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@benlee897

2 жыл бұрын

Love it brother keep posting videos like this amazing tickling of the key's you are the man..

@KevinKilgorepage

2 жыл бұрын

just want to say that "improvisation" is a murky word for me, but this IS a GREAT video to introduce people to a trio that is beyond imagination for most people... SO SOLID. truly great. Perhaps you might do a video on the subject of improv, how it is developed and instituted in playing. I am certain you are aware of the broader signification of the word improvisation but for MANY people they believe it is just inventing on the fly when in reality it is NOT. There is practice and thinking that is CRUCIAL BEFORE ANY improvisation on this level.

@johnnorris1983

2 жыл бұрын

I think that this track was OSCAR saying watch me lock the orchestra out by purely music. Quite a feat to achieve. Genius. If you got it.

@kat-601

2 жыл бұрын

Rick just "Thank-you" l can more than appreciate your love & knowledge of music. IMO it's 2nd to none. Just love your videos! - Keith Townsend -

@amsterdamassassin

2 жыл бұрын

Rick, can you tell me whether this performance was recorded on an album? From which concert was this clip taken?

Rick, my father was in the audience at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London for this performance. Dad's still alive.

@patrickjordan2233

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool👍

@tonytypesalot

2 жыл бұрын

Totally jealous of your dad to get to hear that in person. I couldn't be there because I was negative three years old, but still jealous. Lol

@waynesworld7804

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that in itself is amazing.

@fringedwellermccatintyre730

2 жыл бұрын

My father in law loved Oscar Peterson. I thought of him during Ricks' show, and was misty-eyed again, to read your comment.

@gadois8674

2 жыл бұрын

​@@MattsAwesomeStuff Hi Matt, I was 14 at the time, so underage for the club. He's 92 now and rather forgetful. He grinned when I showed him this. Within 5 years of this gig , I had taken him to see Queen, Santana and Bob Marley - the last 2 he was swathed in 'herb' smoke.... "what is that smell?" he enquired, hilarious, especially given his background as a UK Government diplomat, and he still loves Marley.

I came here expecting a guitar solo, but wasn't disappointed.

@blanewilliams5960

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@roady68

2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@jeffkeni

2 жыл бұрын

Count me #3. Only a piano solo can stomp a guitar solo ;)

@BlueDjiin

2 жыл бұрын

Same :)

@ratsoup3823

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

My Dad is 85 and loves jazz. His favourite is Oscar Peterson. In 2011 I bought him an iPod and filled it with Oscar and Diana Krall and Michael Buble and Art Tatum and Dave Brubeck and others that I knew he loved. One of the albums I put on the iPod was OP's live recording from 1958 in Vancouver, and while we were listening to it I told him how the recording was found in 2003 and released as an album soon after. He asked me where it was recorded because his father used to take him to the Orpheum Theatre to watch Oscar and his trio. When I looked it up and told him it was August 4th at the Orpheum he told me that he was there that night with his Dad. He was 20 years old. He is sure he can hear his Dad's whistle during the cheering. Thank you for doing this, Rick. Dad now has alzheimer's and music is one of the only things that brings out his passion and excitement. He can't remember what he had for lunch today. Can't even remember his granddaughter's name some days. But he can tell you that's Ray Brown on bass (or in this case Niels Pedersen), and that's Joe Pass on guitar (Barney Kessel), Ed Thigpen on drums. I will play this tribute for him tomorrow ❤

As a Canadian hailing from Montreal, a huge thank you for recognising this beloved icon (and your Dad for introducing you to his music!)

@richardgraham7055

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing Senator Oscar Peterson to life again. If I remember correctly, Senator Peterson, first toured with Louis Armstrong in 1943. He was one of the best piano accompanists of all time. Move to Canada, Mr. Beato, and you might become a Canadian Senator, honoured among the millions.

@cinders302

10 күн бұрын

I live way the hell out west in AB, and proud to share the same country as that man. What a force!

This is most incendiary, batshit insane playing I have ever seen.

@alex0589

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure that piano either was written off for water damage or caught fire spontaneously after this

@666Eva

2 жыл бұрын

I know, right? Some of the patterns are literally mind bending. I need to start doing acid again.

@mtbness5028

2 жыл бұрын

🔥😎🎹

@jimyoung9262

2 жыл бұрын

Incendiary is the perfect word

@TheChadPad

2 жыл бұрын

Incendiary is the PERFECT word for it

God Rest your father’s soul, Rick. In imparting his love of high-information music to you, he had no idea he’d be impacting MILLIONS of lives in the future. That’s a hell of an achievement for a non-musician.

@RickBeato

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@basicaccounting1644

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more bluemichi. Bless everyone who lets music impact their lives and influence them. I couldn't get through the week if I didn't watch Rick's videos and given we just went into lockdown yesterday there's even more reason to watch these videos. Keep up the great work Rick.

@63kavon

2 жыл бұрын

@@RickBeato You're so blessed to have him for a dad. My dad liked Frankie Laine and Tennessee Ford for crying out loud!

@bgrigg07

2 жыл бұрын

@@63kavon What is wrong with Tennessee Ford? Or Frankie Laine? Both were seriously talented.

