How dare anyone thumb this down.

@hdzhotz5988

3 жыл бұрын

They don't have keyboard to talk of a piano.

@GoatBarn

3 жыл бұрын

Great performance and audio quality - the camera work (editing?) is just horrible...

@elviskrumlinde8854

3 жыл бұрын

Goat, who cares about camera angel when it’s music?

@chokoala8637

3 жыл бұрын

@@elviskrumlinde8854 well if we want to see his technique it matters a bit

@RandomStuff-12345

3 жыл бұрын

@@chokoala8637 I think the music is more important

I am a pianist, with more than 20 years experience. Belive what I say : this guy is not a pianist, he was a real musician. I could play like any classical pianist, I could have won competition. But never, I could reach this level of musicallity. Ciffra, Rubenstein and other pianist are not comparable to Oscar Peterson : he was a real musician

@enricolongo242

3 жыл бұрын

Thus is called jazz pianist ;)

@milkajames5960

3 жыл бұрын

@@enricolongo242 Most of jazz pianist are ''OK'' player. This guy is a genius

@enricolongo242

3 жыл бұрын

@@milkajames5960 of course. That's why we are here)

@sucroseboy4940

Жыл бұрын

It’s difficult to compare jazz pianists to classical pianists. In technique i could name a few that are superior, like Cziffra, Marc-Andre Hamelin (although he is a very unmusical pianist) or Hoffman, but musically there is no way to compare the two genres. What makes a great jazz musician, would make a mediocre classical musician, and vice versa. However, Peterson is surely still among the greatest pianists to ever live

@AllIn1Studio

Жыл бұрын

A composer and arranger. When his father played a record of Art Tatum to him he thought he was 4 hands playing. He decided right there and then what he was going to aim to play as great as Tatum. To deal with become known and to face the racial prejudice in America at that time and he in Toronto. He decided if he was gonna come to America and tour he’s going to have to scare people, have to frighten people with his piano playing, so he would be respected and treated right. And that he did!!

My God. I have played 40 years and this man is on another planet!

that Bosendorfer is a wonderful sounding piano. so rich and toneful.

@ricardooliva4034

3 жыл бұрын

His last name is Peterson, not Bosendorfer.

@ricardooliva4034

3 жыл бұрын

@@biophonism and i didnt know bosendorfer was a pianist.

@eikariofficial

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricardooliva4034 bosendorfer is a brand of pianos…

@glodysinga4577

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricardooliva4034 🤣🤣🤣

@glodysinga4577

2 жыл бұрын

The piano that Oscar played in this performance is a Bosendorfer

Many of the jazz greats, including Oscar, have said that Art Tatum was the greatest of all time. But Oscar has always been my favourite, he played so wonderfully, Nat Cole's influence and Tatum's influence show in Oscar's playing. But he wasn't trying to be anyone. There will never be another. ❤❤❤❤

@user-cc9ij6se4w

27 күн бұрын

Сияет...

When you're sure there's a trio playing but realize it's just Oscar Peterson alone

He never just plays notes - His spirit shines thru via his playing

@user-cc9ij6se4w

27 күн бұрын

Сияет...

His combination of dynamic single note runs and massive chords has never been matched, because there is feeling in everything. He never sounds like he's gratuitously showing off. Magnificent.

This piece is called “I CAN’T GET STARTED” It was written in 1936 by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics). An American standard treated with exquisite experience of a lifetime employing every influence and era in jazz. What a masterclass in solo jazz piano this is!! Omnipotent Oscar!! Everything a musician needs to know and hear about mastery of an instrument and pure self expression free and bouyant! My biggest influence and love

@ianspencermusicja

Жыл бұрын

At first I thought you were joking about the title then I disagreed with your title, then I realized you were not. I thought you were joking and saying, I can't get started describing how incredible this performance is. I disagreed because I thought your title should be I shouldn't get started trying to play the piano. Then, as I said, I realized that's the name of the song and yes indeed it's a masterclass. Thanks for sharing the name of the song.

Jeezus, I'm a musicians musician, I can play a LOT of instruments really well. God gave me the gift. But, when I watch and listen to this guy... just .. wow. He's a Treasure. I'd love to have been able to get into that guys brain and see how it works. The way he "thinks" about music fascinates me.

That Bosendorfer is in very good hands.... Beautiful sounding piano with a beautiful pianist. Match made in heaven.

