Oscar Peterson is one of the most recorded jazz ... and after getting slots on CBC, his radio appearances brought him fame across the country. While his early influences had been boogie-woogie ...

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont was born on August 15 ... and became a regular on Canadian radio. His United States introduction was at Carnegie Hall, New York City in 1949 by Norman Granz; ...

Considered one of the most brilliant pianists and composers in the history of music, the late jazz great Oscar Peterson’s captivating style inspired, and continues to inspire, generations of ...

His father, Daniel Peterson, an amateur trumpeter and pianist, was one of his first music teachers, and his sister Daisy taught young Oscar classical piano ... a professional pianist working for a ...

In recent years around this same time, Kelly Peterson, the wife of the late, iconic pianist, Oscar Peterson, released live performances from her archives. This is the fifth. Up until now, those ...