Oscar
Peterson
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson was born on August
15th, 1925 in
Montreal, Quebec in an area predominantly inhabited by blacks. His
childhood has been rocked by a passion for jazz. He began to learn
the trumpet with his father at the age of five. But at the age of
seven he became interested in the piano, his sister Daisy taught him
classical piano.
At
that time, he was nicknamed "The Brown Bomber Of the
Boogiewoogie". In 1939, at the age of fourteen, he won a
national award and left school to become a professional musician. He
will also be very present on the radio in the 1940s and was compared
to Teddy Wilson, Nat''King''Cole, James P. Johnson, and Art Tatum,
who influenced him in his early career. He played and recorded jazz,
accompanied by Lester Young, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ed Thigpen and
Louis Armstrong.
He was hired by the impresario Norman Granz in
the Team Verve. He was awarded of the Companion of the Order of
Canada in 1984, after having been an Officer in 1972.
*He
received seven Grammy Awards.
In 1993, he suffered from a severe attack that weakened his arm and his left hand and made him inactive for two years.
He
overcame his injury and he continued to tour to record and
compose.
He died on December 23rd, 2007, at the age of 82 years old.
Samuel
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