@martinXY

2 жыл бұрын

@@63kavon That baritone, though. Just amazing.

Watching Oscar play and knowing the notes he’s playing are an intimate expression of his soul, as though he’s transcribing his brainwaves in real time in a form we can hear and feel and understand… it’s pure genius.

@charleshewitt9440

Жыл бұрын

Nicely said

@harrisontownsend910

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@g3rbl

9 ай бұрын

Wonderful analysis

The musicians in the audience knew what they were witnessing, and how rare it was. Thank you so much from a humble trumpet player. I enjoyed this immensely.

Wow Rick. I was at that gig. An 18 year old kid from out of town. Depressed when I walked in as I’d just missed out on a tea boy’s job at trident studios. Stood at back with my jaw open and feet tapping and after, walked out happy.

@Rectitude4U

2 жыл бұрын

Lucky.

@DanielBarberMusic

Ай бұрын

What a blessing! I saw Oscar a few times over the years, but this truly may be one of the best solos of all time.

"Let's play blues." "Sure, what style?" "All of them." [starts]

@TheNinnyfee

2 жыл бұрын

Or just, "What style?" - "Yes."

@panameadeplm

2 жыл бұрын

remember when it used to be embarrassing and a sign of low intelligence when you just repeated what someone else said as if you came up with it? obviously you don't

@DoctorDave5

2 жыл бұрын

@@panameadeplm why are you here?

@ts4gv

2 жыл бұрын

@@panameadeplm it’s impressive that you somehow wrote the worst comment in this thread

@panameadeplm

2 жыл бұрын

@@ts4gv what's so bad about it?

I'm stunned at your musicality, your openness and your straight-ahead personality, Rick. Now that I've landed in your channel, escape appears to be next to impossible. Keep telling the great stories and displaying your many skills. Your loyal audience is in awe.

Just a great tribute. Thank you! I saw Oscar and Barney (not sure who was on bass) somewhere around 1978 at Ricks Cafe Americana in Chicago. The most moving music scene I was ever so lucky to be a part of. It was a small club in the Holiday Inn on Lake shore Drive (now gone) and the early show wasn’t even sold out. Maybe 40 to 50 people there. I just walked up and bought a ticket. Oscar just glided thru the music. And he talked to the audience. He was in love with his music and loved sharing it. I went alone after working my construction job in the city. Afterwards a just sat in my pickup not sure how to think about what I just saw. I had seen Barney and Herb before in maybe 77. Barney came and sat with me a friend of mine at our table before the show. What a gentleman he was. He wanted us kids to enjoy ourselves… I think I was 19. What a time to be alive to experience these shows.

@bennyramos1885

3 ай бұрын

@edlysne8567 When your eyes and ears witness something like that it takes sometime to process. The feeling afterwards is wishing others could have had the same experience. What an honor it must have been to see him perform in those years...

@MarkBlackburnWPG

11 күн бұрын

EdLysne 8567 -- Thank you for sharing this gem of an anecdote. You convey so much, in so few words. These especially: "Barney came and sat with me a friend of mine at our table before the show. What a gentleman he was. He wanted us kids to enjoy ourselves… I think I was 19. What a time to be alive to experience these shows."

I've been playing piano for 30 years and I'm not even good enough to get that man his coffee....This really is the greatest solo of all time.

@vonmoose1

2 жыл бұрын

You are good enough to get him a coffee. I’m pretty sure.

@kentd4762

Жыл бұрын

Your point is taken, but his being absolutely great doesn't take anything away from you. Rejoice in your ability.

@HenryChangDesign

Ай бұрын

I've been playing for 50 years and, like you, I am not good enough to get him his coffee.. Am currently attempting to learn his version of "Summertime" from Mellow Mood. Of course I have to spend hours learning those runs and my poor efforts are garbage compared to his command of the instrument, but it's still satisfying to play on the less complicated parts, because, it's just so fun trying to make it swing hard like he did. He just has so much control, improving at warp speed, and it swings and it's musical. It's mind blowing.

Oh, my flipping goodness!! I'm totally floored. That was some of, if not THE, best musicianship I've ever heard in my life! My dad is Bobby Kimball, the original singer of Toto. He used to play one little part of this song that he told me his mom, Ruby Kimball, used to always play him while she was teaching him to play boogie woogie piano as a child. ( 6:37 and 6:49 ) I've never heard it anywhere else before and was under the impression that my grandmother had made it up herself. Now I know who influenced part of her playing that helped shape my father's career in music. What a special moment for me to find this artist and particular performance. Thank you so much, Rick Beato for making this video!! Allison Kimball

@yurei8

2 жыл бұрын

❤

@DeeEllEff

2 жыл бұрын

Rewatched this section, and was even more amazed: Rick shows how Oscar plays boogie-woogie with his left hand, while also playing a blues w/ his right. THEN he improvises his solo over all of that-so how is that possible without having (at least) three separate hands? I keep watching Rick’s video and I still can’t answer that question!

@ronh.798

2 жыл бұрын

Allison, your father's vocals were amazing! Especially the songs Mama and White Sister. He really seemed to sing from the heart and deep inside. His work is much appreciated.

