Description
.. rodgers song BOOK/180GR. 1 bonus tr.
Artist
Canadian jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
Born: 15 August 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Died: 23 December 2007 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
He went through a classical piano education before turning to jazz, playing mostly in Canadian night clubs in Toronto and Montreal.
Only after repeated urgings by American colleagues he was persuaded to give a JATP performance at New York's Carnegie Hall in 1949. It was a smashing success. He then worked together with Ray Brown, at first as a duo, before founding in 1952 his first trio which included in succession, the guitarists Irving Ashby, Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis. At the end of the 1950s the guitar was replaced by drums.
Peterson went on many European tours. He has made recordings with just about everybody who's anybody in jazz.
His keys touch corresponds to almost explosive ornamentation in phrasing. Despite all the dynamics, a boundless desire for improvisation, a sublime artistic technique, however, the structure of his play (i.e. the over-all conception of harmonic means, phrasing, rhythms, etc.) remains translucent and tight.
Tracks
A1
This Can't Be Love
02:34
A2
It Might As Well Be Spring
03:02
A3
Johnny One Note
01:42
A4
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
02:34
A5
The Lady Is A Tramp
02:06
A6
Blue Moon
02:45
B1
Manhattan
02:56
B2
Isn't It Romantic?
02:19
B3
Lover
02:03
B4
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
02:39
B5
Bewitched
02:54
B6
My Funny Valentine
02:46
B7
Thou Swell
02:30
Releases
Formats
Vinyl, Reel-To-Reel, CD
Labels
WaxTime, Verve Records, Spiral Records , Solar Records
Countries
Italy, United States of America, Europe
years
1959, 1966, 2011, 2017