Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
NEA Jazz Masters
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1h 38m
Oscar Peterson: Music In The Key of Oscar traces four decades of the singular sound of one of jazz's all-time great pianists, from his early days as Montreal's teenage boogie-woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity with the groundbreaking Jazz at the Philharmonic... and beyond.
In this treasure trove of musical gems, one very special highlight is the reunion tour of the original Oscar Peterson Trio (Oscar, bassist Ray Brown, and guitarist Herb Ellis), regrouping to "prove that it still has the magic." Almost as memorable as the music is the voice of the man himself, passionately and articulately guiding us through his unfolding creative and personal evolution.
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