Oscar Peterson, Montreal 1925 - Missasauga 2007
Oscar Peterson, along with double bassists Ray Brown and Niels Pedersen, performs "You Look Good To Me" at the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival . . .(Source: YouTube upload from the DVD, Norman Granz Jazz In Montreux Presents Oscar Peterson Trio '77)
Today The Canadian Press published an account of Peterson's funeral service. A warm, firsthand reminiscence of Peterson performances in the late '40s is here. The Globe and Mail obituary is here. An appreciation by J.D. Considine is here.
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