I was at this concert, had dreamed all my life of watching them share a stage. I can’t describe the feeling when they wheeled out the second piano and Oliver Jones walked out. Tears of joy seeing it all again. I’ve just come back from a concert celebrating Oliver Jones’s 90th birthday, he is a wonderful man. Thank you for posting this historic video.

i work in this businesses and on 2024 jazz fest i saw oliver play the piano , it came at the end of a homage for him and let me tell you that this men is still one of the best to ever do it

When I was studying engineering in Montreal, I used to live in an appartement across a jazz bar “Le Grand Café”. Oliver Jones was often playing gigs, I used to chat with him, indeed a great and humble human being. I was bringing my books and was trying to study while listening to Oliver playing: not surprisingly it didn’t work out but still ended with my engineering degree. Two of the greatest Montrealers jazz musicians.

@michaelfavourites6395

26 күн бұрын

Great memory, thanks for sharing! I literally just came back from a concert celebrating Oliver Jones’s 90th birthday. Hope you’re still enjoying your jazz

There will never be another Oscar but Oliver comes close.

Fell asleep from the age of about fourteen to "We get requests"... for years and years. My cassette player didn't switch off automatically so my dad came in every night at about 2am to switch it off on his way to the loo! 😂

Tears and Goose Bumps, everytime I play this.

this right here is what call a master piece.

Quand les patrons sont aux commandes quel moment de bonheur chapeau bas messieurs

DANKE Oscar Peterson für Deine super Musik, ich bin glücklich Dich mehrfach in Konzerten in Nürnberg, München und Ingolstadt (Sitzplatz neben Deiner Frau mit Kind) erlebt zu haben und Deine Autogramme (in der Garderobe) mit persönlichen Worten sind für mich Gold wert..werde Dich nicht vergessen solange ich Jazz hören darf...

Technically, due to his condition this may not have been Oscar’s best, it certainly was one of his most moving performances. Can’t help going back to it again and again. Beautiful....

@tospubs960

4 жыл бұрын

Each morning on my daily walk I play this song - deeply moving.🏞

@IlirianpaJazz

Жыл бұрын

Oscar Peterson is great here as always, but the way he played in his 40s/50s is unmatchable

It has been my great good fortune to have lived during the same time as these gifted players. We will not see their likes again.

I listen to this at least a few times a month. Oscar Peterson Great legend 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

Two great pianists having fun together playing great music. They give life to the music as no others can. Now, both of them are gone. Treasure what you have, for one day it will be gone and all you will have are your memories. Make them wonderful for you and others, too. That is what Oscar & Oliver did and aren't you glad? Bless you who supported this kind of music. . . .SYLVIA! -FL 7/24/2020

@fdjba53

3 жыл бұрын

Oliver Jones is still alive, he just turned 86

@ChannelMaster720

3 жыл бұрын

@@fdjba53 Yes. I looked him up and as of 2017 he was 86. I'm so happy to know he is still among us, but sad he decided to give up his piano playing (after open heart surgery) and retire. However, I am SO grateful that he recorded his music for you and me. Thanks for letting me know. SYLVIA! 10/15/2020

These two artists, demonstrate why jazz is the best music of all

@nemo227

2 жыл бұрын

It's collaborative and spontaneous and it helps our souls.

@lamyaehouse9537

2 жыл бұрын

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This is beautiful, brings back such great memories. Thankyou Oscar and Oliver, my crying is joyful. I grew up with this music , Love you both.

No words to describe our feelings ! Remarkable performance!

Just found this wonderful and emotional video. It brought tears to this 79 year old life long Oscar Peterson fan. Thank you.

@hirschowitz1

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Smith .....me too. How are you ... and where are you .... I’m in midtown Manhattan and still alive..... this recording is simply divine and keeping me through the night.....Miss Jenny

@pimeijgenstein8169

4 жыл бұрын

This Unique musically gifted musical Person moved my heart and soul for 100 or more times of my 83 years of age ! Thank you for having broadcasted this piece of Music ! Was undersigned: Mr. Pim Eijgenstein from Holland = The Netherlands in Europe. With Love to The persons who selected this performance !

@thomaszachariah4756

4 жыл бұрын

Am on the same boat as you are Ian !!

@Bluesnowman101

4 жыл бұрын

Oscar was my inspiration to pound away at jazz for 40 some odd years and still leave me feeling like a beginner!! Swings like none other!!

@ruthgeer4727

4 жыл бұрын

Just came across this by chance - beautiful and heartrending. Always been a massive Oscar fan, saw him many times in London but never been moved quite like this.

Truly a classic performance, unforgettable and unduplicate-able!