@camilledelorme3853

2 жыл бұрын

A Bösendorfer 290 Imperial. With 8 complete octaves 💥

One of the greatest jazz piano players in the world …………

@jackiewright4438

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed if not THE greatest!!

@raullorusso5447

Жыл бұрын

Yes, after Art Tatum.

@areolaman

10 ай бұрын

only because Art Tatum is American@@raullorusso5447

There are NO words that man has crafted to explain this. I only wish I had been able to see him in person. This will have to do.

@jorgestramusic

3 жыл бұрын

Dominick I did and I screamed like a little girl!

@jackiewright4438

2 жыл бұрын

@@jorgestramusic I saw him live too - will never forget it!

@t4fnut

Жыл бұрын

I saw him once in concert. But I was probably too young (18 years old) to fully appreciate his talent. Tickets were $6.00. I saw Joe Pass playing solo. Tickets were $2.00.

I've always loved Oscar Peterson. I also love the sound of that Bösendorfer piano.

I’m an (aspiring) electronic music producer and a DJ. I exist (almost) completely in the world of modern music and yet, I still watch videos of Oscar throwing down on the piano and am completely mesmerized. It’s like that instrument was made for him and he was made for it. The connection he had with the piano was one of the all-time greatest relationships in music.

@buttertandoorichicken

3 жыл бұрын

Hey electronic music and jazz can be combined together to make some cool shit! Listen to some haywyre (2012-2017 stuff) and Anomalie, they do a good job of mixing the two genres

@FunManRJ96

3 жыл бұрын

@@buttertandoorichicken I've heard some of Haywyre's earlier music and it's incredible!!

@skeoch8579

Жыл бұрын

I'm the same bro,mind completely blown

I really love his touch of piano. Smooth, calm also powerful..

@tertiuspeter8503

3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering how is he able to get all the characters out of his touch tht you mentioned simultaneously is he pressing hard soft just in-between it probably varries

@AllIn1Studio

Жыл бұрын

Masterful!

This performance made me teary. Such beautiful music, such expression. Oscar and the piano is all that's needed to touch the hearts of millions

Oscar can only be described as one word: amazing

Besides the ability to instantaneously play whatever he was hearing and feeling, often at an extremely high level of technique, somehow he was able to keep it pleasing, happy, not dark, even though his playing was frequently overwhelming. That's why Oscar is my fav

It is all about the joy of playing, no matter our level, all about the joy of listening. Listening to Oscar P. is always a beautiful heart experience, without comparing to other pianists.

@jseymourguenther6527

5 ай бұрын

It says something that Joe Pass et al are just standing or (in the case of the drummer) just sitting there 😮

4:18 this is crazy...

@Andrstyopa

5 жыл бұрын

just 15-ma. He used it so often.

@rhz1089

3 жыл бұрын

Русский Пацан the level of finger independence tho

Wow it sounds like a whole orchestra

Once a great pianist Glenn Gould, said, if Oscar Peterson would play Bach- then I will stop play piano. This is most compliment and respect for this hilarious genius of Peterson, who to compare to most Jazz pianists practiced every day without exception. That feeling when no matter how much you practice, you will never achieve such mastery. This is genius. 👏🏻

@iampiclerick9618

7 ай бұрын

Well said👏👏

That heavy swing finale wrecked the joint. An old man and he still swang the biggest brass balls in the game. Greatest pianist of all time.

He might've been the best pianist ever. Real talk.

@twoking10

6 жыл бұрын

Yah, he is my number 1.. but many don't agree.

@kamakirinoko

6 жыл бұрын

Not "might have been." But then again, he wasn't human.

@FutureAbe

6 жыл бұрын

Cziffra is better

@musical_lolu4811

6 жыл бұрын

Cziffra's 'jazz' is a joke.

@FutureAbe

6 жыл бұрын

African MusicGenuis he’s not a jazz pianist

as usual: piano player plays blinding run. cameraman looks up his nose.

@Kalaish_Stanley

3 ай бұрын

why is this so tru 😭

Song is "I Can't Get Started"

Oscar Peterson was light years ahead of others his style and passion for tickling the ivory’s is World Class Outstanding a real musical genius May he Rest In Peace

There's no one to touch Oscar ...pure Genius !!!!

