Oscar Peterson tribute : Indiana

[alanfraserpiano]

Maybe not Oscar but pretty damn close! So close in fact that if you turned the video off, one would be hard pressed to say it wasn't - great!

[NacoMan08]

Greeeeat man!!!

[saztres]

So fucking good!

[SergeForte]

@saztres Thanks man

[bizzare1bizzare]

Sir, you are an amazing player :-)

[860125mwj]

its okay but this aint no Oscar Peterson. You lack the power and precision that Oscar had in his hands. Nice try though.

[SergeForte]

@860125mwj : Hello thanks for your comment, fore sure I'm not Oscar...

But it's only a tribute, it's for fun, at home, in loving memory

Just that...

Take care

S

[wteo340]

Just how the hell do you do it? Hopefully we all will be able to meet someday, including Louis Mazetier and the rest of the harlem gods.

[SergeForte]

@wteo340 I hope so !

Tell me if once you come to Paris...

Take care

S

[Scotsa1]

Excellent.

Respect sir.

[Philflash]

Great playing, thanks for posting.

[visualpiano]

Really thank you for your kind reply :) And do you mean "charlie and dizzy" by Charlie Parker an Dizzy Gillespie? Or it's that a certain album by either or both or them? I really appreciate your help about this source.

I feel excited about your playing especially your chord designation and distribution. Thank you very much!

[SergeForte]

Yes I ment "Charlie & Dizzy"

Yours

S

[visualpiano]

Thank you very much!

[visualpiano]

You are really excellent!

In a mood of playing in a jazz, and I cn recognise a great proportion of the music is improvised by yourself!

I am a pop improvisor and learning jazz improvisation now. How I hope that one day I can see you in Paris, though I am planning going abroad to study in US.

Would you like to give some tips in your chord playing and melody improvisation? I really want to learn something about you to obtain that awesome mood!

Would you bother reply this?

[SergeForte]

Hi and 1st thank you for your kind comment !

The only tip I could give you: listen, and transcribe the masters ! This is the best tip I could ever give you because it's how I personaly have learned this music : no jazz lessons, justen listen ... And I'll give you a secret : when I get a chance to meet Oscar himself I asked him how he managed to learn Jazz alone in canada in 1940 ? Trough one single record : charlie and dizzy brought by his father !!!

Take care

S

Take care

[kennyanddave]

SergeForte, please teach me to play like you!!

[insantlye]

i don't like

[spassgamer]

@shiralevy : WHAT Do YOU SAY??!! He is better than Peterson?? Are you insane? Serge Forte , please correct that!

[SergeForte]

Hi spassgamer, the purpuse of these videos is to share my works on my mentors as a tribute , to have fun, it's a challenge too in this case, but never to be in competition with Oscar Peterson or anybody else... Music is not sport !

Take care

[shiralevy]

please play some stride piano classics. you are better than peterson. you are the best pianiste on you tube. do you have any recordings to buy?

[TheEndOfTime2]

Lol. Better than Oscar, not quite.  Absolutely killin though! Congrats!

[producer4real]

Absolutely fantastic! Where are you from?

[SergeForte]

Thank you !

I'm from France (Paris)

[EtrofOnaip]

And My Compliments from Amsterdam, Thanks

What's your Name ?

[SergeForte]

Thanks for your comment.

My name is Serge Forté...

[SergeForte]

Thank you very much. For sure I will !

Hello from France...

Sergio

[danfit83]

My god you are simply amazing! Compliments from italy! keep up the good work