Oscar Peterson, How long has this been going on, transcription

[AliothSenator]

And now i can see " Keith Jarret " in the related videos and I think that playing " Entrance " is the easiest shit ever LOL

The funny thing,it is not.

[ryanneglect]

un real

[crabbylion]

How many extra fingers did he have???????+

[xlfutur1]

If you put that in front of Oscar to read he wouldn't be able to get through the first page. The guy was beyond amazing. There will never be another piano player in jazz that surpasses his technique and musicality. Only 2nd to Oscar's talent is the person who transcribed this thing!

[ryanneglect]

@xlfutur1 i'm glad you said that, i was really curious if oscar would actually play this if it was sitting infront of him.. it all came from his heart

[BenStarner]

@xlfutur1 Who knows if there will never be another player that surpasses his technique but even Oscar conceded that he was and will always be a student of Art Tatum. Art Tatum was the most accomplished jazz pianist period, technique speaking. Art made Les Paul quit playing the piano, and so Les picked up the guitar. True story.

[4pedos]

That clarity, that transparency, that magical, weightless, effortless way of dancing on the keys, connecting the pitches in that amazing crispy, non-legato manner, producing the most beautiful, poetical, nostalgic sound as if it were the easiest thing in the world... I only know one more artist capable of that: Vladimir Horowitz!!

[hypercool1217]

Props to the transcriber!

[gonzalofernzap]

Transcription of this improvisated-sheet, my godness, does anyone going to play this really?? I'm sure lot of you can, but, I mean, I prefer cum myself with this fuck-me-amazing song than try to play Oscar's musical feelings, this notes are his feeling, just of him (:

[dlo691]

A true genius of transcription ... thankyou .... I'm in awe!

[MrJrtubin]

You know, I'm completely blown away by this person's work, but it's in A flat, not D flat. What's up with the key signature?

[712Stephen]

@MrJrtubin He's definitely playing in D-flat.

[MrJrtubin]

Don't care who did it. Don't care when. Whoever you are, you're awesome.

[OrbiliusMagister]

Argh! Peterson's left hand dishes out tenth (both minor and major ones) like rain! He boasts the same span as Rachmaninov or Franck.

[koyunbaba73]

He played faster then most people think!

[Tiny77128]

That's very awesome.

Could you mail me the scores? Thanks.

[Jim341046]

If you've got time, you can 'full page' this video and pause, copy, paste into word or something. Word of warning those, these transcriptions are soooo hard to perfect.

If you are too slow or out of time it will sound terrible. You will need to be concert level to play this as it sounds!

[Bing19528]

Can someone please email me a way to get Oscar Peterson's

Transcriptions.

rbrowning@elp.rr.com Thank You Sincerely R.B

[LyricLove101]

NO comparision to the sounds of today. Don't even go there. THEORY went into this, something today's music makers know little of.... Body, mind and soul, true expression of this wonderful time period of genius contribution.

[paulostroff99]

Lovely TY K for posting.

[erikisimo]

amateur...

[Pianosolful]

Oscar Peterson is by far one of my most favorite Jazz Pianists. But it pains me to see that even here people mention the names of the terrible mainstream crappy {artists}(yea right) of today I come here to get away of that garbage, not to here references of their names. pointless and irritating statements like "this man has more talent in his pinky than ie. J.B...he who shall not be named, or all the other crappy artists of today." Ultimately its pointless.

[cdmouse9]

This is not available on iPod, why?!

[velix9626]

And to think that Oscar used to fear Art Tatum's playing!! lol Absolutely incredible! There's absolutely more brilliance and talent in just two measures of this piece, than all of Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and Taylor Swift's entire careers combined!

[xtfcr7]

4:46 - Humming? Now he's like Glenn Gould.

[ti8426]

wooooooow......amazaaaaaaing. Not familiar with him but will try to learn his riffs to complement what I hear and think...oo wee. my fav part is 4:06-4:15...love run on V to I (function) and add that turn (OMG!!!!!!) followed by those chords after ..... "Big O"

[Liptonater]

Who ever believes oscar learnt this score is crazy.... i bet he wrote out those crazy rhytms and tiny arpeggios down himself? such an improviser?? LOL

[MJPTHA3RD]

And that is why he is one of the best, if not the best, Jazz pianists that ever existed.