Oscar Oscar Oscar 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿 RIP buddy. You did good...real good

I had the great pleasure of seeing Oscar Peterson at the Royal Albert Hall, London - I think it must have been 1991. :)

@MezzanineMix

3 жыл бұрын

Had the pleasure of meeting Oscar Peterson at a charity do once. He was surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

Greatest of all time!

Just discovered this man. And, there is something there. Wow. I'm not a jazz person but with that kind of music I could turn

Oscar Peterson; An American treasure!

@janetashkenazy9290

5 ай бұрын

All Canadian Treasure and heaven sent.

@LaurenceMartinSask

5 ай бұрын

Canadian treasure...

@tebbesdw

2 ай бұрын

Canadian

@jimiamfirshur4778

2 ай бұрын

A North American treasure. C'mon guys throw us Yanks a bone.

Oscar Peterson is to piano as Tommy Emmanuel is to guitar. Complete and total mastery of the instrument. Technique is transcended, allowing the artist a level of freedom of expression not available to mere mortals still struggling with technical details. Look no further than 4:18 to see what true instrument mastery looks like.

Oh my God!!!! That’s freaking insane!!!

When I listen to or watch Oscar I am reminded of the human intelligence and cunning which evolved the building of sophisticated instruments and an evolved musical creativity to reveal the beauty of his talent and our species it’s like everything that is right in our galaxy is right here

Siamo nel 2024 ! Questo Brano chi lo conosce, OSCAR, lo Interpreta in un CAPOLAVORO ! LUI sta Suonando giocando divertendosi, IL GENIO DEL JAZZ SWING UNICO !!

An all time master craftsman...he is the bar....Jesus Molina, Herbie Hancock, Joey Alexander, Glenn Gibson jr. Corey Henry, Joey Defranciso all are utterly fantastic but Oscar is just a different cat.

This is a masterpiece, incredible.

Oscar is the best pianist in music history, it is just unbelievable how good he was

He is genius ... To be inspired by Art Tatum and to have such genius, taste grand ability, class all in 1 is a testimony to God

One word: Genius.

The song is called "I can't get started with you"

ich hab diese Sprache von der ersten Wahrnehmung geliebt, die Liebe hat inzwischen 50 Jahre gehalten, Danke O P

Wow this is absolutely breathtaking

He hits notes on this the piano didn't know it had!!! Master and Legend are just a start to describe him.

brotha was classically trained as well!

@JoshuaSobel

3 жыл бұрын

The technique makes that obvious

I just discovered Oscar Peterson. I mean, what the hell? Why didn't anyone tell me about this dude? OMG argggggghhhhhhh!!!!!

@wheremashrimps

Жыл бұрын

Have you heard Sandy’s blues yet?

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, has many hours of Oscar Peterson, which they played when he passed away. There was one piece in particular that floored me. He was playing along in his usual masterful way, but about 3/4 of the way through the piece he just took off! It was unbelievable! How he transformed from merely great into godlike in a second. I'll never forget that as long as I live. He was one of the all-time greats.

song title name: I Can't Get Started with You

@Andrstyopa

5 жыл бұрын

Feb.28 1987, Tokyo-Japan

@pangpengmaster

3 жыл бұрын

Senkyou

The way he links up different harmonies is out of this world

This was the "master session"

I found this hauntingly beautiful

Bunny's spirit is smiling on your spirit Oscar, especially yesterday on St. Pat's Day. We Irish by decent love Mr. Oscar Peterson!

@jeffcraven7376

7 жыл бұрын

Mr. Peterson, you must be the first chair pianist in God's band. RIP; A lot of us miss your playing here on earth.

someone please get him a fan

Just awesome beatiful way to play guau

I can only imagine how fun it would be to is it beside him while he’s practicing at home

What a legend.

Absolutely beautiful and incredible.

Franz Liszt ofJazz

@magentuspriest

4 жыл бұрын

In the words of Walter White from the show Breaking Bad: "You're god damn right"

Oscar makes this world okay

Wow 🎶❤️

All credit to the musicianship of Oscar, the piano makers, image and sound recordists... Or we would never have seen or heard such a wonderful thing!

The prodigious and fountainesque Oscar ! Can there ever be another, so loving and committed to his craft ? To have lived in his jazz shadow creates revelry !

Magnífico Oscar. Imposible permanecer indiferente a tu arte. Qué pérdida cuando te fuiste !

