Oscar Peterson -Mirage

[toddalicious0]

watching him play makes me feel like I could play anything. :)

[TheoO18]

insane!!!!

[MrMrBilko]

How is this even humanly possible? This guy is a Genius

[chickle77]

A transcription of this performance is available via jazznote.co.uk

[alru0809]

Это очень....заворажительно!!

[alru0809]

Это очень....заворожительно!!

[MrBloodDrive]

people at 1:27 are broken dream pianists thinking "I will never be like this, fuck off im out of the bussines"

[Oerti2]

The people @ 1:27 were like "this insane black demon is creeping the shit out of us!"

[ml1326]

Completely stunned at 1:26 - do you see all those people walking by...it's as if this is no big deal.

[berliozcat1]

Super! J'adore!!!!

[canateve]

Semplicemente FANTASTICO.

Grazie Oscar...

[supahbeer]

Black Mozart 8D

[jubulalau]

Someone pressed the dislike button.

Great, now I must hunt and kill two fools.

[Jazzbob889]

mh no big thing, i maybe need a trillion years to learn it

[diggerguru]

One word SUPERMEN!!!

[fredsiika1]

Who could possibly dislike this video??

[Jughand]

whoa!

......

what the fuuuuckkk.

[MrKeys57]

fabolous! miss him....

[3e3op88]

Oscar's the man.

[granny2087]

this practically just made me cry it was so incredible. It sucks that he is dead. He really is the greatest piano player to have ever lived.

[skeezer213]

hollly shiit. god of jazz forsure

[bimmerman222]

The song is called Mirage because you can't see his bloody hands when he plays

[Andreeeiiii]

you can learn to concentrate on "three" things,

but learn to playe those 2-hand runs is harder, just try it out.

[Andreeeiiii]

hmm, i dont know.

playing those fast lines with left and right is harder

[pacodemic]

supernatural

[bushfingers]

Bloody hell !!!!!

[lmk10000]

He was the "god of jazz"

[DrJobs]

he still is ...

[Proximaleous]

whew! man is he good

[zycos01]

eh oui ! le maitre le maitre absolu

[paulprocopolis]

Endlessly inventive - just magic. Superlatives fail me!

[Tinmilkjazz]

I'm trying to hold back the tears... something about the way he plays this song and the sound and the way it swings makes me want to say Hallelujah...HALLELUJAH!!!

[thewayup]

god there has to be a transcription of this! i can't imagine life without one now!

[lvl3bomb]

There isnt....

Only way is to get someone with absolute pitch hearing who can hear the notes when played at such speeds.

Actually I am willing to pay for someone to write down the notes for both hands. Seriously!

If someone is able to do that, contact me please.

[BizzMarki]

is this from a dvd? does anybody know if this entire concert is available

[BizzMarki]

I found the DVD myself and bought it, no thanks to you youtubers!

Its called "Oscar Peterson Solo '75" at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

[Bridajyo]

my ears are in ecstacy!!!!!

[lvl3bomb]

I like the thought that he is probably giving piano lessons to God right now.

You are missed!

[jaybou263]

once in a lifetime talent!

[sablobsimus]

Thanks for posting this. Just amazing! e.g. watch the left ring & pinky around 0:29. (and many other times!)

[petibeber]

Oscar was a master.

[loldotalol379]

This feels sped up... Although the version I have isn't much slower. I wouldn't be able to tell since I'm quite tone-deaf, but I feel the notes are a bit high pitched than they should be...

[ShiffronLandren]

This reminds me of the solo playing of Earl Hines. No doubt Oscar Peterson was influenced by him.

[drxl44]

Yes .. stride piano style!

[jazzpianoman01]

This man is unbelievable; the reason why Oscar's transcriptions were never put to paper is the fact that along with the busy schedule he had (which also caused his music school to close),his solos are too difficult for the average pianist to play

[loldotalol379]

I love that crisp high piano sound.

[lupash]

It remembers me Miles Davis's 'Milestone' in some part... great Oscar

[slapmyfunkybass]

i think if tatum was still around even he would have backed down when hearing some of peterson's solos

[metavoice]

I respectfully disagree. Tatum was simply incredible, and I'm convinced he would be up for the challenge. This takes nothing away from Oscar, however. This piece is incredible.

[slapmyfunkybass]

fair comment and you could well be right, maybe tatum would have loved the challenge... someone who could have challenged peterson was garner, yet, at far as i know, the two men never did a concert together... garner would have given peterson a run for his money

[Tinmilkjazz]

This performance is truly one of Oscar's Best just hearing it for the first and MAN is it SICK...check out the independence of is hands you would think he has two brains...WOW! oh my God listen to his right hand go while his left hand just mind its own business..LOL.. i feel butterflys in my stomach every time i hear it...it always make me smile...

