Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, (d. 15 Ağustos 1925, Montreal ö. 23 Aralık 2007, Missisauga) Kanadalı piyanist, caz ustası, besteci.
Henüz beş yaşında trompet ve piyano çalmaya başladı. Yedi yaşındayken geçirdiği tüberküloz hastalığı nedeniyle babası tarafından piyanoya yönlendirildi. 1943'te Quebec'te bir halk dansları orkestrasında çalmaya başlayarak, bu bölgede bir orkestrada çalan ilk siyah müzisyen olan Peterson, 1949'da sürpriz bir davetle ABD'de çalınca ünü dünyada yayılmaya başladı.
Petersonun jazz dünyası içine girişi, emprezaryo Norman Granzla tanıştırılmasıyla başladı. Avrupa'da düzenli turnelere çıktı. Ella Fitzgerald'a uzun süre eşlik etti. "Dünyanın en çok tanınan Kanada'lısı" olarak bilinen Peterson, Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Stan Gets, Ben Webster, Lester Young gibi caz dünyasının devleriyle birlikte çaldı.
Cazdaki ustalığının dışında insancıl yönleriyle de tanınan Oscar Peterson, yaşamı boyunca ırkçılığa karşı da büyük mücadele verdi. Boogie-woogie, swing, bebop tarzlarının virtüözü haline geldi.
1993 yılında felç geçirerek sanatından uzak kalan sanatçı, bir süre sonra yeniden piyano klavyesinin başına döndü. Uluslararası dalda birçok ödül kazandı, okul ve meydanlara adı verildi, üniversitelerde "doktorluk" titri ile onurlandırıldı.
60 yılı aşkın müzik yaşamında 200 kadar albüm çıkaran Peterson, böbrek yetmezliği nedeniyle yaşamını yitirdi.
Diskografisi
1945 I Got Rhythm
1947 Rockin' in Rhythm
1950 Oscar Peterson At Carnegie Hall
1951 Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter
1952 Lester Young - The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio
1952 Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington
1954 Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin with Buddy de Franco
1956 At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival
1957 Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most
1957 At The Concertgebouw
1957 Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson
1957 Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio
1958 On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio
1959 A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra
1959 Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy and Bess
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Song Book
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book
1959 Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Song Book
1959 Swinging Brass
1959 The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson
1959 Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson
1961 The Trio Live from Chicago
1961 The Sound of the Trio
1962 Affinity
1962 Bursting Out With The All-Star Big Band
1962 Night Train
1962 Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson - Very Tall
1962 West Side Story: Oscar Peterson Trio
1963 The Oscar Peterson Trio & Nelson Riddle
1964 Hymn to Freedom
1964 Live in Ljubljana
1964 Canadiana Suite
1964 Oscar Peterson Trio + One (Clark Terry)
1964 We Get Requests
1965 Eloquence
1965 With Respect to Nat
1966 Blues Etude
1966 Soul Espanõl
1967 Jazz at the Philharmonic - The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World
1968 My Favorite Instrument
1969 Hello Herbie
1969 Motions and Emotions
1970 Another Day
1970 Oscar Peterson in Paris
1970 Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson - Reunion Blues
1970 Tristeza on Piano
1970 In Tune (with the The Singers Unlimited)
1970 Walking The Line
1971 Exclusively for my friends (4 LP box set)
1971 Great Connection
1972 History Of An Artist Vol. 2
1972 Solo
1972 The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo
1973 Jazz in Paris with Stephane Grapelli Quartet Vol. 1
1973 Jazz in Paris with Stephane Grapelli Quartet Vol. 2
1973 The Good Life
1973 The Trio (Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen)
1973 Trio in Chicago
1974 Oscar Peterson & Dizzy Gillespie
1974 Satch and Josh - Count Basie) Encounters Oscar Peterson
1975 Montreux '75
1975 Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry
1975 Zoot Sims And The Gershwin Brothers
1975 Ella and Oscar (with Ella Fitzgerald)
1975 at Montreux Jazz Festival
1976 Porgy and Bess (with Joe Pass)
1977 Oscar Peterson Jam - Montreux '77
1977 Oscar Peterson and the Bassists - Montreux '77
1978 Night Rider (with Count Basie)
1978 The Paris Concert
1979 Digital At Montreux
1980 Live At Northsea Jazz Festival
1980 Skol (Stephane Grappelli, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Mickey Roker)
1980 The Trumpet Summit meets Oscar Peterson Big Four
1980 at Northsea Festival
1981 Ain't But a Few of Us Left (Milt Jackson, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Grady Tate)
1981 Nigerian Marketplace
1982 Face to Face with Freddy Hubbard 1982 Freedom Song The Oscar Peterson Big 4 in Japan '82 (Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Martin Drew)
1982 Nigerian Marketplace
1983 A Tribute to My Friends
1983 If You Could See Me Now
1984 Easter Suite
1986 Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson
1986 Live!
1986 Oscar Peterson with Harry Edison& Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
1986 Time After Time
1990 The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note
1990 The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Saturday Night at the Blue Note
1990 The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Encore at the Blue Note
1990 The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Last Call at the Blue Note
1992 Exclusively for My Friends
1994 Plays Broadway Jazz Masters 37 1994 Side by Side (Oscar Peterson, Itzhak Perlman)
1994 Some of My Best Friends Are... ... The Piano Players (Ray Brown)
1995 An Oscar Peterson Christmas 1995 The More I See You (Oscar Peterson, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Ray Brown)
1996 Exclusively for My Friends - The Lost Tapes 1996 Live at the Town Hall 1996 Meets Roy Hargrove & Ralph Moore 1996 Oscar in Paris 1998 Oscar and Benny 1998 The Very tall Band 1999 A Summer Night in Munich 1999 My Personal Choice 1999 Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book (1999) -- combined reissue of the 1953 and 1959 Ellington recordings
2000 Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite A Jazz suite with strings conducted by Michel Legrand
2001 Oscar's Ballads 2002 Tenderly 2004 A Night in Vienna''