@chinor.9055

4 жыл бұрын

es verdad

лучший джазовый пианист 20-го века.

My favourite pianist 🤍 love you oscar 🤍

still sounds amazing and BEAUTIFUL...

That's just inexplicably phenomenal.

Well done Paul , I love the hypnotic pulse in left-hand & the dynamic interaction of the right - hand in this piece. keep up your amazing work stay blessed and fantastic kind regards Mr Worrell Robinson....

As a classical pianist.....I always though I would like to be reincarnated as Chopin or Liszt.......but the more I listen to Oscar.....I know that isn't the right decision. Oscar is just other-worldly!

@marcossidoruk8033

Жыл бұрын

Those you named were also great improvisers. Especially liszt, he was probably much better than oscar.

@Ace-dv5ce

Жыл бұрын

@@marcossidoruk8033ot likely, and you can’t be much better than this

@marcossidoruk8033

Жыл бұрын

@@Ace-dv5ce Very likely and You can be much better than this.

@Ace-dv5ce

Жыл бұрын

@@marcossidoruk8033 Explain to me how it’s very likely someone who was a concert pianist performing other peoples music from a score and composing for a living can be better than a top tier musician the best in their craft whose genre is basically built on improvisation. And if you are going to explain don’t use unconfirmed sources and fantasies. If you can be much better than this at improvising explain how. Sure you can sound different and more complex but that doesn’t equal Better.

@marcossidoruk8033

Жыл бұрын

@@Ace-dv5ce You clearly know nothing about how classical music worked in the 19th century and before. And jazz improvisation sucks for the most part. There is a reason why only other jazz musicians like this kind of music LMAO.

Best piano solo ever. Perfection.

The Big legend 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Ray Charles said, Oscar is the best he has ever heard, next to Tatum." I think Oscar is incredible!

@chaselewis7853

4 жыл бұрын

You mean Ray was sitting next to Tatum when he said that, right?

Amazing!!!!!!!

That said the interprétation of this marvelous standard is awesome... as usual

Absolute legend

The best solo ever period.

Oscar always said his inspiration came from Art Tatum and it shows. That genius was sadly taken from us many years ago. Now Oscar is no longer with us either. Who can possibly replace them. Maybe, one day, God will be reborn yet again

@l3gendbaap963

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Gowers God may not have been reborn but his son Jesus Molina has!

@chester6343

4 жыл бұрын

Jacob collier

Genius!!❤️

Un dieu de la musique en personne, tout y est ! Tout l'monde le veux comme modèle!

Magnificent!

4:31, este chico no era normal, que talento, el mejor pianista que he visto en mi vida.

Gary Adams from south africa what an absolute master my hero on a piano. Woow Oscar you are one of a kind.

Jazz was always and everyday new for him soo he didn’t have to put something new to revolutionize music like other jazz musician.he played like a master . He himself and his virtuoso was a revolution for jazz music . My fav jazz pianist

Absolutely beautiful 👽👽

I wonder what Frederic Chopin would think upon hearing this if he suddenly woke up in 1999. You could say they were both great improvisers, just in quite different styles and harmonic languages.

amazing player

Stunning...

He's my favorite. I actually had a dream I was hanging out with him a couple days ago

Great music, RIP Oscar Peterson! It looks like the 1987 concert in Tokyo (Oscar had a stroke in 1993, Joe Pass passed away in 1994)

Non sono dita, SONO PERLE ! GRANDIOSO GENIO ! non esistera' un secondo, come OSCAR, forse imitazioni ! Il Suo sudore, e' la Sua Anima del Suo TALENTO !!

Soooo cool to see Oscar's massive hands glide so effortlessly along those keys

EL MEJOR DE LA HISTORIA DEL JAZZ.

I've always held Arthur Rubinstein, Richer, Horowitz, Cziffra, Argerich, Michelangeli (and the list of legend goes on) in the highest regard. To me they were always the undisputed, after knowing Art tatum and Oscar Peterson, I really believe that all the previously mentioned classical piano legends are mere students.

@rogerknox9147

5 ай бұрын

That's an exaggeration. Different music, different strengths ...

I love this musician!

The last part of the solo is the theme tune to minder!

вот чем хорош оскар Питерсон .так быстрой сменой характера .темпа и ритма.

@enricolongo242

7 жыл бұрын

По-моему он хорош всем)))

increadible.