season. 💝 My love of jazz and all kinds of music still plays on in my heart!!! Thank you so much.
This is a beautiful homage, both to Peterson and to your father. It is part of the secret of becoming an elder yourself. Thank you for this, it is saturated in joy and love.
Totally agree!
What an astoundingly beautiful comment
This.☝️ I wanted to say something like this 👏👏👏
Lovely sentiment.
Peterson is one of those few musicians who are so amazing that if he hadn't lived you would not think any human could possibly be that good.
At 13:27 when Rick puts his hands over his face in a type of stupefied disbelief, THAT'S why I love watching his videos. I know I'm listening to something world-class and amazing, but to see a professional musician be BLOWN AWAY by another, it helps me put into perspective just HOW AMAZING any of these artists are on his videos. Respect Rick! So much learning and FUN!!!
No matter the style of music, Rick explains whats happening, drops some theory and always brings the real joy in the whole vibe. Rick is knowledgeable and generous in his sharing his vast knowledge . He is a treasure. Thank you Rick B!
"Let's play blues."
"Sure, what style?"
"All of them." [starts]
Or just, "What style?" - "Yes."
remember when it used to be embarrassing and a sign of low intelligence when you just repeated what someone else said as if you came up with it? obviously you don't
@@panameadeplm why are you here?
@@panameadeplm it’s impressive that you somehow wrote the worst comment in this thread
@@ts4gv what's so bad about it?
This is why you listen to everything as a musician. There is so much to appreciate if you just drop your pretense and dig in. Amazing talent, truly virtuosoistic.
Andy Partridge of XTC, back when they were a punk band, had to hide their love of more complex music (I think like Rachiminoff) because the punters would have killed them.
Exactly. Rick Beato, in an edited and produced video no less, simply saying "listen to this!" and going back after we just already heard it, and playing it again. It's about really listening. Listening with all your concentration and appreciation for the art unfolding. This is a great video essay by Rick on the importance of listening.
Well said
For me and don’t bag me it’s Herb Albert to Mozart to AC/DC. I’ll listen and appreciate any good music
This is sheer joy and flow! Today is my father's birthday. He would have been 96 today. He was a very accomplished musician from Barcelona who had a great international career as a bandleader. His favourite pianists were Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. As I remember my father and his passing, while I sang Jobim's Felicidade in his last breaths, I share a heavenly connection with him now with this video, which I am sure he would have absolutely adored. Thank you Rick for all your videos and your enthusiasm to share the great music, no matter what genre. To quote my father: I like all music, as long as it's good.
That solo is just insane! Also, thank you Rick for the content you put out, it is so so inspiring 🙏🏻 UA-cam needs more of this!
Watching Rick enjoy music makes me very happy.
Same here. Rick gets in there to share the excitement with his friends. It is a happy feeling, yes.
I love how this trio of incredibly talented musicians look like they are just mid-level managers in the accounting department at some gigantic corporation.
Haha!!!
To be fair, some mid level managers have better skills than those called directors 😀
My father, after leaving the RAF following WW II, attended McGill University, graduating with an MD degree. He told me about spending his evenings at The Alberta Lounge, where every night he listened to Oscar Peterson. Although he listened primarily to classical music records when we were kids he often spoke about Oscar and listened to Oscar records after a few drinks, often with his eyes closed, humming tunelessly as he did. I heard this piece then, often, but had forgotten about it…for some reason. Thank you for the reminder.
It's so smooth yet everything jumps out. Phenomenal
I really love how this video is kind of just a valentine to his dad. I hope when I’m dead and gone my son remembers me with half that affection :)
Normally I'm infuriated by talk-overs during a musical performance but not here.
Rick,s levels of knowledge, appreciation, and sheer enthusiasm raise this to a whole new level.
I'm of similar mind about talk-over, but when, as here, they're succinct, educated, and without self-aggrandizing self-reference, they do indeed add to the video. Makes for a perfect reaction presentation.
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 You seem to be infuriated over a UA-cam post. Curious.
@@imtheonevanhalen1557 ruok?
Amen!
Quick-twitch muscle control and the ability to lightning rod the power of the entire universe is what makes Oscar and musicians like him a magnet.
UNBELIEVABLE!!! That is the most amazing performance that I've ever seen. I've never seen anyone play piano like that. You just turned me into a jazz fan ❤
Welcome!
When I saw the title of this video "The Greatest Solo of All Time" I thought, 'well that's very subjective". After seeing the video, I wholeheartedly agree with the title.
Ditto Brother!!!🤣🤣Whew!!!
I was a little worried myself, but Oscar Peterson was such an amazing talent. I have to agree with Rick and you on this one.