@lecturehc

2 жыл бұрын

Your dad was the greatest singer Toto ever had and his time in the band was during their prime for sure.

@baneverything5580

2 жыл бұрын

That`s awesome! Your dad was a huge part of the soundtrack of my life growing up in the 1970s-80s. I didn`t realize he`s from Louisiana until recently. His voice always amazed me.

When you see perfection here on earth it overwhelms your soul. Oscar doesn’t seem real, but I’m thankful he is.

I'm not a musician and have no understanding of all the technical details you share with viewers. However, in addition to the joy I've received by listening to Oscar Peterson over the years, I'm always delighted to see how enthusiastic you are about these remarkable musicians. Not only do you know it's amazing music, but you know WHY it's amazing music. I know it's great, but I don't have the language to explain why. I just know I like it.

@harrisontownsend910

Жыл бұрын

I'm a musician (3 years Guitar) and I still don't understand half of what Rick says.

@karlhungus5554

Жыл бұрын

@@harrisontownsend910 Now, I don't feel so alone. Haha. I'm sure you'll get there, since you're an actual musician. The passage of time will reveal much.

@harrisontownsend910

Жыл бұрын

@@karlhungus5554 Well thank you Sir.

@cthomashalversen8604

Жыл бұрын

Just keep listening to amazing music! ;-]

@karlhungus5554

Жыл бұрын

@@cthomashalversen8604 Will do! I'm listening to Sinatra's 1958 album "Only the Lonely" right now!

I love how this trio of incredibly talented musicians look like they are just mid-level managers in the accounting department at some gigantic corporation.

@RickBeato

2 жыл бұрын

Haha!!!

@brorob2582

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, some mid level managers have better skills than those called directors 😀

When you see a title of "The Greatest Solo of All Time," you immediately think - OK, clickbait for sure. You'd think - oh it'll be good, but the greatest - ever? And then you watch the video. And you think to yourself, If there IS such a thing as The Greatest Solo of All Time, this just might be it. I was just flabbergasted. I've never seen anyone play the piano like that. The amount of complexity, precision and soul in this performance is off the charts. And I hate to say it, but I had never heard of Oscar Peterson before! Well, I have now! Amazing.

@ronbock8291

2 жыл бұрын

There are 2 undisputed post-mid-century masters of the piano, and they’re both from Canada: Oscar Peterson and Glenn Gould. In their own unique ways, they both radically re-imagined what piano playing could be. And they were both astonishing technical masters to boot.

@IvanTerreroDDS

2 жыл бұрын

Never.heard.of Oscar Peterson? Really?

@JoeIsOut2lunch

2 жыл бұрын

Canada represents! There’s a statue of him and his piano at the national arts of canada in Ottawa. Not like brings me any closer to playing like that LOL

@PIDtoolbox

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!

@jeffrytrefry2469

2 жыл бұрын

Oscar, like Glenn Gould and bassist James Jamerson "heard" counter melodies in their heads as they played. Columbia had great difficulty recording Gould, as he hummed counter melodies to the great Bach pieces that made him immortal. And I insist that Motown's James Jamerson was hearing cross melodies as Jamerson was taking compositions to #1! Jack Ashford alerted me to this fact.

Dam dude that's worth a ten minute standing ovation. I've enjoyed OP's music since my early hard rock twenties but have never heard this. Awesome. Love your dedication to your Dad. Respect.

At 13:27 when Rick puts his hands over his face in a type of stupefied disbelief, THAT'S why I love watching his videos. I know I'm listening to something world-class and amazing, but to see a professional musician be BLOWN AWAY by another, it helps me put into perspective just HOW AMAZING any of these artists are on his videos. Respect Rick! So much learning and FUN!!!

Rick, I cannot express how gratifying it is to see you geeking out to Oscar. I've been arguing for years with anyone who would listen, that Oscar is one of the greatest musicians in the history of our planet, period. Nobody else has ever brought his combination of technical chops, speed, smoothness, but far most importantly, swing. Oscar swung even on the tenderest of ballads. A true GOAT.

@BryanSorensen

2 жыл бұрын

You said everything that I wanted to say! Oscar Peterson is a different level of musician.

@eliecanetti

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I was lucky enough to grow up on Oscar and saw him play several times. I know Art Tatum. Oscar's hero, was arguably more advanced harmonically, but nobody swung like Oscar. There's a good video with him and Keith Emerson, who might have been the greatest rock keyboardist of all time, but Oscar just embarrasses Emerson with his facility and sense of swing. No dis to Emerson (RIP), but Oscar was definitely the GOAT of jazz piano.

@daldieduckweather5320

2 жыл бұрын

@@eliecanetti I like your analysis.

@craigrice007

2 жыл бұрын

Think of his mind eyes moving his fingers in flawless coordination.

I was blessed to see Oscar Peterson with Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald at the Music Center in Los Angeles when I was 16 years old (1980) I drove my self there in my 66 Mustang, wearing a suit. Needless to say, I was completely blown away. Great post Rick!

@penultimatename6677

2 жыл бұрын

You are beyond lucky. Even more so to recognize, as a young kid, how brilliant they were. I am almost certain if so lucky I would have missed the significance of the performance.

