The Oscar Peterson Trio • Concert 1965 - World of Jazz

This is a short television performance by the trio of Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) with Oscar Peterson on piano; Ray Brown, bass and Ed Thigpen, drums. (Concert 1965). Performance Oscar Peterson Trio with Oscar Peterson on piano; Ray Brown, bass and Ed Thigpen, drums. Direction and production = Theo Ordeman. Duration 31&'' Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (Montreal, August 15, 1925 - Toronto, December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. His father taught him to play the trumpet and piano at the age of five. After contracting tuberculosis, he focused on the piano when he was seven. He quickly gained the reputation of a technically brilliant and melodically inventive jazz pianist, becoming a regular guest on radio programs. He made his first appearance at Carnegie Hall in 1949. He has played with Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ed Thigpen, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Stan Getz, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O&Clark Terry and Joe Pass, among others.