Brown 👃 comment
“Take THAT Liberace!”
@@sockmonkey22 Hilarious.
Oscar Peterson lived down the street from us in Mississauga, a suburb West of Toronto, in the 1970s. He was a very down to earth and quiet person and although my mother told me he was a well-known musician I had no idea how great he was until I was much older.
"The Vocal Stylings of Oscar Peterson" shows off his singing voice. He sounds like a mellow Nat King Cole.
Which street did he live on?
He was at our college graduation in 1983 in Evanston, IL
Great Nat King Cole observation. Oscar rarely sang because he sounded too much like his good friend, Nat King Cole.
I love musicians like that. Not the Superstar musicians
My dad had the same love for Oscar and bebop.
I could not wait to see Live Aid on TV as a 13 year old fresh drummer. But my dad said no, you are coming with me. I was not to happy. He took me to The North Sea Jazz Festival to see his hero, Oscar Peterson. Thank God he did. I never forget the goosebumps on my dads skin. The hall was electric. I get goosebumps right now. The best day we ever had together. Thank you Rick, thank you Oscar, thank you dad.
Thank you, Rick, for providing great musical content from intriguing perspectives. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Oscar Peterson, my fellow Montrealer and inducted into the Order of Canada in 1972 and update to Companion in 1984. The best jazz pianists that ever lived. Thank you for sharing this.
@@skierpage A perfect encapsulation of the two players, thank you!
My mum and dad were at that gig!
My father talked about it right up to his death in 2019
You don't say!!! Wow that's Wonderful. Rick's channel bringing those who were actually there (and their families) back together. What a great thing UA-cam is sometimes. What you said - that he talked about it for the rest of his life - makes me so happy. Wow wow wow. Thank you for sharing this story
I don't think a sane person who doesn't just hate things for hate's sake couldn't walk out of that without a lasting impression of awe.
I would be doing the same had I been there... That's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any audience member! My very first live music concert i went to see (I was 12 years old) was Dizzy Gillespie and his band playing at Cortland State. I still wax philosophic about the transcendent 30 minute drum solo his son played.....just incredible. My second concert was Woody Herman's 50th Anniversary Tour. Guess I was a weird teenager!!
What a coincidence?? One in a million!!
That’s insane man! RIP to your father.
Omg! That was beautiful, amazing and spectacular all at once! Truly epic!! Thank you so much for sharing that Rick and what a wonderful tribute to your dad 🙂
Rick, your work here will be an archive for the ages! Thank you so very much for giving this and all of your work on this channel! I'll be signing up!
That’s the best video I’ve ever seen. Metal head at heart here, but I went to another place with Rick. You get animated like I do when hearing music.
Thank you Rick for all you do
The simple truth. And so well expressed -- in so few words. Thank you, RiffMaker247.
Oscar's sweat prevented the piano from catching fire.
So true
lol
That is funny😂
Hilarious!
It's the opposite. It is amazing that the piano did NOT catch fire considering the heat of his music directed at a piano covered in the holy oil of Oscars' sweat.
I really appreciate your take on all of these cuts, teaching as you go, and showing us the nuances that you see.
Thank you for introducing this! Very spectacular. I could not stop watching and listening till the end.
I left to run some errands, and ended up staying in the parking lot when the notification for this video came up. I watched the video and drove home, because I forgot why I left after watching this.
Piano as an instrument really isn’t appreciated enough in the rock work. It really adds a special quality to the music
One of the hardest instruments to play, for sure.
Yes, Emerson lake & Palmer, first album!
Ben Folds....amazing modern rock pianist.
99% of all rock songs were written on a piano or acoustic guitar. Artists love the piano because it’s linear, it flows easier and you’re writing the melody lines and bass lines at the same time.
@@nibla17 this.
It's a thrill to follow your enthusiasm for so many genres of music. Coming from hard rock and metal myself, lately obsessed with orchestral stuff, but I love so many other styles too. Your channel is a gem.
Thank you for this. AMAZING!
About 1961 I went to an Oscar Peterson trio concert in Eugene, Ore. on a Thursday evening. I, then, drove to Portland Ore. on Friday night to see Oscar and his trio again. There were no repeated tunes in the 2 concerts and I never heard the same riff twice. He was, just, an astonishing musician.
I play piano and live in Eugene.
Oscar with Ray and Ed all incredible talents .. Oscar was exceptional and stole the show tickling those keys was effortless and perfection simply the best..
You are blessed to have such a memory. Damn.
Best of all time. My father was an amazing jazz pianist who died 20 years ago. He knew Oscar and once told me that the man was from another world and that God would never make another Oscar. So true.
