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Oscar Peterson
From a family of West Indian immigrants, Oscar Peterson was the son of an
amateur trumpeter and pianist, and grew up in a black neighbourhood in Montreal,
Canada where he absorbed the vibrant jazz culture of the area and took up the
trumpet. When a childhood bout of tuberculosis stopped him playing trumpet,
Peterson studied classical piano, but also became adept at playing ragtime and
boogie woogie. At 14 he won a national music competition run by the Canadian
Broadcasting Company and subsequently dropped out of school to become a
professional pianist, getting regular work on rad...
That Old FeelingOscar Peterson and Louis Armstrong
Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
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VolareOscar Peterson
Night Train
Lovely to Look at YouOscar Peterson
Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book
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All of MeOscar Peterson
I Won't DanceLouis Armstrong, Louie Bellson, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown
Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book
If I Had YouOscar Peterson and Milt Jackson
Improvisations
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