@Bassman2353

2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite records (also on CD) is "Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson" which includes Joe Pass (Martin Drew and Dave Young as rhythm section). Just fabulous music - happy and mind-bogglingly brilliant.

@alanshepherd4304

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, so envious!! Ella Fitzgerald is my absolute favourite female singer EVER!! She's the Beatles of the Jazz world!!!😂😂🇬🇧

@terry4128

2 жыл бұрын

What a cool post, James! Love it!

@Daniel-Strain

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a treat!

I live in Ottawa and walk past his statue near the National Arts Centre all the time. There's good, there's great, there's prodigy, there's genius, and then there's Oscar freakin' Peterson. I made it all the way through Gr 10 Conservatory piano and I have absolutely no illusions about ever being able to come even within a light-year of this kind of amazing playing. It's like nothing else on Earth.

@MarkBlackburnWPG

11 күн бұрын

The simple truth ... so well expressed. Ottawa born and raised myself, so I was hooked at your opening words!

Rick, I am so grateful for your insightful inspiration on this video and many others that I have watched this year. My father was a jazz pianist who was self-taught. He had a phenomenal ‘ear’ too. In 1955 we moved to Santa Monica to follow his dream…unfortunately the music business was hard while raising a family and my parents split up. He formed a trio still hoping to get discovered and played music in small clubs in the Pacific Northwest. He passed at an early age of 51. I wish he had been able to get his music recorded 😢 thinking of him this holiday season. 💝 My love of jazz and all kinds of music still plays on in my heart!!! Thank you so much.

Oscar's sweat prevented the piano from catching fire.

@vicke2238

2 жыл бұрын

So true

@DucksUpDogsDownCatsSlide

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@patkelly2693

2 жыл бұрын

That is funny😂

@langerking

2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious!

@grahamlyons8522

2 жыл бұрын

It's the opposite. It is amazing that the piano did NOT catch fire considering the heat of his music directed at a piano covered in the holy oil of Oscars' sweat.

This is why I love this channel. I never knew about these guys. This isn’t something I would search for. No computers of studio effects. Nothing but raw talent.

@Blackd0nuts

2 жыл бұрын

Same I love this channel! Not only it's not something we would search for, but you wouldn't even know what to search for to begin with!

@JohnJesus

2 жыл бұрын

That's not talent... that is thousands upon thousands of hours of dedication to the instrument

@dwightropp3014

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnJesus - Combined with talent!

@JohnJesus

2 жыл бұрын

@@dwightropp3014 Sure - but what I mean is that talent alone cannot bring a musician to this level. He started pretty young, at 5 years old, father also a musician. I've taught a few kids that, one could say, were talented, they developed faster, had a natural ability to play the guitar superior to other kids. But that talent alone isn't enough. So many talented kids do not nurture their gift and lose the potential they have. What I meant with my comment is to make it clear that it is only hard work, lots of dedication and discipline, that will make a musician exceptional. So that people do not think they were born with that ability -- they worked their asses off for the skill they have. Talent is a spark. But only persistence and dedication will make a blazing fire!

@dwightropp3014

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnJesus - Without a doubt! Right on, sir!!

Oscar Peterson is nauseatingly good. The amount of talent and knowledge that left us when guys like him and Chick Corea passed away is insane. Thank God for their legacy and all their recorded music.

@thorstambaugh1520

7 ай бұрын

Returned to Forever!

@Dannytyrellstudios

4 ай бұрын

Yup

I remember going to an Oscar Petersen concert in the Usher Hall, Edinburgh in 1975. I had a seat just behind his piano on the stage. It was totally amazing. Thank you RB for bringing back all those memories. Just great❤

@wyattyoung705

Жыл бұрын

Wish I could’ve been there, as someone born in the early 2000s, this type of music just barely exists anymore… everything nowadays is hiphop and auto-tuned pop. While I have some admiration for a good amount of hiphop artists, old school rock, jazz, blues, etc. will never be beaten in my opinion

Freaking incredible. I knew Peterson was considered a jazz piano great, but I didn't quite get why until this video. I worked on Pixar's Soul, and when Joe Gardner first steps into the Half Note jazz club he sees an image of Oscar Peterson on the wall. A well deserved place of honor.

@TheNinnyfee

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information, I love how dedicated Pixar always is to details like these. ❤❤❤

@brianmessemer2973

2 жыл бұрын

Hear, hear 🍻

I'm a professional piano player for almost 40 years, proudly Canadian, whose jaw still hits the floor every time I see or hear Oscar Peterson. There will never again be anyone with that kind of surgical viscosity in front of any piano. Greatest of all time INDEED!!

@canadianroot

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a professional Canadian, and just so happy to have had my head and heart filled with Oscar's music over the years. "Surgical viscosity". Brilliant. I remember the first time I heard Oscar play, and I thought he had four hands.

@5000rgb

2 жыл бұрын

He plays like water flowing or wind blowing. So natural and effortless.