Love this video you do and your comments. You HIT IT RIGHT!!!!
This is why I enjoy Rick . Thankyou 😊 , I’ve enjoyed this many times .
Oscar was also one of the nicest guys ever. My dad played with him a few times, and I got to hang with them. I sat on his lap one time and asked why his skin was so dark. He told me it was just the way he grew up. I asked him if he thought my skin would turn that dark and he laughed and told me that he didn't think so. I was so disappointed! My dad was Red Kelly, one of the greatest jazz/swing bass players.
😎👍🏻🥂
Red Kelly 👍. And I thought I had a lucky childhood because my Dad played these records.
I met your dad at his club in Tacoma not long before he passed. He inspired me to have faith in the future of jazz, and to become a better bass player.
LOL! Awesome!
@@markbryan3952 I'm very glad to hear that. He was an inspiration to us all. Well, all who knew him. And man, could he swing! He was the best. Give a listen to "Random Riff" off Stan Kenton' live at the Tropicana in Vegas album. Actually, listen to the whole album. He did a gag song that even David Bowie covered, called "You, and I, and George". There is a back story that it was written by "a successful songwriter who woke up with a terrible hangover and decided no one listens to the words of songs anyways, so he wrote this". The reality was dad wrote that song and they really did use it to give the trumpet players a rest. I'll try to put it here
The sweat dripping off him has more musical talent than 99.9999% of today's top 40. Crazy talented.
If only they would've bottled it.
his sweating was more articulated than my playing
Make that a 100
Absolutely 100%
That percentage when it comes to the number 40 makes no sense lmao
Your reaction to particularly tasty music nuggets invigorates me every time. I know that feeling really good. Realizing the performer has completely captivated your attention and at some point you realize that no matter what you do as a listener to compensate for that subversion is met with a more and more explicit musical expression of "You'll never peg me down, I perform on a level beyond natural law" The type of piece that on it's 100th playthrough you finally realize a new layer of mathematical beauty. It's the type of music that intimidates everyone and inspires the virtuosos of the future. Anyway that's the feeling I get for an instant when you let that energy out. Love ya Rick
Thank you for educating us, Rick. Wonderful work!
Oscar was such a sophisticated, elegant man who was as kind and gentle as you could imagine. A true genius of our age.
Jeezo...what a talent on Piano this man is, he plays like a man possessed.
The trio are fantastic together and really put on a show for the audience.
Kudos to your Father for having such great taste in music and then passing it on to you, and thank you for showing us mere mortals such God-like abilities, it truly is just sublime.
Great video Rick 👍
I absolutely love how many different musicians you have introduced me to through your videos! Thank you
Thank you Rick. I never would have seen this. Awesome! Thank you.
This is how listening to music should be taught, Rick.
I hope not. Good video, but being so attuned to the technical would erase nearly everything of importance from the experience.
At the beginning of the Oscar Peterson documentary that you can see on UA-cam, the Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall says "Every time I see him, I don't know what to say. It's, like, I open my mouth and my brains fall out."
That's a killer guote!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLO!!!
Truly one of my favorite things in life is to read or hear the way a master musician pay homage to another. They come up with things, and say things that blow my mind in the most joyful way.
Yes - alltime favourite! Oscar makes the hardest chops look almost effortless...haven´t heard a piano player getting such a smooth tone out of the highest register - his runs up there sound like the sweeetest pearls on a string. Much love Rick!
I learn so much from your videos. Thank you for having such an eclectic taste of musical genres.
If you were merely showcasing great and often forgotten music, that would be enough. But you making music aceessible to a wider audience--that takes the cake!
I love that Rick can listen to current heavy metal on Spotify and then reference jazz greats like NHØP and Oscar Peterson in a video just a while later.
Truly, an incredible performance, such amazing talent, hard to comprehend what I just witnessed, thank you!
Oscar was phenomenal! Definitely a musician beyond talent, his ability was nearly impossible to describe
Greetings from Montreal Rick, Oscar’s hometown, where he is worshipped. In fact, There’s a huge building sized mural of Oscar in his birth neighborhood of Little Burgundy, and also a mural of his sister revered piano teacher Daisy Peterson Sweeney.
Fantastic Rick, please keep this outstanding work up. My favourite all round keyboardist was Keith Emerson who was greatly influenced by Oscar, especially the left hand. I have sat at Emerson’s famous rig with the massive Moog, sadly I can’t play! I have seen many greats at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho London, with a max capacity of 250. Lovely comments about your dad! 🎹🙏
I love Rick Beato’s reactions as much as the musicianship he is featuring
8:18 what whaaaaaat?!??
Thank you for this video and thank them for playing that night. The world needs human being loving and playing music like you all!!!
