Dan Gould Posted January 14, 2008 Report Posted January 14, 2008 I have to say I was surprised to see a bit on Headline News about this event. Its so rare to see TV news take note of a jazz artist who's died but obviously OP crossed over into the popular culture like Miles and Dizzy and a few others. Quote
Durium Posted January 25, 2008 Report Posted January 25, 2008 OSCAR PETERSON Oscar Peterson is known for his great piano playing, but was also a gifted singer. Arnold Van Kampen, author of the Oscar Peterson Discography tells more about it ...... Osar Peterson - The vocal style Keep swinging Durium Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted January 25, 2008 Report Posted January 25, 2008 OSCAR PETERSON Oscar Peterson is known for his great piano playing, but was also a gifted singer. Arnold Van Kampen, author of the Oscar Peterson Discography tells more about it ...... Osar Peterson - The vocal style Keep swinging Durium Wow! Oscar was a BABE! Who knew? Quote
Larry Kart Posted January 25, 2008 Report Posted January 25, 2008 [url="http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2008/01/oscar-peterson-vocal- Wow! Oscar was a BABE! Who knew? Puts a different light on that story about Oscar mooning either the Herman or Kenton band bus as Oscar, Brown, and Ellis drove past on the way to next gig on the tour. Quote
BERIGAN Posted January 26, 2008 Report Posted January 26, 2008 Thanks for posting that article Garth! Quote
MomsMobley Posted October 28, 2021 Report Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) ODE TO BILLIE JOE Oscar Peterson - Ode to Billy Joe (1969) - YouTube not as great as Nancy Wilson / Oliver Nelson but nothing is Nancy Wilson: Ode to Billie Joe - YouTube Edited October 28, 2021 by MomsMobley Quote
JSngry Posted October 28, 2021 Report Posted October 28, 2021 3 hours ago, MomsMobley said: not as great as Nancy Wilson / Oliver Nelson but nothing is Nancy Wilson: Ode to Billie Joe - YouTube best version the haunting sax makes it work Quote
MomsMobley Posted October 28, 2021 Report Posted October 28, 2021 42 minutes ago, JSngry said: best version the haunting sax makes it work Lockjaw! Quote
JSngry Posted October 28, 2021 Report Posted October 28, 2021 Nancy is pure vintage in this amazing song. Quote
Gheorghe Posted October 29, 2021 Report Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, MomsMobley said: Lockjaw! I have the Pablo album Lockjaw with OP-Trio. Well I bought it because I wanted to hear Jaws. OP is quite ok, though I like another Pablo album Jaws with the Tommy Flanagan trio more, since Flanagan is one of the best pianists of his time. He doesn´t exagerate his tehnical abilities like OP and nevertheless has a fantastic tehnique, and really tells a story when he is soloing and also is great in comping other soloists. My favourite OP album is "In Tune" with the Singers Unlimited, not because I´m such a big fan of Unlimited, and my discography of vocals is quite scarce, but because it was en vogue in my youth and OP does not cover everything, he is more subdued here so I can enjoy the sound more . But as I have mentioned in my VSOP thread, there were different "fan-groups" during my teenage years and early twen years, when I was most involved in the scene: One minority was the 100% OP fans, but they were not so much present in the joints were jazz was played. There was a Jazz LP-lovers circle who met once the month and one evening someone had invited me and there they had also gentleman around 50, named "Hans" and every phrase he spoke started and ended with Oscar Peterson. He would not have tolerated other opinios. But one thing is interesting: Most OP-Fans were just fans, not musicians. Edited October 29, 2021 by Gheorghe Quote
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