This is sheer joy and flow! Today is my father's birthday. He would have been 96 today. He was a very accomplished musician from Barcelona who had a great international career as a bandleader. His favourite pianists were Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. As I remember my father and his passing, while I sang Jobim's Felicidade in his last breaths, I share a heavenly connection with him now with this video, which I am sure he would have absolutely adored. Thank you Rick for all your videos and your enthusiasm to share the great music, no matter what genre. To quote my father: I like all music, as long as it's good.

No matter the style of music, Rick explains whats happening, drops some theory and always brings the real joy in the whole vibe. Rick is knowledgeable and generous in his sharing his vast knowledge . He is a treasure. Thank you Rick B!

This is a beautiful homage, both to Peterson and to your father. It is part of the secret of becoming an elder yourself. Thank you for this, it is saturated in joy and love.

@jrb123able

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree!

@Simon_Said

2 жыл бұрын

What an astoundingly beautiful comment

@brianmessemer2973

2 жыл бұрын

This.☝️ I wanted to say something like this 👏👏👏

@jeannemacaluso162

2 жыл бұрын

Lovely sentiment.

My brother died a few years ago from sepsis he got from a puncture wound while gardening. It was tragic. I miss him. He was a virtuoso violinist and guitarist. He loved all kinds of music. Since we were kids we listened and he guided me through what we were hearing. He was a blast to hang out with. It was all about music. This channel is great. You must be a blast to hang out with and dig music with your friends.

@ericjacobsen6901

2 жыл бұрын

I wish your brother and Rick Beato had a chance to hang out. I would buy the drinks and just listen.

@debbiedogs1

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry, that was indeed tragic.

@Redhass

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry. What is your brother's name, Sean?

That solo is just insane! Also, thank you Rick for the content you put out, it is so so inspiring 🙏🏻 KZread needs more of this!

It's so smooth yet everything jumps out. Phenomenal

Peterson is one of those few musicians who are so amazing that if he hadn't lived you would not think any human could possibly be that good.

I really love how this video is kind of just a valentine to his dad. I hope when I’m dead and gone my son remembers me with half that affection :)

My father, after leaving the RAF following WW II, attended McGill University, graduating with an MD degree. He told me about spending his evenings at The Alberta Lounge, where every night he listened to Oscar Peterson. Although he listened primarily to classical music records when we were kids he often spoke about Oscar and listened to Oscar records after a few drinks, often with his eyes closed, humming tunelessly as he did. I heard this piece then, often, but had forgotten about it…for some reason. Thank you for the reminder.

Quick-twitch muscle control and the ability to lightning rod the power of the entire universe is what makes Oscar and musicians like him a magnet.

This is why you listen to everything as a musician. There is so much to appreciate if you just drop your pretense and dig in. Amazing talent, truly virtuosoistic.

@BillPeschel

2 жыл бұрын

Andy Partridge of XTC, back when they were a punk band, had to hide their love of more complex music (I think like Rachiminoff) because the punters would have killed them.

@brianmessemer2973

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Rick Beato, in an edited and produced video no less, simply saying "listen to this!" and going back after we just already heard it, and playing it again. It's about really listening. Listening with all your concentration and appreciation for the art unfolding. This is a great video essay by Rick on the importance of listening.

@danielaupperle

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@saltydog888

2 жыл бұрын

For me and don’t bag me it’s Herb Albert to Mozart to AC/DC. I’ll listen and appreciate any good music

When I saw the title of this video "The Greatest Solo of All Time" I thought, 'well that's very subjective". After seeing the video, I wholeheartedly agree with the title.

@michaelw.4434

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto Brother!!!🤣🤣Whew!!!

@gunhed60

2 жыл бұрын

I was a little worried myself, but Oscar Peterson was such an amazing talent. I have to agree with Rick and you on this one.

@nyarlathotep13

2 жыл бұрын

Brown 👃 comment

@sockmonkey22

2 жыл бұрын

“Take THAT Liberace!”

@johnberkley6942

2 жыл бұрын

@@sockmonkey22 Hilarious.

My dad had the same love for Oscar and bebop. I could not wait to see Live Aid on TV as a 13 year old fresh drummer. But my dad said no, you are coming with me. I was not to happy. He took me to The North Sea Jazz Festival to see his hero, Oscar Peterson. Thank God he did. I never forget the goosebumps on my dads skin. The hall was electric. I get goosebumps right now. The best day we ever had together. Thank you Rick, thank you Oscar, thank you dad.

Thank you Rick. I never would have seen this. Awesome! Thank you.

Watching Rick enjoy music makes me very happy.

@john-giovannicorda3456

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. Rick gets in there to share the excitement with his friends. It is a happy feeling, yes.

If you were merely showcasing great and often forgotten music, that would be enough. But you making music aceessible to a wider audience--that takes the cake!

Thank you, Rick, for providing great musical content from intriguing perspectives. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Yes - alltime favourite! Oscar makes the hardest chops look almost effortless...haven´t heard a piano player getting such a smooth tone out of the highest register - his runs up there sound like the sweeetest pearls on a string. Much love Rick!

Oscar Peterson, my fellow Montrealer and inducted into the Order of Canada in 1972 and update to Companion in 1984. The best jazz pianists that ever lived. Thank you for sharing this.

