![]() He focused solely on piano at age eight following a year-long battle with tuberculosis. Oscar began playing trumpet and piano at age five. He was also made an Officer and then Companion of the Order of Canada, and an Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters in France, among Recipient of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Also a noted jazz educator and advocate for racial equality, Peterson won a Juno Award and eight Grammy Awards, including one for lifetime achievement. Sensitivity in these supporting roles, as well as his acclaimed compositions such as Canadiana Suite and “Hymn to Freedom,” was overshadowed by his stunning virtuosityĪs a soloist. He also appeared on more than 200 albums by other artists, including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong, who called him “the man with four hands.” His Released several albums a year from the 1950s until his death. ![]() ![]() ![]() He earned the nicknames “the brown bomber of boogie-woogie” and “master of swing.” A prolific recording artist, he typically He was renowned for his remarkable speed and dexterity, meticulous and ornate technique and dazzling, swinging style. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jazz pianists Oscar Peterson is one of Canada’s most honoured musicians. Jazz pianist, composer, educator (born 15 August 1925 in Montreal, QC died 23 December 2007 in Mississauga,
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