[MEpianist]

Absolutely genius! And the runs are not pointless, neither technically nor musically.

[itmsjim]

@MEpianist Well put! Agreed 1000%

[Santosificationable]

See how it looks on sheet. Holy ****.

[TheYann17]

Parfait !

[Lebowski53]

Euuugh.

I know he's amazing. I know I know I know.

But too many pointless runs. That's not Jazz. That's air guitar.

[purecano]

@Lebowski53 I lolled at your ignorance. Literally.

[Lebowski53]

@purecano I really get how amazing he is. I love his recording of Porgy and Bess. I guess I'm conservative in my tastes. Gershwin doesn't need these pyrotechnics. Virtuosity for the sake of virtuosity is less than the sum of its parts. Still, the guy was outrageously good, and I'm just a internet putz.

[Poisonseed]

@Lebowski53

Yeah man, I'm also one of those who love Oscar but he can get tiresome. He's talking too much sometimes, feels like he could say the same things with fewer words.

[gaiatakahashi]

I'm not a piano player yet, so I have a question. Is this recording exact to Gershwin's piece or does this one have improvisations? :)

[BlueinGreen2]

@gaiatakahashi No Gershwin wrote it exactly like this - he was quite a technically complicated composer. Oscar plays the original score note-for-note.

[gaiatakahashi]

@BlueinGreen2 Oh. Thanks. :)

[12bar88]

King of Jazz hands down

[pickleboy01]

The best part about this whole video is how you can hear him humming. He is completely absorbed into the music. It's unbelievable.

[markisneomusic]

i have been looking for this transcription on paper for a long time!!! where could i get it from?

[111hotguy]

You morons. Read what it says. It says "As Recorded by Oscar Peterson"

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[radeta81]

Where can I find this note transcription ? Do you have it

in .pdf version?

[princeashtonsdad]

wow this music looks like liszt

[Boldstrummer]

Genius. . . OMG. . . So many orders of magnitude above the also rand piano player.

I've studied music all my life and this is heavenly stuff.

[fatcat4112]

man this is great

[calcner]

feel bad for the poor bastard that had to do this...

[aajjsskkddll]

@Kyoushinsha Where can I find this transcirption?

[054711]

But nevertheless,

this transcription is a great job,

there are very complex harmonies.

It means hard work with assistive technology,

and/or an admirable hearing/understanding harmonies.

[054711]

“that shows oscar on his highest level in the 70'....”

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“(…) there is no way that Oscar Peterson, one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time learned a pre-written arrangement of such a classic standard. (…) doesn't know how jazz really works.”

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That´s true.

[SALLEMJAZZ]

where could we find the transcription ......please?

[aajjsskkddll]

@SALLEMJAZZ I don't think kyoushinsha is replying to anyone.

[zygomatrix]

Here we see Oscar's incredibly vast harmonic knowledge. His unique musicality, imagination, non-human technique and sensibility, too. He is one of the most important artist of the music's History.

[4pedos]

@zygomatrix Indeed!! Bless you!

[zygomatrix]

@4pedos Thank you, 4pedos, Bless you too!

[chrispidicello]

how could anyone play somethin so difficult as this...?

[860125mwj]

@chrispidicello That is freakin AWESOME. it takes years of practice and talent to be able to play like that.NICCCCCEEE!

[860125mwj]

@chrispidicello Oscar was a very dedictaed person which a lot people dont have these days. He had dedication and the talent to back it up. He praticed like 5 hours a day as a kid. Anything is possible if you praticed hard like he did.

[hanumanji82]

On the contrary, he is playing from the form, melody, and harmony of the tune as well as bringing years and years of professional and personal experience, a huge musical vocabulary that he can draw on in the moment, and musical intuition of course. So in that sense, he has planned his whole life for that one musical performance, but when he plays it he might surprise himself even, not play from a note for note transcription. I don't even think he could transcribe what he just played.