True. What a legend (Oscar Peterson) and his gracious and brilliant protegé Oliver Jones. The Great Dane Perdersen (Bass) left us too early🌹

MAN! I wish we had more than 14 minutes OF THIS! ;-)))

One of the Most Gorgeous Pianist I have known! In his biography, his Dad always gave his kids a song to play for him on his return from his Pullman Porter job. Oscar's sis practiced much; Oscar never practiced. But he always played the piece perfectly in one sitting! He was gifted from birth! 🙏 Thank God for Oscar Peterson! DJ

@rosalynkaplan8756

4 жыл бұрын

TOSPUBS Thank you for the story! Is this historically accurate? Wow!

@timmoneel

4 жыл бұрын

@@rosalynkaplan8756 Not sure about the story, but Oscar Peterson's interview on Jazz Profile said he practiced "about eighteen hours a day." This was when he was in high school, and he had to do the hard stuff first: Czerny, Hanon, scales, arpeggios, left hand voicings, etc.

@Eldorias

2 жыл бұрын

Oscar never practiced ?? When he was 9 yo he was already working six hours a day, according to his sister... Oscar was obviously a genius but no genius succeeds by not practicing, the gift is nothing without hard work

Gods of music.

These two giants just blew me away.

An explosion of harmonies, notes and talent straight from their heart and soul !!!

@Darrell1019

7 жыл бұрын

Well said!

Magic.

Very brave of Oliver! Lovely recording. Thanks for sharing.

Oscar and Oliver pure moment of emotion.

Only touching with his right hand for the stroke, we love you Oscar, nobody will ever play like you, a hug from Argentina....

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson! This is my idol! I love him! And I understand.

My lovely Oscar.! Thank your

I could ride the elevator all day long with music like this.

The History Oscar and Oliver have, listening is emotional. Teacher Oscar and Student Oliver. Blessings

Heavenly melody played by two master Canadian jazz giants! 🇨🇦

.A very heartwarming and a little bit sad concert, the old master losing his left hand and the pupil continuing his marvelous technique, so great!

@Darrell1019

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes.

@Darrell1019

7 жыл бұрын

And he's still Way better than me!

@Darrell1019

5 жыл бұрын

I didn't want to know that.

@rosalynkaplan8756

4 жыл бұрын

Darrell Jones don’t know why . . . But your comment gets to me.

@carguy3460

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to lose my left hand like that.

Amazing how Oscar can do more with one hand, than most pianists can do with two.

This is obviously Oscar after he had his stroke. To my ears he transcends time...I've been a fan since 1976...and there's no need to stop after 40 years.

@josephhardaway3

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Kemp it's a syncopated rhythm that adds that wonderful contrast against the beat of song. Oliver does it quite well, I agree.

@Darrell1019

7 жыл бұрын

Oscar's this good After a stroke!?

@tospubs960

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, no need to stop being a fan even after 60 years!😃

@hommefriday

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. My friend went to a Peterson concert in Tokyo and he didn't realise that Oscar played concert only with one hand!

Very emotional moment. Thank you Oscar Peterson, for your eternal music.

Masterful. Such joy.

Thank U soooohhh muchh !!! 2 greats jazzman but the winner is Peter. Just a right hand uppercut is enougth to kill me. Olivier is also a big man.

To tears... so soulful !! There will never be another Oscar Peterson...

@klyona1

4 жыл бұрын

he is ingenious, he is like Everest

@DougGortnerPartyWeddingPianist

4 жыл бұрын

Not to take away anything from the great Oscar, but he once had a match: Gene Harris. For those unfamiliar with this genius, think of him as Oscar with dirt under his fingernails! Listen to the Album G.H. Live at Otter Creek. The thrill of my life was playing (in a piano store on Bloor Street, Toronto) on the Bosendorfer they shipped all over N. A. when Peterson was performing. It didn't have that big New York bass of a Steinway, but the upper register was good for five more notes than a Steinway -- it kept drawing my hand up and up. Not at the same level, of course, but reminiscent of Oscar's playing on the album Very Tall with Bags. It was remarkable hearing they affected each other. Bags played twice as many notes as usual, and Peterson play about half his normal quotient. If you are a huger O.P. fan, dig up the CBC series "All About Oscar." Wonderful background information.

@cebotarialexandru5509

4 жыл бұрын

@@DougGortnerPartyWeddingPianist Thanks Doug! Such a nice story.

Quand les patrons sont aux commandes cela nous permet un grand moment de bonheur chapeau bas messieurs

Due autentici fuoriclasse!Superbi

Oliver Jones is playing in Toronto at the end of November, and I'm really excited. If I can't go I'll probably cry a lot

@Darrell1019

7 жыл бұрын

Let us know how good this show was, please.

Exquisite! Musical Mt. Everest!

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tears for me too, miss you OP. Erik

A one of a kind

Le Jazz et la musique en général est ma véritable religion

So in love with this performance. I have played it 10 times.

A musical moment not to be forgotten, rest in peace OP and OJ.

@PO-cx2ej

Жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken Mr. Jones is still with us.

Awesome. Thanks for the upload.

Great stuff.

