It would be untrue to say that I am completely satisfied with my life so far. No player still performing could or should ever claim that, for every performance has its shortcomings, its moments of ...

You can’t take the Canadiana out of Oscar Peterson, but you can leave out the Canadiana Suite. A new Heritage Minute that celebrates the late jazz giant employs no Peterson recordings, nor does it use ...

Oscar Peterson was one of the giants of jazz piano. Fast fingers and a hardwired sense of swing defined Peterson and made him a favorite musical partner for everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Herbie ...

As noted in the thoroughly entertaining “Oscar Peterson: Black + White,” the jazz giant never seemed to struggle, not musically: He arrived on the scene “fully formed,” someone notes, a technical ...

NEW YORK -- As part of the celebration of Black History Month, Sandy Kenyon is taking a look at a jazz giant who was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, but came to write an anthem of the struggle of ...

One of the most admired pianists in jazz, Oscar Peterson has rightfully claimed the same sort of status as earlier greats such as James P. Johnson, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Thelonious ...

Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82. By The Associated Press TORONTO — Oscar Peterson, whose ...

TORONTO ” Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world’s best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82. Peterson died at his home in the Toronto ...

Hear tracks by Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tyla, Lana Del Rey and others. By Jon Pareles, Giovanni Russonello and Lindsay Zoladz The flashing fingers of this jazz piano icon, and his mesmerizing tracks, ...

TORONTO — Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world’s best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82. Mr. Peterson died at his home in the Toronto ...