Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio
Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis
Stan Getz and The Oscar Peterson Trio
- I want to be happy
- Pennies from heaven
- Ballad medley
- I'm glad there is you
- Tour's end
- I was doing all right
- Bronx blues
- Three little words
- Detour ahead
- Sunday
- Blues for herky
Willow Weep - Eldridge-Peterson 1961
10/12/2007 : Willow weep for me -Oscar Peterson/Roy Eldridge 1961. It must have been a pretty exclusive club somewhere in Italy. Normally only in large concerthalls we see pianist Oscar Peterson perform with his trio. Herb Ellis guitar, Ray Brown bass and Ed Thigpen drums. If that is not enough a special guest comes to join. Always joking, looking relaxed there he is: ?Little? Roy Eldridge and his trumpet. But boy, what a great sound and so jazzy.A top performance of Willow Weep for Me
Nat King Cole & Oscar Peterson Trio
11/11/2007 : Some videos require no grand introductions, such is the quality of the musicianship on display. Here, a near-perfect jazz moment, featuring several great artists - Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Coleman Hawkins, Herb Ellis, and Ray Brown - performing Burwell & Parish's 'Sweet Lorraine'.
Gal in Gallico, A - Oscar Peterson 1958
04/11/2007 : A Gal in Gallico - Oscar Peterson Trio 1958. Oscar Peterson together with guitarist Herb Ellis and bassist Ray Brown surely had one of the finest jazz trios the world has known. It appears that this clip was recorded in the Netherlands and probably comes from the radio and TV archives. Maybe it only aired once several years ago and I?m very happy to have been able to fetch a copy.
Oscar Peterson Quartet Live (1987)
19/04/2007 : Il est né le 15 août 1925 à Montréal, Québec, Canada. Il commença à apprendre la trompette et son père lui apprit à jouer du piano à l'âge de cinq ans, mais vers l?âge de sept ans il se consacra au piano. Il gagna rapidement une réputation de pianiste techniquement brillant et de pianiste de jazz mélodieusement inventif, et devint un invité régulier des radios. Il apparut la première fois au Carnegie Hall en 1949. Il joua et enregistra entre autres accompagné par Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ed Thigpen, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Louis Armstrong et accompagna Ella Fitzgerald, Clark Terry, et Joe Pass. Un des grands tournants de sa carrière fut son engagement par l?impresario Norman Granz au sein de l'écurie Verve Records, grâce auquel il put jouer avec les artistes de jazz les plus importants du moment. Ses premières influences furent Teddy Wilson, Nat King Cole, James P. Johnson et le légendaire Art Tatum, avec lequel beaucoup essayèrent plus tard de le comparer. En fait, Oscar s?imprégna des talents musicaux de Art Tatum assez tôt lorsqu?il avait dix ans et quand son père lui fit écouter un des disques de cet artiste, il fut si ému par ce qu?il entendit qu'il ne toucha pas le piano pendant plus d'un mois. En 1993, Oscar fut victime d?une sérieuse attaque qui affaiblit son bras et sa main gauches et qui le rendit inactif pendant deux années. Cependant il surmonta cette infirmité et aujourd?hui il fait encore des tournées, enregistrant et composant comme il l?a toujours fait. En 1997 il reçut un Grammy Award pour l'ensemble de son ?uvre et son inscription à l'« International Jazz Hall of Fame », preuve qu?Oscar Peterson est encore considéré comme l?un des plus grands musiciens de jazz de tous les temps. Son travail lui valut sept récompenses au Grammy et il fut primé au Canadian Music Hall of Fame en 1978. Il a été fait Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec en 1991.
Oscar Peterson & Friends
27/03/2007 : Take The A Train par Oscar Peterson (p), Ray Brown (b), Herb Ellis (g), Louie Bellson (dr), un grand orchestre de studio et en invités Clark Terry (fgh), Zoot Sims (ts) et Roy Eldridge (tp) Extrait d'un show télévisé d'Oscar Peterson, probablement sur CBC (Canada) dans les années 80.
Oscar Peterson trio - Bags Groove
26/03/2007 : Bags Groove par Oscar Peterson (p), Ray Brown (b), Herb Ellis (g) Extrait d'un show télévisé d'Oscar Peterson, probablement sur CBC (Canada) dans les années 80.