@ethanzames7915

Жыл бұрын

@@skierpage A perfect encapsulation of the two players, thank you!

I left to run some errands, and ended up staying in the parking lot when the notification for this video came up. I watched the video and drove home, because I forgot why I left after watching this.

Your reaction to particularly tasty music nuggets invigorates me every time. I know that feeling really good. Realizing the performer has completely captivated your attention and at some point you realize that no matter what you do as a listener to compensate for that subversion is met with a more and more explicit musical expression of "You'll never peg me down, I perform on a level beyond natural law" The type of piece that on it's 100th playthrough you finally realize a new layer of mathematical beauty. It's the type of music that intimidates everyone and inspires the virtuosos of the future. Anyway that's the feeling I get for an instant when you let that energy out. Love ya Rick

UNBELIEVABLE!!! That is the most amazing performance that I've ever seen. I've never seen anyone play piano like that. You just turned me into a jazz fan ❤

@DanielBarberMusic

Ай бұрын

Welcome!

That’s the best video I’ve ever seen. Metal head at heart here, but I went to another place with Rick. You get animated like I do when hearing music. Thank you Rick for all you do

@MarkBlackburnWPG

11 күн бұрын

The simple truth. And so well expressed -- in so few words. Thank you, RiffMaker247.

Normally I'm infuriated by talk-overs during a musical performance but not here. Rick,s levels of knowledge, appreciation, and sheer enthusiasm raise this to a whole new level.

@JStephs1950

2 жыл бұрын

I'm of similar mind about talk-over, but when, as here, they're succinct, educated, and without self-aggrandizing self-reference, they do indeed add to the video. Makes for a perfect reaction presentation.

@JStephs1950

2 жыл бұрын

@@imtheonevanhalen1557 You seem to be infuriated over a KZread post. Curious.

@Mrmikey0909

2 жыл бұрын

@@imtheonevanhalen1557 ruok?

@clarenceferguson3287

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

Omg! That was beautiful, amazing and spectacular all at once! Truly epic!! Thank you so much for sharing that Rick and what a wonderful tribute to your dad 🙂

Amazing. Thank you for sharing this with me.

The sweat dripping off him has more musical talent than 99.9999% of today's top 40. Crazy talented.

@charlie-obrien

2 жыл бұрын

If only they would've bottled it.

@rajamcraja

2 жыл бұрын

his sweating was more articulated than my playing

@aquilino1984

2 жыл бұрын

Make that a 100

@arsal1988

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely 100%

@nikisrb

2 жыл бұрын

That percentage when it comes to the number 40 makes no sense lmao

Oscar was also one of the nicest guys ever. My dad played with him a few times, and I got to hang with them. I sat on his lap one time and asked why his skin was so dark. He told me it was just the way he grew up. I asked him if he thought my skin would turn that dark and he laughed and told me that he didn't think so. I was so disappointed! My dad was Red Kelly, one of the greatest jazz/swing bass players.

@cheneyrobert

2 жыл бұрын

😎👍🏻🥂

@bonnieferrie6070

2 жыл бұрын

Red Kelly 👍. And I thought I had a lucky childhood because my Dad played these records.

@markbryan3952

2 жыл бұрын

I met your dad at his club in Tacoma not long before he passed. He inspired me to have faith in the future of jazz, and to become a better bass player.

@josephmiller997

2 жыл бұрын

LOL! Awesome!

@eightbars1

2 жыл бұрын

@@markbryan3952 I'm very glad to hear that. He was an inspiration to us all. Well, all who knew him. And man, could he swing! He was the best. Give a listen to "Random Riff" off Stan Kenton' live at the Tropicana in Vegas album. Actually, listen to the whole album. He did a gag song that even David Bowie covered, called "You, and I, and George". There is a back story that it was written by "a successful songwriter who woke up with a terrible hangover and decided no one listens to the words of songs anyways, so he wrote this". The reality was dad wrote that song and they really did use it to give the trumpet players a rest. I'll try to put it here

It's a thrill to follow your enthusiasm for so many genres of music. Coming from hard rock and metal myself, lately obsessed with orchestral stuff, but I love so many other styles too. Your channel is a gem.

I learn so much from you Rick. I really do. God bless your heart. Dude! I don't even play! But you give me so much insight that doubles and triples my appreciation for so much great music. It's as if, NOW I know WHY I love it. Don't need you to tell me what to love in music, I've got that down on my own. But your videos just help me understand why it is I love the music I do. Does that make sense?

About 1961 I went to an Oscar Peterson trio concert in Eugene, Ore. on a Thursday evening. I, then, drove to Portland Ore. on Friday night to see Oscar and his trio again. There were no repeated tunes in the 2 concerts and I never heard the same riff twice. He was, just, an astonishing musician.

@ronaldpuso945

2 жыл бұрын

I play piano and live in Eugene.

@benlee897

2 жыл бұрын

Oscar with Ray and Ed all incredible talents .. Oscar was exceptional and stole the show tickling those keys was effortless and perfection simply the best..

@thebirdartistscottage

2 жыл бұрын

You are blessed to have such a memory. Damn.

