Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues

[pepsypoker]

umm i think the fact that you know how it feels to be on ecstasy :| it s a bad thing.

[MaestroSpacecaps]

the one person who clicked dislike in 30 years becomes diagnosed with a condition commonly known as MENTAL RETARDATION

[oaoJ69Joao]

That "shit" is so GOOOOD!

[SamCouchman]

i swear in the background to this i can hear him going like, 'beedee-bee!' along with it :P

[Burnsomatic]

What the hell is the matter with the people who made filmed this?!!!! The hardly ever show Oscar Peterson's hands!!!!!!!! Horribly frustrating. Idiots!!!!

[Chewy7771]

@Burnsomatic Use your imagination! The funny thing is you can't!

[mgoldschool]

great video! do you see Brown & Thigpen working together and how the look at each other

You see them listening to the great playing of Peterson and supporting him. I think that makes it real great

Peterson is great, it's probably the 10th time I look the vid and its still great

[thecrashinghighways]

2:36 is maybe the best part.

[Sarahsblues]

@thecrashinghighways I agree with you.

[DanishBoogieBoy]

I've tried playing his C-jam blues from Night Train-album.. Damn he must have used some wongy fingerings.. I have the complete solo, but no idea how to play it, lol.. at some point, my fingers just.. fall, lol!

Gotta love Oscar & his blues.. He's my favorite link between blues & jazz.

[jazzman1988]

Ok, I' should find something else to do other than being pianist...

[flstartchurch]

Why is he so

Good?

[Radion1990]

@flstartchurch beacuse he practice verry much ;)

[flstartchurch]

Why do I wa

[blacsouljah]

Go to town, Oscar!

[Xmizee]

The dislike was simply put, Wrong. 

[krusty627628]

I'm sure the one "dislike" was an accident - a slip of the finger...

[Mehefinheulog1]

1:22 ..

suddenly goes somewhere far far far way

and then just goes further

[binnyman]

Every time I get to a new point in my playing where, you know......man, I'm really together, better than ever, pulling off really impressive stuff...............I happen upon an Oscar vid on YouTube, and realize that, as a keyboardist, I am musically inept compared to greatness such as this. How very humbling. Yet, I am so glad that I can appreciate Oscar: it's that ability that seperates man from beast. God bless Oscar Peterson. Peace:-)

[chickenlampbrent]

@binnyman Don't feel bad bro, Oscar felt exactly that same way about Art Tatum. He nearly gave up playing and what a tragedy that would have been.

[binnyman]

@chickenlampbrent True that. Nice fretboard work on your songs, BTW. I especially like your "wedding gift" song: I heard a keyboard part in my head right away. Peace:-)

[chickenlampbrent]

@binnyman Thank you very much, that means alot.

[DannyDan123music]

Wow.Oscar continues to amaze me with his feel and technical mastery.

Simply the most exciting improv there is all right before your very eyes.

Truly inspirational.

[Solcius123123]

Those riffs, damn. GOD DAMN.

[mrshojoji]

interaction between ed and ray is hilarious

[dsalet1]

THIS is music.

[RXM9]

only 70,025 people are hip

[ride2wheeled]

You know, I'm 63 years old and I thought I had heard some of the best piano players in may life, but listening to this recording, for the first time in my life, I realize this has't be one of the best ever. Love your show.

[JingleStar1]

Love go on with ya bad self.

[KoreyProd]

genius of his era



[dreaminglucidly139]

I will not be practicing piano tonight. Fuck that. 

[LaMaisondeCasaHouse]

Sometimes I worry that I know nothing about music - and then I come across a video like this and realize that indeed I do not :)

[revdan78]

There's always a serious-looking hipster guy in a suit and horn-rimmed spectacles in these 60s jazz videos.

[marlbore85]

faboulus!!!

[TheTotufo]

no hay palabras

[Odin029]

I think this might be my favorite Oscar Peterson vid on youtube... no wait... yeah I'm sure of it. This is my favorite.

[cidra43]

And I keep on not understanding how there is racism :l

[Doffz0r]

@cidra43 because not all black people are Jazz legends.

[cidra43]

@Doffz0r D: true 

[TheElmocambo]

it's amazing how you can hear him singing along with his own improvisation, spectacular.

[Dajvidus]

how come i was so sleepy when i started watchin, now i feel like im on ecstasy o.O

[MrJrtubin]

Jeez, this just doesn't swing at all. NOT!

[AakwardAardvark]

@MrJrtubin haha i was already typing a heated response when i got the NOT at the end

[batslinus]

Perché non riesco a smettere di cliccare "mi piace"??? Aiutooooooooo :D

[scout6686]

sooooooooooooo sick

[pegrueneis]

^Ray Brown - the master

[jgthom]

Many people say that the first trio with Ellis was better....for me this though, this is the pinnacle of Peterson's group playing. With Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, they were easily the best Jazz trio of the 1960's.....nobody came close.

[trojanowl]

@jgthom

I like NHOP and Drew, but it really doesn't matter much. Oscar, Dewey, and Louie would sound great. :-)

[AnyaJaasper]

I LOVE HIM!!!

[beaprod]

My favorite vid on youtube right now

[guidomattina57]

Top Line..

[misiekhp]

...thx...

[daveyboy731]

i was lucky to see this genius at albert hall and dome brighton evenings perfecto

[backbeatml]

Awesome video and sound! Great Perfomance....

[LaMaisondeCasaHouse]

you're fucking A there are 0 dislikes!

[cattivikka]

Che classe......

