The Royal Conservatory of Music is presenting a three-day celebration to mark the 100th birthday of legendary Canadian jazz musician Oscar Peterson. To mark the occasion, Bösendorfer Canada will ...

Oscar Peterson was one of the giants of jazz piano. Fast fingers and a hardwired sense of swing defined Peterson and made him a favorite musical partner for everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Herbie ...

To mark the forthcoming 90th birthday of the towering jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, who died in 2007 at age 82, a new recording will bring to light several of the virtuoso’s previously unheard ...

Piano geniuses play ghost notes. Those are the sounds made by depressing a piano key halfway, without making a sound, and playing another chord at the same time. But what do the ghosts play? You can ...

Last week at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, the Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet and the National Arts Centre Orchestra presented Peterson’s civil rights anthem Hymn to Freedom and the world premiere of ...

TORONTO ” Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world’s best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82. Peterson died at his home in the Toronto ...

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - 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 ...

After the death of the great jazz-piano player Oscar Peterson, his protégé Benny Green was asked frequently to perform shows that were to be billed as tributes to his late mentor. Each offer was ...

Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82. By The Associated Press TORONTO — Oscar Peterson, whose ...