Oscar Peterson

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bandleader composer human jazz pianist

Oscar Peterson was a virtuosic Canadian jazz pianist and composer renowned for his dazzling technique, swing feel, and prolific recording career.

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Label Occurrences
Oscar Peterson canonical 70
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
awardReceived Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
Companion of the Order of Canada ⓘ
Governor General's Performing Arts Award ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Group ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Order of Canada ⓘ
Order of Ontario ⓘ
causeOfDeath kidney failure ⓘ
collaboratedWith Count Basie ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Ed Thigpen ⓘ
Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
Herb Ellis ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
Norman Granz ⓘ
Ray Brown ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-08-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2007-12-23 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Canadian ⓘ
familyName Peterson ⓘ
founded Advanced School of Contemporary Music ⓘ
fullName Oscar Peterson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oscar Emmanuel Peterson
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
swing ⓘ
givenName Oscar ⓘ
influenced Diana Krall ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Hiromi Uehara ⓘ
influencedBy Art Tatum ⓘ
Nat King Cole ⓘ
Teddy Wilson ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
memberOf Jazz at the Philharmonic ⓘ
Oscar Peterson Trio ⓘ
movement mainstream jazz ⓘ
notableWork Canadiana Suite ⓘ
Hymn to Freedom ⓘ
Night Train ⓘ
The Trio ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music educator ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Montreal, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
recordLabel MPS Records ⓘ
Pablo Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
residence Mississauga, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
styleCharacteristic blues-influenced phrasing ⓘ
strong swing feel ⓘ
virtuosic technique ⓘ

Referenced by (71)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl Hines → influenced → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Verve Records → notableArtist → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Glenn Gould Prize → notableLaureate → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Erroll Garner → influenced → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
I Could Write a Book (jazz standard) → notablePerformanceBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
subject surface form: I Could Write a Book
Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Have You Met Miss Jones? → hasNotableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
With a Song in My Heart → recordedBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Ella and Louis → personnel → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Norman Granz → employed → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Norman Granz → associatedAct → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Ella and Louis Again → featuredMusician → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Ray Brown → collaboratedWith → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Pablo Records → releasedMusicBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Confirmation → recordedBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Lester Young → collaboratedWith → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Just One of Those Things → hasNotableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Take the "A" Train → notablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
C Jam Blues → recordedBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Satin Doll → hasNotableRecording → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Oscar Peterson → fullName → Oscar Peterson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar Emmanuel Peterson
After You've Gone → hasPerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Ben Webster → workedWith → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Art Tatum → influenced → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Norgran Records → notableArtist → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Lover Man → hasNotableInterpretationBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Someday My Prince Will Come → notableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Misty → notableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Nice Work If You Can Get It → hasNotableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
A Foggy Day → hasNotablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
The Man I Love → hasNotablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Joe Pass → associatedAct → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Federico Britos → hasCollaboratedWith → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Nica's Dream → associatedPerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
My Man’s Gone Now → notablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Teach Me Tonight → hasNotableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
Louis Hayes → associatedAct → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Imagination → hasPerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Out of This World → hasNotablePerformer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Kenny Burrell → associatedAct → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise → hasNotableRecording → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Oscar → notableBearer → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Mulgrew Miller → influencedBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Tenderly → hasNotableRecordingBy → Oscar Peterson ⓘ
Oscar Peterson Trio → leader → Oscar Peterson ⓘ