Oscar Peterson: August 15, 1925 - December 23, 2007

Here's a snippet from an article about Peterson's life: Oscar Peterson

"Oscar Peterson, who sat atop
the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed
swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a
friend of the musician said on Monday. He was 82."

and


"Technique is something you use to make your ideas
listenable," he [Peterson] once told jazz writer Len Lyons. "You learn to
play the instrument so you have a musical vocabulary, and you
practice to get your technique to the point you need to express
yourself, depending on how heavy your ideas are."

Peterson's web site:http://oscarpeterson.com

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