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I’m late posting today so I don’t have time to write a bio. There are so many great musicians on this that I wouldn’t know who to write about anyway.
Check out this really fast performance of “Donna Lee”.

Oscar Peterson was born in August 15, 1925. He grew up in Montreal where he was trained in classical music, but he always loved jazz. When he was young he used to sneak into the living room and turn on the radio. He’d listen to it very quietly so that he didn’t wake up anyone [...]

My father is a jazz pianist and he loves Oscar Peterson. I remember him listening to Oscar Peterson records when I was little. He’d tap his feet and hum along. “Oscar can really swing,” he’d say. “That cat can swing.” I had an Oscar Peterson cassette. The album was called Night Train. I don’t [...]