Wonderful!

Oscar Peterson -- the BEST ever.

wonderful

Now that there is SOUL MUSIC !!!!!!! Swingin!!

So much respect and inspiration!

Awesome. Awesome to the max.

Tout simplement fantastique ! Deux GÉANTS à mes yeux ! Merci !!!!

Incredible performance! speed and feeling at high level!

I wish we all could have been in that audience.

Great Music-Great friends!

Jazzはあまり知らず聴かないのですが、ぐうぜんこのyoutubeという場所でこの人達の音、姿に出会って音楽の価値観が変わった気がします！ こんなことを言ってしまうのはすごく野暮なことなんだろうけど、 僕は感情に任せて言いたくなってしまう What a greatful sounds!!! 出会えたことを光栄に思うと同時にこれからも、ある日ふと気付いたら聴いてしまっているんだろうという素晴らしい予感に胸がいっぱいです！ そんな音楽、そんな空間でした！ Thank you for this encounter!!

Am just a couple of younger than 79. My most favourite player playing my most favourite number. It has been my most favourite tune since 1975. I bought my first record player then and the first vinyl LP was OP's Night Train.

this is just wonderfull to listen to, this is literally touching my soul

Muito bom!

Merci.

He is the BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is Inimitable !!!

Oliver Jones is very good pianist jezz,Thank you for the pleasant expertence.

@francisokwesa4854

3 жыл бұрын

And still with us Oliver Jones.

C'est tout simplement extraordinaire .

O mais alto nível musical possível é esse, desses dois brincando facilmente com algo de complexidade absurda. Só uma palavra pode traduzir esse momento humano: amor. Amor.

Fantastic maestro and genius ! Greeting from Jazz man Kuala Lumpur.

Loved it! Thnx Phineas :)

Formidabili pianisti. Jazz

Oscar fue sin duda uno de los grandes del jazz en piano. Lamento solo, que no profundizo mas su musica

Seigneur Dieu,que du bonheur,les voies du seigneur,créateur du"la"....mille mercis

fantastik

Music the beautiful...

Killer! Nothing like it now!

Ladies and gentleman, it's a great honour, I have to say that all my life, i've been inspired because (by) that man. One of the pieces that, even though OP wrote it,I tink I've played it more often then himself. Still, I wish I had the money he made with it (laught). Ladies and Gentlemen: Hymn to Freedom.

Oh Man this is making my day. Thanks for posting.

When Oscar Peterson begins to play, we forget who came before him, even at this age...:)

Quand j'entends et vois jouer ces deux géants, je me sens bien petite dans mes souliers de musicienne...

Bravooo

Please adjust the names of all musicians: Ulf Wakenius on guitar, Niels Henning Oersted Pederson on bass and Alvin Queen on drums.

I was there. It was wonderful and you almost didn’t notice OPs left hand. Canada’s gift to jazz. Legends forever. I first saw OP in 1964 in Melbourne and just fell in love with jazz piano. With Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen they were the greatest.

Na data de hoje (23/12/2018) completados 11 anos do falecimento de Oscar Peterson, presto aqui a minha homenagem a esse grande artista que foi uma das maiores expressões pianísticas surgidas em todos os tempos e que, mesmo prejudicado pelo avc sofrido que lhe restringiu os movimentos de sua mão esquerda, continuou a sua trajetória musical mantendo o mesmo brilho de sempre.

*Que juventud en esos dedos por favor* *!!*

გადასარევია, ფანტასტიკურია , უდიდესი მუსიკოსები

Quelle merveille que ces musiciens géniaux compensant la main gauche défaillante d'Oscar

O Dea Musica, salvezza da ogni tipo di infelicità. Supreme Prozac..

Klasse !

❤️

Fantastisch

@lilpetersshorts9549

3 жыл бұрын

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Oscar Peterson : I met Him in Munich, great Musician!

@DougGortnerPartyWeddingPianist

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I saw him at the Village Vanguard while a student at Deerfield Academy in the late fifties, with Jazz at the Philharmonic in Munich in 1962, and solo at Dartmouth College in 1977-8? He talked to the audience a lot and at one point said he said he was often asked "What's the definition of Jazz?" He immediately sat down and ripped of twenty seconds of sweet Georgia Brown, then turned to the audience and said "This my definition of Jazz" If a guy walked out from behind that curtain and put a gun to my head and said 'Play it again EXACTLY is you just did!', I would say shoot, I have no idea what I just played!" Works for me.

Keep swinging!!!!!

Практически гениально ❤.

How great is to see these 2 giants having fun to play. Both were born in Montreal what is interesting is that Oliver Jones took lessons from Oscar's sister. Great video, great crowd, great concert. 10 stars out of five! Salutations du Nouveau Brunswick Canada

GREAT for ever ! ! ! * * * * * *

Yep

@Darrell1019

8 жыл бұрын

That's grand! I miss Oscar.