[Navajo241]

@cattivikka Good cumm 'a te .)



[cattivikka]

@Navajo241

ehhehehehe noi siamo di boccuccia buona! kiss

[MrKeyboardman1]

One word...BRILLIANT!!

[85sparrowhawk]

Oscar, themonk, and tatum...my 3 favorites....the rest of the trio is also awesome

[chwjts]

I would sell my soul to play like Oscar for just one day

[G3r0n1mo]

191 / 0

i think it's magical rate on youtube.

or it's just Oscar.

[MichaelMorganMusic]

AWESOME!

[MrAlexhutch]

Four Years earlier I first heard Oscar THE GREAT MAN at the ill fated Embers Night Club in South Yarra, Melbourne, Australia with the same line up. Oscar is unquestionably the most exciting jazz pianist of this modern era.

[jmarms1227]

Oscar Peterson himself at the time said he doesn't wanna see Art Tatum, so yeah, discussion over...Art Tatum definitely.

[daverow49]

Oh Yeah:)

[JoeApps]

How does he do it!

[AakwardAardvark]

i love that hes scatting the whole time while doing this

[teracite]

fucking great walking bass ! only doublebass for that !

[teracite]

oscar peterson is imortal !

[teracite]

pur class !

[spamdinosaur]

fantastic! oscar peterson was incredible.

[Pandaonfire5]

Freakin' Amazing

[torontoBluejays87]

Ray Brown was my favorite bass player :).

[6gentex]

@torontoBluejays87 Mine too. Him and Jimmy Blanton. I wonder if that kind of talent will ever come around again.

Certainly not in our lifetime.

[MrMrBilko]

a genius

[LucLongley23]

Nothing quite like a jump blues that really cooks like this one!

[MisHapMusic]

4:23 = Genius

[MisHapMusic]

@geoped1 Great comment =D

[geoped1]

surely you folks can't think this kinda stuff compares to the deep, emotional, tender, insightful creations of the hip-hop/rap crowd.

[mrdscott15]

@geoped1 haha thats exactly what i was thinking. what happened? how did things get so far from where they started. this is genius at play . yet i would rather hear 2 dogs humping than puff doody or sheep dog or whatever. to late to go back i fear ,that garbage has set music back light years. great comment i bout fell over when i read it. thanks so much.

[Epistemophilos]

@geoped1 Tender irony :-)

[AakwardAardvark]

@geoped1 actually i think you touched off something very interesting. because although it is undeniable that this takes way more talent and practice than to write good lyrics or just freestyle rhymes that make sense, what message does this send? it gives a great feeling and kinda cheers you up but otherwise what emotions and subjects can be brought up by this. Something hip hop can do if used correctly is adress specific issues and provide insight where jazz without words cannot.

[Antoinette733]

@geoped1 Of course, U R joking.

[geoped1]

@Antoinette733 No, Ma'am. I'm as serious as an heart attack.

[geoped1]

@Antoinette733 No, Ma'am. I'm as serious as an heart attack. Someone with a microphone, a ball-cap, baggy shorts pulled down past the intergluteal crevice... shouting "yo-yo, hey ho, mo-fo..."; that is talent, pure and simple. I suppose the Big O simply never had the opportunity to undergo a frontal lobotomy, so he was forever relegated to putting out works such as C-Jam Blues. Poor soul...I'll bet he was never able to afford 'bling-bling' for his maxillary incisors.

[Antoinette733]

Respond to this video...  This is a GREAT video by a top-of-the-line jazz artist!

[gogurt2]

wow. this has got to be one of the best videos on all of youtube. tightest trio in jazz history. classic.

[1013ET]

He got philosophy as the true entertainer. Great pianist. Thank you for posting.

テクニックもさることながら、彼の音楽性とフレンドリーな態度が­すばらしい。音楽は分かち合うもの、と教えてくれる。

[mobilwizard]

This is not jazz. This is a fucki'n runaaway train of jazz! Simple C-jam - exstraordinaryyyy. I'm going to say black!!

[keeper1167]

oh what i would give for a transcription of this haha. great stuff!

[geoped1]

@keeper1167 There might be a software program that would allow you to play this piece and have it transcribed. If you watch the movie "Bring on the Night" (Sting, et al.), they use a pc program to transcribe what's being played... and that film is a good 20 years old.

[lamekia28]

Oscar Peterson will always be the best jazz pianist in my book......... to execute at the speed he did was amazing!!!!!

[Easleytee]

@lamekia28

Art Tatum...discussion over.

[siberia1989]

@Easleytee Oscar!!!!

[zildj1an]

Very difficult to comment on this one. I can't find enough superlatives! Simply outstanding! I just loved when Oscar Peterson was playing with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen.

[billybill174]

This is the very best. PLEASE post as much as you have. Thank you!!

[OMason12]

lol at 5:18 when they al lift their heads together, thats teamwork, great video btw :D

[elgazar19]

amazing, i can listen to this all day

[RagtimeIrvin]

Bravo!

[Annoyingthing321]

Thanks for posting this up, I love this version. This is the kind of thing I want to listen to in restaurants whilst having a chat to one of my mates :)

[lilejamie93]

YEAA!!!

[mcrohof]

The intro is just insanely good... What a giant blues masterclass.

Thank you dgbailey777 - these uploads by you have really made my day sofar!

[Andreeeiiii]

his sense for time is outstanding..

[Andreeeiiii]

thank you so much. do you got more from this one?

[dgbailey777]

@Andreeeiiii Yes,I have. Thanks for comment.