Sweet Lorraine-JATP
20/02/2007 : Sweet Lorraine Cole Nat King 1957 In this 1957 Nat King Cole TV show Nat presents Jazz at the Philharmonic. The introductions are done by Norman Granz, the JATP promotor since 1944. Here is Nat's tophit, Sweet Lorraine. With him are Oscar Peterson on piano, Herb Ellis on guitar and Ray Brown on bass. There is a sax solo by Hawkins
It's only a paper moon-JATP
20/02/2007 : It's only a paper Moon Cole Nat King 1957 Nathaniel Adams Coles was known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 -- February 15, 1965) Cole was considered a leading jazz pianist, appearing, for example, in the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts. His revolutionary lineup of piano, guitar and bass in the time of the big bands became a popular set up for a jazz trio. Cole was the first African American to have his own radio program. He repeated that success in the late-1950s with the first truly national television show starring an African-American Nat King Cole, a heavy smoker, died of lung cancer in February 1965 while still at the height of his singing career. On November 5, 1956, The Nat King Cole Show debuted on NBC-TV. While commentators have often hailed Cole as the first African-American to host a network television show, the Cole program was the first of its kind hosted by a star of Nat Cole's magnitude. Initially begun as a 15 minute show on Monday night, the show was expanded to a half hour in July 1957. Despite the efforts of NBC, as well as many of Cole's industry colleagues, The Nat King Cole Show was ultimately done in by a lack of national sponsorship (companies such as Rheingold Beer assumed regional sponsorship of the show, but the a national sponsor never eventuated). The last episode of The Nat King Cole Show aired December 17, 1957. Cole had survived for over a year, and it was he, not NBC, who ultimately decided to pull the plug on the show (NBC, as well as Cole himself, had been operating at an extreme financial loss). In the following 1957 clips Cole features Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic. In this clip Nat sings "It's only a paper moon" and is accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio with Herb Ellis guitar and Ray Brown bass. A tenor solo by Flip Phillips with Jo Jones on drums
JATP Blues-Oscar Peterson
19/02/2007 : Blues in Bb Eldridge 1980 A few days ago I posted Jump Street Blues featuring Roy Eldridge. davidhazard71 posted a comment and explained to me that Roy had retired in 1979 and very little material after that would be available. I started digging in my collection and I found another one. This is for you David! Recorded in Toronto, my notes said it was 1980, this is part of an Oscar Peterson show where a recreation of Jazz at the Philharmonic was shown. Norman Granz introduces Louis Bellson drums, Ray Brown bass, Herb Ellis guitar, Oscar Peterson piano with in the front line Zoot Sims and Eddy Lockjaw Davis saxes and Clark Terry and finally Roy Eldridge on trumpets.They just swing your socks off, in a blues in Bb, the most comfortable key for the tenors and the trumpets which are tuned in that key.
Kelly's blues - Oscar Peterson
11/02/2007 : Kelly's Blues Peterson Oscar 1992 Oscar Peterson is playing a club concert in 1992 in Toronto. It was in the Senator Club on Bloor Street West.Together with Oscar were guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jeff Hamilton
Night Time- Oscar Peterson
11/02/2007 : Night Time Peterson Oscar 1992 Oscar Peterson is playing a club concert in 1992 in Toronto. It was in the Senator Club on Bloor Street West.Together with Oscar were guitarist Herb Ellis, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Jeff Hamilton
Ella & JATP It don't mean a thing
09/02/2007 : It Don't mean a Thing Fitzgerald Ella/Peterson 1958 Jazz at the Philharmonic in Holland. Of course, jazz musicians were always welcomed and when the top musicians with Norman Granz's JATP wanted to come to the Netherlands the famous Amsterdam concertgebouw was offered for their concerts. This clip is from a 1958 concert. We see and hear the Oscar Peterson trio with Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar. They perform together with Ella Fitzgerald, with solos of violinist Stuff Smith and trumpetplayer Roy Eldridge. Quality filming and very good sound recording by the Dutch engineers. This clip was found in Dutch film archives and recently broadcasted on TV. A friend was able to get me a copy and it is such a pleasure to be able to share it with so many dailymotion viewers worldwide.
Barney Kessel One Mint Julep
08/02/2007 : One Mint Julep Kessel Barney 1964 Barney Kessel's trio in a broadcast recording in the Netherlands in 1964. With him on bass is Buddy Woodson and Stan Levey on drums. Barney Kessel (1923 -- 2004) was an American jazz guitarist He began his career as a teenager touring with local dance bands before moving on to bands such as that led by Chico Marx. He quickly established himself as a key post-Charlie Christian jazz guitarist. In 1944 he participated in the Lester Young film "Jammin' the Blues" most of it to be seen on my youtube site, and in 1947 he recorded with Charlie Parker's New Stars on the "Relaxin' at Camarillo" session for Dial Records. Barney Kessel is known for his innovative work in the guitar trio setting. In the 1950s, he made a series of albums called "The Poll Winners" with Ray Brown on bass and Shelly Manne on drums. Kessel was also a member of the Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown in the early 1950s. The guitar chair was called the hardest gig in show business since Peterson often liked to play at breakneck tempos. Herb Ellis took over from Kessel after a year or so. A "first call" guitarist at Columbia Pictures, during the 1960s Kessel became one of the most in-demand session guitarists in America, and is considered a key member of the group of first-call session musicians now usually known as The Wrecking Crew. In this capacity he played on hundreds of famous pop recordings. During the 1970s, Kessel presented his seminar 'The Effective Guitarist' in various locations around the world. Kessel released several solo albums even late into his life. "The Blue Guitar" and "Kessel Plays Standards" were both released late in his career, showcasing his longevity as a performer and his undying creativity. Kessel died of brain cancer. He had been in poor health after suffering a stroke in 1992.
Oscar Peterson Gal in Gallico
07/02/2007 : Gal in Gallico A Peterson Oscar 1958 A friend from Austria has just send me a series of films from his jazz films collection. Although this clip is of a somewhat lesser picture quality it appears it came from a Dutch TV broadcast. It also looks like it was recorded in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. Oscar Peterson with Herb Ellis and Ray Brown play "A Gal in Gallico". No further comments needed. Just listen to this combination of brilliant musicians!