Oscar Peterson lived down the street from us in Mississauga, a suburb West of Toronto, in the 1970s. He was a very down to earth and quiet person and although my mother told me he was a well-known musician I had no idea how great he was until I was much older.

@jpsned

Жыл бұрын

"The Vocal Stylings of Oscar Peterson" shows off his singing voice. He sounds like a mellow Nat King Cole.

@jamesstewart5371

Жыл бұрын

Which street did he live on?

@Lucia-sy7le

Жыл бұрын

He was at our college graduation in 1983 in Evanston, IL

@sinatralala

Жыл бұрын

Great Nat King Cole observation. Oscar rarely sang because he sounded too much like his good friend, Nat King Cole.

@nathanbell6962

11 ай бұрын

I love musicians like that. Not the Superstar musicians

Thank you for this. AMAZING!

Thank you for educating us, Rick. Wonderful work!

My mum and dad were at that gig! My father talked about it right up to his death in 2019

@brianmessemer2973

2 жыл бұрын

You don't say!!! Wow that's Wonderful. Rick's channel bringing those who were actually there (and their families) back together. What a great thing KZread is sometimes. What you said - that he talked about it for the rest of his life - makes me so happy. Wow wow wow. Thank you for sharing this story

@dzd2371

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think a sane person who doesn't just hate things for hate's sake couldn't walk out of that without a lasting impression of awe.

@squirrelorama

2 жыл бұрын

I would be doing the same had I been there... That's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any audience member! My very first live music concert i went to see (I was 12 years old) was Dizzy Gillespie and his band playing at Cortland State. I still wax philosophic about the transcendent 30 minute drum solo his son played.....just incredible. My second concert was Woody Herman's 50th Anniversary Tour. Guess I was a weird teenager!!

@holly52ful

2 жыл бұрын

What a coincidence?? One in a million!!

@Gabrielm624

2 жыл бұрын

That’s insane man! RIP to your father.

I love Rick Beato’s reactions as much as the musicianship he is featuring

@paulmeyer4140

2 жыл бұрын

8:18 what whaaaaaat?!??

Rick, your work here will be an archive for the ages! Thank you so very much for giving this and all of your work on this channel! I'll be signing up!

Oscar was phenomenal! Definitely a musician beyond talent, his ability was nearly impossible to describe

My drummer in my band was friends with his son growing up, played together in a couple bands. He would hang out at his friend's house, and got to meet his Dad a few times. I think that's pretty cool.

Me when clicking on this video: "Ok, this better be good". Five minutes later:"Oh,it is."

@surveil3548

2 жыл бұрын

yeah I was like he is about to claim it is some clapton solo or whatever lmao

@awboat

2 жыл бұрын

And then going back and watching a second time. Damn

It’s as much fun watching your reactions as it is to hear this music and witness such musicianship.

Love this video you do and your comments. You HIT IT RIGHT!!!!

Jeezo...what a talent on Piano this man is, he plays like a man possessed. The trio are fantastic together and really put on a show for the audience. Kudos to your Father for having such great taste in music and then passing it on to you, and thank you for showing us mere mortals such God-like abilities, it truly is just sublime. Great video Rick 👍

Piano as an instrument really isn’t appreciated enough in the rock work. It really adds a special quality to the music

@ArgoBeats

2 жыл бұрын

One of the hardest instruments to play, for sure.

@AbbeyOnAtkins

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Emerson lake & Palmer, first album!

@chrisman3965

2 жыл бұрын

Ben Folds....amazing modern rock pianist.

@johnobrien1528

2 жыл бұрын

99% of all rock songs were written on a piano or acoustic guitar. Artists love the piano because it’s linear, it flows easier and you’re writing the melody lines and bass lines at the same time.

@cwize

2 жыл бұрын

@@nibla17 this.

Truly, an incredible performance, such amazing talent, hard to comprehend what I just witnessed, thank you!

This is why I enjoy Rick . Thankyou 😊 , I’ve enjoyed this many times .

During this time of apathy, indifference, and disfunction, it is really great to see an enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and talented musician sharing his love of such a beautiful jazz icon. The Bebop Era spawned some of the greatest talents and it's still awe inspiring to see and hear them perform. Thank you.

@Str1ng5

2 жыл бұрын

You mean during always...its always a time of dissfunction and apathy

"The Greatest Solo of All Time" he says - well, we'll see about that. Nuff said. I can't disagree. Dude's on another planet.

I have watched this video so many times. I always love the 'air bass' you do when 'they're right on it'.

There’s something deeply spiritual about that. It’s most incredible. Simply amazing 🤩 ❤

Oscar was such a sophisticated, elegant man who was as kind and gentle as you could imagine. A true genius of our age.

Shoulda known it'd be Oscar. A dear old friend once described him thusly: "Imagine a musician who can play anything he can imagine, THEN imagine that he has a way better imagination than YOURS." And that look Barney shoots at Pedersen? These are guys who heard Oscar Peterson every night. Let that sink in. Great stuff, Rick!

@petersmart894

2 жыл бұрын

Great player and a great video tribute.

@Trollificusv2

2 жыл бұрын

I love music but I do sometimes have the suspicion that some of these guys can play better than I can hear and probably better than I can even imagine.

