I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.
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We're not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.
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Birth: | 15th August, 1925 |
Death: | 23rd December, 2007 |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Profession: | Composer, Pianist, Singer |
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. He released over 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, and received other numerous awards and honours over the course of his career. He is considered to have been one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, who played thousands of live concerts to audiences worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years.
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