[Jigov]

@Tinmilkjazz yea i am sry but for every pianist this should be no problem. To play different stuff with left and right hand is not so big deal. Oscar\s music is not just technique, its much more thats why i like it.

[Tinmilkjazz]

@Jigov "NO PROBLEM" please post a video of you playing something similar. anyone who thinks this is "no problem" i would love to hear them play

[GeorgeK10gr]

@Tinmilkjazz this is one Perfect comment.....

[fontauzzzzzzzz]

peterson simply the best!!!

[latibes]

Virtuoso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[volodya2]

the besttttttttttttttttttttttt :P

[producer4real]

It's a matter of preference but I feel Oscar was the greatest even above Art Tatum. Tatum, in my opinion, never swung as hard as Oscar and that makes all the difference to me.

[snakekid33]

True; Tatum never swung as hard. But the speeds at which Tatum played, in some of his obscure recordings, were far beyond that of Oscar Peterson's. Of course speed isn't everything.

There was a time, in Peterson's teen years, when his dad played him one of Art Tatum's songs, 'Tiger Rag'. He was so intimidated by his playing that he stopped practising for a month, "Tatum scared me to death" he said.

They were both fantastic jazzers and to say who is better would be an audacious claim.

[jefftam1234]

word

i feel like i know nothing about jazz before Oscar Peterson

[lvl3bomb]

Enchanting....

[eccentricXXX]

Second only alongside Art Tatum...Oscar Peterson was a mammoth of a pianist! May he rest in peace.

[sabsaka]

Montreux 1975, more than 30 years ago, and now he's no longer with us :-( but we can at least watch to him and listen!!

[TOMSOUNDS]

RIP Oscar Peterson, 1925-2007

[shelim23]

Damnnnnn are you serious??? I know he had a stroke back in 1993 but he continued to do performances despite his severe problems with arthritis, I was hoping to see him in person one day maybe at BB kings in Times Square in Manhattan.

[shelim23]

I just did a google search and found out that he died of kidney failure on Sunday December 23rd, 2007. He will definitely be missed. He is the greatest Jazz Pianist/Composer alongside Art Tatum that ever lived

[guweck]

@shelim23

You are absolutely right. Thanks for this comment.

[hugleberthumperdink]

do you know if he ever transcribed little white lies? man, youre some lucky dude for havin this jazz gold dust

[JetForceF22]

=[ I was surprised to find that it was in the local news paper

[thepianoshopuk]

Oscar Peterson, I have studied him for along time and i tell you guys what, i am allways impressed by him. Absolutely outstanding i would go as far as saying the best if not one of the best. Thanks everyone and thank you to the person who put this video live.

[shelim23]

Oscar Peterson is the Best! Too bad Art Tatum wasn't alive to hear some of Oscars later works it would've raised his skills even higher than they already are. Oscar was about 11 years old when Tatum died.

[andrew17660]

Thats not true Oscar would have been either 30 or 31 (he died in the year of his 31st birthday not sure if it was before or after the date though). Oscar played with tatum many times.

[loldotalol379]

I'm sorry but you are just outrageously wrong. He died in December of 2007, I believe at the age of 82. I'm not sure exactly, but it was definitely over 80.

[polymath7]

I'm sorry I must be so blunt, but you really do a disservice to those who might not know any better when you just pull observations out of your ass like that. Your comment demonstrates beyond any question that you have only the vaguest notion of who Oscar even was.

[andrew17660]

Actually I was talking about Tatum. Tatum died when Oscar was 31. Sorry for the misunderstanding I was talking in regard to another comment about Tatum and Oscar. Trust me I have more than the "vaguest notion" of who Oscar was and I caution you against making hastey generalizations like that again in the future.

[polymath7]

You took two months to reply to my comment and I have taken a month to replay to yours (I've only just seen it). I apologize for my "hasty generalization". Comments tend to temporarily disappear from view and drift apart and consequently often appear misleadingly out of context. I have been a victim of this many times myself, and it is most annoying. I should have known better.

[shelim23]

@andrew17660 I made a typing error back in the past the number 11 is actually meant to be 31 as Art Tatum died on November 5, 1956 and Oscar Peterson was born on August 15, 1925. So you are correct!

[sc199701]

BITCH!!!

lol.

[shelim23]

@andrew17660  this is correct!

[tommie997]

@shelim23 Actually Oscar was 35 when Tatum died and they were very good friends but Oscar was so terrified by Tatum through listening to the infamous "Tiger Rag" by Tatum as a child that he wouldn't dare challenge Tatum. Its all in an interview between

Oscar and Andre Previn were they sit down for a good 40 minutes discussing music it is beautiful search it up!

