Jazz & Blues Lounge

I feel like I am driving this into the ground and if you are sick of me talking about Oscar Peterson, I apologize.  It’s just that, well, he was a musician I truly had a fondness for, but, at the same time, it had been a while since I had pulled out the Oscar Peterson records and CDs and took a listen.  It’s one of those moments like realizing that someone is gone and you meant to make a phone call to them the other day, but something else came up and you didn’t and now it’s too late.
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I don’t want to delay too long on the death of Oscar Peterson.  Don’t get me wrong, it’s very sad that he passed.  I loved listening to him perform and loved his music, but he was in his 80s and had been a bit sick.  Not that that makes things all better, but you get my meaning. 
I also don’t want to appear as some kind of shill for Amazon.com.  They don’t pay me to mention them on this blog and I’ll show anyone my financial records to prove it.  It’s just that, well, you can find just about anything there.  …read more

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The problem with being such a fan of classic jazz is that, for the most part, the musicians who played that great music are either dead or quite elderly and, therefore, likely to pass away.  I am sorry to report that another musician who was key to my early jazz days, especially during my time working for KSLH radio, piano great Oscar Peterson has passed away in his home near Toronto.  Oscar was 82-years-old and, really, one of the best there ever was.
Within the music vaults of KSLH we had several Oscare Peterson Trio CDs.  The best ones were the …read more

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