[Caribou679]

Oscar Peterson dies at 82 the 23 dec 2007.

Rip.

What a great musician.

 

[IceClass]

Indeed.
Canada and the world has lost a great talent but we are all better off for his having been here.
Thanks for the tunes Oscar.

 

[mbriant]

Very sad news indeed.

I was fortunate enough to have met Oscar in the early 80's when the Canadian distributors of Nakamichi presented him with a gold-plated Nak deck in a Mississauga hotel suite not far from his home. Not only that, after the short presentation and lunch, the five of us gathered around a grand piano with drinks in hand while Oscar tickled the ivorys for us. I'm not a jazz fan, but I could certainly appreciate the talent the man possessed. He was also a real gentleman. RIP Mr. Peterson.

 

[rlanger]

I too met Oscar when I was a Jazz student here in Toronto. A gem of a man and a brilliant musician who made a lasting contribution to the genre.

R.I.P Oscar.

 

[ricksome]

Ditto

 

[Uncle Erik]

Terrible news; he was one of the greats.

I was fortunate enough to discover his music earlier this year and have had many pleasant evenings with Oscar on the headphone rig. I'll put on one of his discs tonight.

 

[ken36]

RIP, Oscar.

 

[Wmcmanus]

I'm sorry to hear this news. As always when I hear news of this variety, I'll be reaching for something of his from my collection to play next and listen to carefully. I think he would have liked that.

 

[Absorbine_Sr]

A great musician. After having a stroke he essentially re-learned piano in a way to compensate for loss of movement in his hands. He was one of my first intro's to jazz and I will miss him tremendously.

RIP Oscar, and thank you for much wonderful music.

A_Sr.

 

[uofmtiger]

Love his music. Listening to "A jazz portrait of Frank Sinatra" now.

RIP

 

[Nirmalanow]

I heard him in concert once and could not believe the incredible ease with which me made the piano sing.

He will be remembered for a long time

 

[krmathis]

R.I.P. Oscar

 

[musicmind]

A tremendously sad day in jazz to have to say the final goodbye to this amazing musician.

 

[FalconP]

The lost of another music greats. RIP.
I had a chance to see him a few years ago, which I passed up.

 

[pdennis]

His music has many, many years of life still in it -- I'm sure Oscar Peterson will be remembered for a long time yet!