[shelim23]

@tommie997 I made a typing error back in the past the number 11 is actually meant to be 31 as Art Tatum died on November 5, 1956 and Oscar Peterson was born on August 15, 1925.

[shelim23]

@tommie997 I made a typing error back in the past the number 11 is actually meant to be 31 as Art Tatum died on November 5, 1956 and Oscar Peterson was born on  August 15, 1925.

[joyboy741]

@shelim23 Oscar was much older than 11 when Tatum died ( in 1956). Peterson was born in 1925. They knew each other for at least 10 years before Art's death. In several interviews, Peterson talked about his friendship with Art.

[shelim23]

@joyboy741 I made a typing error back in the past the number 11 is actually meant to be 31 as Art Tatum died on November 5, 1956 and Oscar Peterson was born on August 15, 1925.

[IntelInside2020]

@shelim23 -Oscar was not 11 when Art died. Oscar was about 21 or so. In fact, they used to have cutting contests with on another.

[shelim23]

@IntelInside2020 I made a typing error back in the past the number 11 is actually meant to be 31 as Art Tatum died on November 5, 1956 and Oscar Peterson was born on August 15, 1925.

[shelim23]

@shelim23 I made a typing error back in the past the number 11 is actually meant to be 31 as Art Tatum died on November 5, 1956 and Oscar Peterson was born on August 15, 1925.

[stevelovesjazz]

When I met Oscar Peterson, I say him: 3 pianist in the world: Art Tatum Erroll Garner Oscar Peterson..He was happy for my words and says: Oh Garner Garner, great pianist...

[blacknight39]

Keith Jarret is an arrogant prick, whose name shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath as Oscar Peterson. OSCAR IS THE GREATEST THAT HAS EVER LIVED OR WILL EVER LIVE!!!!

[bigdaddybooty]

Art Tatum and Keith Jarrett are the only two jazz pianists who can by the very least touch Oscar Peterson. Thats just hours, months, years of hard work and intense training and the result is Oscar Peterson, the greatest jazz pianist bar none. Unreal

[ArtisX]

keith jarret couldnt touch Oscar Peterson if he tried.. Jarret is good .. but he's not that good.

[emresirmen]

insane

[mcrohof]

The elegance and power in his fingers is simply UNmatched.. Nobody has ever come within a mile of Oscar.. Ray Brown told Oscar to really practice before going to play SOLO concerts... HAHA!! I guess he did!!

[pierrjazz]

Oh, yes!! Oscar said that Duke Ellington (who nicknamed Oscar "the Maharadjah of the piano") said to him: "When will you take caviar without onions and eggs?" He was meaning solo piano (without bass and drums).

[sadbaaa]

amazing !!! :)

[pierrjazz]

This incredible Oscar's particularity is what John Mehegan called "pre-hearing" in his books about jazz improvisation.

[MelonieBSweeney]

Damnnn he got skills!! I noticed that he always has his eyes closed, humming as if he were playing the song in his head... which he is!!-note for note in his head!!

[diggerguru]

Absolutely impossible virtuoso!!!

[IntelInside2020]

I have this on Montreux jazz festival concert on dvd-- an excellent video

[LatePianist]

MY GOD. His 10ths are so evil and his timing, impeccable! I can't understand how he is so comfortable playing at that speed. You are absolutely right Kyle, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. I even shouted with joy as he broke into stride. No one strides like Oscar. His slow stride is to die for!

Thanks for the upload shelim23 ^_^

[shelim23]

I know you had to have seen these 2 videos of Oscar Peterson that mchammerforever put on youtube playing his "eight bar boogie blues" and "indiana" those are some of his footage that I fav'd also his older trio days like "gal in galico", etc...

[LatePianist]

Ive seen the majority Oscar Peterson footage available on youtube at some point. I cant get enough of the man's playing. I got a rare treat today though whilst looking through some of the concerts in Italy. A recording of Daahood. I love that piece and Oscar ROASTED it.

[stimey105]

How would you even be able to read a transcription like this? The whole page would be black!

[CheonHoPark]

Before I even comment this I must ask you, have you came across LatePianist? Because I believe he has quite the fathom for this artist. He might like watching this.

[CheonHoPark]

I honestly must admit he is very very good, Has a very laid back raggy feel. I have not fully appreciated the full emotional aspect of this piece, but I could bet this might be fun to play for sure!

[shelim23]

I know its stuck in my head I wanna play it so bad, it definitely sounds fun to play! But like most all of his songs were never transcribed to sheet music, because he didn't have the time. He was always coming out with new stuff and performing and (arranging) redoing and improving other people songs.