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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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I Won't DanceLouis Armstrong, Louie Bellson, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown
Plays the Jerome Kern Song Book
All of MeOscar Peterson
Sophisticated LadyOscar Peterson
Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington
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