I absolutely love how many different musicians you have introduced me to through your videos! Thank you

Thank you for introducing this! Very spectacular. I could not stop watching and listening till the end.

Best of all time. My father was an amazing jazz pianist who died 20 years ago. He knew Oscar and once told me that the man was from another world and that God would never make another Oscar. So true.

Greetings from Montreal Rick, Oscar’s hometown, where he is worshipped. In fact, There’s a huge building sized mural of Oscar in his birth neighborhood of Little Burgundy, and also a mural of his sister revered piano teacher Daisy Peterson Sweeney.

@danausten1046

2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Rick, please keep this outstanding work up. My favourite all round keyboardist was Keith Emerson who was greatly influenced by Oscar, especially the left hand. I have sat at Emerson’s famous rig with the massive Moog, sadly I can’t play! I have seen many greats at Ronnie Scott’s in Soho London, with a max capacity of 250. Lovely comments about your dad! 🎹🙏

Thank you so much. Keep 'em coming, Blessed Rick!

I learn so much from your videos. Thank you for having such an eclectic taste of musical genres.

I love that Rick can listen to current heavy metal on Spotify and then reference jazz greats like NHØP and Oscar Peterson in a video just a while later.

I'm not into be-bop, blues, jazz and all that kind of music, it never crossed my life. That's no value judgement, it's just describing where I come from. I also never heard of Rick Beato. Just call me ignorant. Then I stumbled upon a video of him talking with my musical hero Brian May, analysing the genius of Freddie Mercury and the song 'Bohemian rhapsody'. Fascinating! From there I landed on this clip "The greatest solo of all time", expected a guitar solo and then heard and saw this!!!! Oscar Peterson was not an unfamiliar name to me, but what and how he played was! I'm absolutely flabbergasted by this solo and thank Rick for sharing his passion for it with the world ad now me!

Both the technical and musical virtuosity of OP was mind boggling!!!!!!!!!!

Insanely beautiful soloing!!!

This is how listening to music should be taught, Rick.

@a.s.2426

2 жыл бұрын

I hope not. Good video, but being so attuned to the technical would erase nearly everything of importance from the experience.

So I was fortunate enough to have a cottage on the same lake as Oscar. He would invite his "friends" (all A list musicians) up to relax and jam. Some of the most amazing memories I have are taking my boat and anchoring off his cottage and listening with a beer in hand under beautiful starry nights! His song Harcourt Nights (on maybe the best Jazz album of all time, Night Train) is in reference to his cottage in Harcourt Park and those nights. Fun fact: He had his piano delivered in winter and delivered over the frozen lake.

@davidjohn4140

2 жыл бұрын

What an awesome comment.

@hogey74

2 жыл бұрын

I read your comment before starting this vid. Based on previous Rick vids I half expect stairway to heaven. OK, no. Now I am coming back and imagining being on a lake, listening to this.

@eliecanetti

2 жыл бұрын

Night Train is my favorite Oscar album. I don’t know why anyone would care to know that but it’s true.

@gabrielszohner6243

2 жыл бұрын

awesome

@jeffryhammel3035

2 жыл бұрын

Love it! The reason I love Social Media, too. I was only into rock, then heard Oscar on a midnight camping trip. Thank God for that and your memories. What Lake and what State, may I ask?

That was quite something. Never seen or heard it before. Thankyou for allowing me to see and hear it.

Rick, extraordinario. Gracias por este canal al que ponés tanta dedicación y amor por la música. Un abrazo.

At the beginning of the Oscar Peterson documentary that you can see on KZread, the Canadian jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall says "Every time I see him, I don't know what to say. It's, like, I open my mouth and my brains fall out."

@josephmiller997

2 жыл бұрын

That's a killer guote!

@ericwells4787

2 жыл бұрын

LOLOLOLOLOLOLO!!!

@deanmasini9768

2 жыл бұрын

Truly one of my favorite things in life is to read or hear the way a master musician pay homage to another. They come up with things, and say things that blow my mind in the most joyful way.

I don't know what was more fun, watching Oscar Peterson absolutely shred on the piano, or watching Rick get so excited while he's watching it! Loved this video!

@Riccardo_Silva

2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean! He gets so enjoyed he puts out some of the funniest Peanuts-like expressions! He can be so captivating! Love him!

@christiaanjellesma1851

2 жыл бұрын

True whahaha i love his expressions, he is like Bob Marley going completely INTO the music forgetting all things around him

@makkaman3222

2 жыл бұрын

I just love Rick's videos, but have to say in all sincerity, some of Rick's most enthusiastic expressions remind me exactly of those of Al Pacino's character in the movie, 'The Devil's Advocate,' as the character gets a blowie under a restaurant table. I just wish I could get that association out of my mind. 'Concentrating on this stellar piano performance helps...

@jeffryhammel3035

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't it great to see guys like Oscar being recognized? My Baby Boomer gen was so into rock, but now the kids r watching great jazz.

@jeffryhammel3035

2 жыл бұрын

@@makkaman3222 lol, Rick WOULD make a good actor, hey? And you'd always have great soundtracks.

I really appreciate your take on all of these cuts, teaching as you go, and showing us the nuances that you see.