helliott
December 24th, 2007, 01:19 PM
Another great one is gone.
December 24, 2007
The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Jazz legend Oscar Peterson, widely counted among the most accomplished pianists in the world for his seemingly magical hands, has died at age 82, the CBC reports.
CBC said Peterson died at home in Mississauga, Ont., of kidney failure on Sunday night.
Peterson’s storied 50-year career took him from the jazz clubs of 1950s Montreal to the bright lights of New York’s Carnegie Hall and beyond.
He collected eight Grammys, including a lifetime achievement award in 1997, hundreds of prizes from the jazz community, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime achievement and was a Companion of the Order of Canada.
In 2005 Canada Post marked his contribution to music with a 50-cent stamp.
The keyboard titan, who recorded almost 200 albums, played alongside the greats of the jazz world: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.
December 24, 2007
The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Jazz legend Oscar Peterson, widely counted among the most accomplished pianists in the world for his seemingly magical hands, has died at age 82, the CBC reports.
CBC said Peterson died at home in Mississauga, Ont., of kidney failure on Sunday night.
Peterson’s storied 50-year career took him from the jazz clubs of 1950s Montreal to the bright lights of New York’s Carnegie Hall and beyond.
He collected eight Grammys, including a lifetime achievement award in 1997, hundreds of prizes from the jazz community, the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime achievement and was a Companion of the Order of Canada.
In 2005 Canada Post marked his contribution to music with a 50-cent stamp.
The keyboard titan, who recorded almost 200 albums, played alongside the greats of the jazz world: Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Roy Eldridge, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald.