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Albert Cory's avatar

Great interview.

You can find him in the Dick Cavett archives on YouTube, and he was incredibly articulate. He could demonstrate almost any style of playing and talk about it intelligently.

I'm so sorry I never heard him play in person.

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SirJo Cocchi's avatar

Great interview, thanks!!

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Wonderful interview. Not only was he a superb pianist but he was also a grand Canadian statesman who led by his deeds alone.

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Bern's avatar

...and a gracious post-concert backstage fan accommodator...

I had the great good fortune to meet Oscar, Count Basie, Earl Hines and Vince Guaraldi all in the same year many decades ago. Highlights, all four.

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Allen Lowe's avatar

truthfully, Peterson, an intelligent guy, was an awful pianist - and what you are hearing isn't swing it's just velocity, an insane momentum that is more machine - like than human. Listen to Basie play piano, to Bud Powell, Duke Jordan, Mile LeDonne - that's swing, it varies, it has a sense of space, of changes. Peterson has just one setting, and it is vulgar.

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Reka Blazsek's avatar

this is great! thanks for sharing!

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James Weidman's avatar

A real gem of an interview! Thanks tor this!

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