Oscar Peterson Cubano Chant

[Threepwoodist]

i love the pure white audience

[NolaVenice]

that wasn't an audience, it was an oil painting!

[theguy2k1]

this is amazing

[eawitt3]

I cannot stop listening to this. This is the dopest shit ever.

[claveman99]

Love it at 2:29 Oscar pauses playing by puttting right fist in left hand to to drum punch beat!

[r59691]

dayuuuummmmmm



[RoundMidnight111]

i love art blakey´s version too.another genious.

[omurerbek]

I just wondered why there was no black inside watchers?

[worldwidebrothers]

@omurerbek i think this was taken in norway.

[josh10025]

Are those mannequins or real human beings?

[blkangel1979]

Trio Rocked!

[k8the27th]

Played this in jazz band, was good. But slower :P

Fun trombone solo for me.

[blkvegas]

Classic! Ed Thigpen...RIP

[yvesami]

Come to think of it, the tempo is way too fast FOR THIS PIECE. (Not to take anything away from Peterson, who is definitely on the Mt Olympus of jazz piano.)

[yvesami]

Fantastic. Love this Ray Bryant composition. Peterson, as usual, going around 250 mph, but (unlike many virtuoso pianists) is still playing music.

Looks like Sugar Ray Leonard on drums.

[aurelienpk]

Ed Thigpen, who just passed away. A true legend.

[superjules]

Sweet Jesus Hitler!! God Junior is in the house.

[clarification007]

Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen, that was and still the very best trio for many years.

[billjhyt]

Oscar P's keyboard ability and feeling or passion is the best I can imagine. There are many who excel greatly at the piano and have comparable talents and abilities, but OP shines brighter than most, if you know what I mean.

[slapmyfunkybass]

i think this is when peterson was at this best... with thigpen and brown... its just the tightness of the group, each knows what the other is doing... this is a classic example of taking jazz into a new dimension yet not making it erratic or too complex... the story goes that they knew so well what the other was doing, they never had a set list, peterson would count in the tempo and the others would know what the tune was

[Soulnik]

Classic dopeness ♫♫♫♫♫

[cv41393]

gruppo fantastico...una perfetta macchina da swing

[bassicpat]

racists? um not so much. its just that time period. whether they thought it was good or bad they still woulda had the same face

[chelomustis]

I love to see these old videos because they are legends. Nobody never will create this kind of music.

[bassicpat]

LMAO those white people werent even ready for that. ive never seen such an angry applaud in my life. killin swing though

[kaymany]

racists leave out your comments from classic videos like these

[jazzlife1]

OSCAR the GREAT!!! R.I.P

[belitnakoff]

Steely Dan version of Cubano Chant is also good but Oscar was the best!

[babaak1]

This is crazy... Such a command over the piano. Makes it look so easy and fun.

[donpedrosan]

he holds a band together much better than Art Tatum...even if not such a great solist? "too many notes"? Hhahahaha open your ears and getta life!

[petergagu]

Thanks for the insult. I have a life, thanks, and my ears are open.

[gloryforjoy]

king

[antoniodcz]

God bless you Oscar Peterson- I hope that right now you are pushing the angels in heaven to play cherokee at 300 bpm...

[efsq]

look at the guy in the public who's next to the girl. he's really feeling it and he's goin crazy

[tonydiniz]

Thanks Oscar Peterson to wake me up for the jazz. I learned how to enjoy jazz listening to your West Side Story long play. You are the best. R.I.P.

[aurelienpk]

you do that now.. Be my guest.

[petergagu]

yes i have done that thanks, and i hope you get as much from oscar as i get from monk and bill evans, pete

[dustj76]

Too many notes? Isn't that what they said about Mozart? He may not be your favorite pianist, but you cannot deny his contribution to the world of jazz.

[petergagu]

Did I deny Oscar's contribution to jazz? No, I didn't. It's just that the playing in this clip, though technically faultless I'm sure, is too busy for MY taste. As it happens, Oscar was one of the artists who opened my ears to jazz when I was a teenager. One of my first purchases of jazz on disc was an JATP LP which I very much regret got lost along the way somewhere, with Oscar, Herb Ellis and Ray Brown on one side, and the MJQ on the other side.

[humboldtlocal]

get a clue man, oscar was an innovator of bop which was the cutting edge s*it at the time of this clip and you have to understand things in historical perspective. You can't cherry pick through history like that and say 'bill is better than oscar'. .You probably hate on bird too.

[petergagu]

I have a clue thanks chum, and of course I realise Oscar was an innovator. Also, I never said that bill is better than oscar. Maybe you are reading things into my previous comment. Also I don't cherry pick through history, and by the way, I have idolised Charlie Parker since the late fifties when I discovered his music. Why don't we just move on from this and enjoy the music.

[bossabomdia]

He was one of the greatest pianists on earth. Rest in peace Oscar Peterson, thanks for all the joy that listening to your music gave me.

[Dimethios]

R.I.P Oscar, Thanks for all the music.

[shelim23]

Oscar Peterson mastered pre-hearing and had a flawless technique. Art Tatum is the only jazz pianist that could match his advanced level of performance and technique.

[vjb007]

While Oscar admitted he was intimidated by Tatum initially to the point where he couldn't play piano when Art was in attendance, and Oscar's detractors always accused him of "too many notes," Peterson was one of a kind. Tatum was a genius. So was Peterson. From the standpoint of listener versus that of musician, I have to say I enjoyed Oscar decidedly more.