It’s as much fun watching your reactions as it is to hear this music and witness such musicianship.
During this time of apathy, indifference, and disfunction, it is really great to see an enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and talented musician sharing his love of such a beautiful jazz icon. The Bebop Era spawned some of the greatest talents and it's still awe inspiring to see and hear them perform. Thank you.
You mean during always...its always a time of dissfunction and apathy
"You don't need drums when you swing that hard."
True.
In this instance, they are playing stuff so complex that adding drums would actually muddy the waters imo.
Drummer here. I agree wholeheartedly with this statement
The white noise on the recording kinda sounds like brushes on the snare so im good with it
I thought Muddy Waters was a blues man 🤔😂
@@somebloke13 so is Eddie Clearwater 😜🤣
I agree, you don't really need drums, but being a drummer I wouldn't mind to see if it could be done tastefully. It could be very difficult to stay out of his way though, and you certainly hear the piano better without drums, I have this feeling though, that, if done carefully the tune would swing even harder (if that's possible).
Great presenter Rick, really enjoying me re-entry back into playing instruments. And wow...this video has blown my mind. Thank you
Your enthusiasm only makes this even better. Have only watched a few of your videos so far, but I'm an instant fan. What great content and such a variety! God bless ya, Rick!
You put your finger on it. And it is such an 'informed' enthusiasm. Rick Beato is a great musician in his own right. And the best interviewer EVER, we can all agree!
I'm still wondering how that piano kept up with Oscar.
Oscar is simply phenomenal. However, the Piano has existed for a very long time, and there are classical composers that are very good! Absolutely amazing composers writing classics hundreds of years ago. This gentlemen Oscar would have blown their minds with his concepts. I don't even know where my comment is trying to go but I love the piano!!! and music!!!
He played the Bosendörfer Imperial Grand piano. Amazingly fluid perfectly balanced and light Renner action. There is nothing that it can't do when you ask it to respond if you have a great tech.
Exactly 😲🤔
Actually it didn't. If you listen closely you can hear the piano start to go muddy when he is riffing down the the scale near the middle of the video. That is the action not keeping up with his playing.
Lol
“Ah crap” - every piano in the vicinity of Oscar
My drummer in my band was friends with his son growing up, played together in a couple bands. He would hang out at his friend's house, and got to meet his Dad a few times. I think that's pretty cool.
Thank you so much. Keep 'em coming, Blessed Rick!
Swipes-This has got to be one of the best presentations that I have seen you do! I am also so happy to see the great and wonderful talents you have acquired - you my good man "Rock the Party!" Thank you
As a classically trained pianist I so wish that I could do even a tenth of that. I am amazed by him...of course heard him before but never seen this. Just...no words!
Me when clicking on this video: "Ok, this better be good".
Five minutes later:"Oh,it is."
yeah I was like he is about to claim it is some clapton solo or whatever lmao
And then going back and watching a second time. Damn
Listening and Watching more and more of Mr Beato channel. Amazing Stuff here.
I have watched this video so many times. I always love the 'air bass' you do when 'they're right on it'.
Oscar's expression while playing says it all, he's in another world. We're just lucky to see this.
Can you imagine being hooked up to his thoughts and experiencing the tremendous decision making power of complex improvisation. Then there's the physical labor of pumping that music out. Imagine, 4oz. of weight per key times how many notes? The man was some kind of athlete. It'd take weeks to just to write all those notes down! Boogie-woogie indeed! 🤩😎🤩
I will do my best to explain it. I've been playing piano and improvising 44 years, since I was 2 years old. Mind you I'm no Oscar Peterson because he's otherworldly but I do have some insight. Here's the best way to describe it. I want you to speak out loud what color your car is, then what kind it is. Now tell me what you like about it. I bet you said that pretty well, maybe you thought briefly what you'd say, but did you once think about moving your lips, how your throat vibrates, how much air to push during your car description? Did you see how your thoughts unfolded as you described it, that you didn't pre-think what you were going to say? It just developed as you talked, which is what they call thinking out loud.
I learned to play at the same time I learned to talk. Musical improvisation is talking. It is thinking out loud, in this case through a piano and by one of the best speakers of all time.
@@housebandthexenos2569 That was a brilliant example and explanation. I started playing guitar 54 years ago at the age of eight (As the song goes, "Strictly Rhythm") and I would tell people that it's what I feel in that moment. Yes, I have chords that I have to play, but the WAY I play is highly variable, depending on what song, who I'm playing with and playing for. Your explanation nails it down a lot better than mine.
Rick, extraordinario. Gracias por este canal al que ponés tanta dedicación y amor por la música. Un abrazo.