[hanumanji82]

I agree with Daniel, there is no way that Oscar Peterson, one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time learned a pre-written arrangement of such a classic standard. Bradbee obviously doesn't know how jazz really works. Transcriptions may be aids in the process of learning but not to play a song by rote, but rather add to a ones musical vocabulary. Now that also doesn't mean that he didn't have any sort of pre-planning or practice.

[lukefenderrhodes]

if memory is execptional transcribeing is no problem. a wise man told a long time ago a person can only put so many notes in a song, this is a good example, i think he could have sqeezed a couple more perhaps

[incomephysicians]

where can i get this transcription?

[1mommas]

Nothing like Gershwin and Oscar

[filistro]

that shows oscar on his highest level in the 70'....and thank you for the fine transcription!

[filistro]

that shows oscar on his highest level in the 70'....

[swankg]

Man, this would sound so much better up a half step, no?

[CribNotes]

You got tabs for this so I can play it on guitar??? There's no way in hell Oscar Peterson learned this "score". It's a transcription of what he performed that night. It's got his licks all over it. Gershwin sure as hell didn't write it - as who the hell could've played it. Not Gershwin. Only Art Tatum or Oscar Peterson could pull this off. But this is Oscar's arrangement, full of all his usual blistering bells and whistles with a beautiful sense of harmony.

[SharmaYelverton]

Incredible! Great work for pairing up the transcriptions with the recordings. It's wonderful to listen and read. I learn allot even though it's well beyond my ability to play.

[joojicf]

just write it down in guitar pro and press transcribe:D

[soruyoavila]

Do you sell your trascriptions?



[biziziz]

waouhh!!!! ça rend humble...

[nino0057]

Umm does anybody know where I can find a version with fingerings? lmao

[lukefenderrhodes]

memorize it first



[satpiano]

Great stuff , I listen to this tune over and over again and it never bores me.

I did some transcription on the theme L´Impossible in midiformat with no improvisation.Wonder if the full score is available.

[iamwin93]

This guy has fucked shit up. He is fucking crazy!

[32pedalnotes]

Lawd have mercy! OP was the King! Transciptions are wonderful to see, but they can be challenging to play.  I mean you can come close to OP, arguably, but he was a designer's original. Nevertheless, you can learn some much from these transcriptions. So, they are a necessary treasure.

[cranmore100]

I'm reminded how when Errol Garner was asked why he

played so many arpegios replied, "Who ever put 88 keys

on the piano had something in mind and I use them."

a. koch

[Santosificationable]

@cranmore100 I'm sorry, but what does Errol Garner have to do with this?

[fendergasm11]

makes me wanna give up sometimes.

[capitalmusic]

Wow! Incredible. I'm not sure who had the harder job...Oscar playing it? or the guy that transcribed it?

[licoricestic]

0:56 WTF wow

[JohnNyerges]

Wow. I transcribed "Weatherbird" and some other tough pieces that I couldn't find in print so I have an idea how difficult this must have been. Great job. His playing is absolutely amazing.

[wilda69]

Thanks for sharing the transcript. Now all I need to do is to study it ...

[scriabin007]

its just Peterson......thanks!

[tdubasdfg]

WOAH

[ironwallful]

Is this a commercialized "leonard"note for note transcription?

If it is,it would be cool to specify if you bougth it on the internet or in store

[Kyoushinsha]

Nope, it isn't.

[madelindon]

@Kyoushinsha is the transcription available online or for purchase?

[pr4n4206]

This is really great!!!! Now I'm studying this score everyday... Where did you get this transcription? Do you have the other Oscar transcriptions? I want them badly.... Thanks in advance...

[triopups]

Marvellous! And a very exact transcription! It's right, Peterson's slow walking tenths are so free and levitating, like a dream. His practised this from childhood on and plays them legato with the fingers 3-4-5 without any effort. Thank you so much for posting! Who made this transcription? Can I buy it?

[jgthom]

There's something special about Oscar Peterson playing stride or walking tenths either slow or uptempo.....marvellous.

Can I ask where you found this score?