SNJ07-18-09: A Night with Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson has long been one of my favorite pianists along with Bill Evans. His style was unique and pulled every nuance he could out of traditional jazz. His music entertains and lifts the spirit. You can tell just from listening that he loved jazz passionately. Nothing makes an artist more powerful than pure passion for his art, and Oscar had it, hands down.

Find out all about him at All About Jazz.

I hope you enjoy this wonderfully talented artist as much as I do. Let me know what you think.

Bossa Beguine from Blues Etude — Starting out with a bit of the exotic. Wanna dance?

Meditation from Jazz Bossa Nova — Keeping with the exotic for just a bit more.

The Honeydripper from Night Train — Speeding it up just a little bit and keeping with the dance types this one is good for a little jitterbug.

My Romance from Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes — After all isn’t a great romance upbeat and uplifting? Oscar knows how to make you feel good.

Con_Alma from Oscar Peterson’s Finest Hour — And this one definitely belongs there.

Triste from The Girls from Ipanema — A latin jazz classic played by the master.

Wave from Motions & Emotions — Mellowing things out a bit. Great classic piece.

Dreamsville from Motions & Emotions — Another nice mellow piece. My dad used to play this piece on the piano all the time when I was growing up. Love this one.

In a Mellow Tone from Ocsar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Songbook — Here’s a well known piece from the Big Band Great.

Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You from The More I See You — This is a fun piece makin’ me wish somebody would be good to me.

How High the Moon from Dimensions — A classic played by the best.

Teach Me Tonight from 75th Birthday Celebration — First heard this song performed by Al Jarreau. Really like this rendition. Hope you enjoy too.

As always if you have any suggestions or requests either leave a comment, or contact me through my contact page. Until next week, keep the jazz fires burning.

Picture by flicker user exquisitur under Creative Commons License. Use of this picture does not constitute an endorsement by exquisitur of the ideas in this post.

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