In memoriam: Oscar Emmanuel Peterson died at 82 in his home at Toronto, Canada on December 23rd. Peterson died due to a kidney failure.
Who was Oscar Peterson?
Oscar Peterson was born on August 15th in Montreal, Canada. Blessed with an attractive stage personality, this behemoth of mainstream jazz’s fluid technique was influenced by Art Tatum, Erroll [...]
Who’s Erroll Garner?
Erroll Garner, born in Pittburgh in 1921, makes his debut in New York in 1944, played with the Slam STEWART Trio, then forms his own band and has ever since been very successful. He tours the world several times and his last performance in Europe took place in 1968.
Featured album: “The king of [...]
For all the old jazz lovers out there, I’ve recently set up a real jazz community site where you can enjoy free jazz music, video’s and rare jazz pictures from various jazz anthems such as:
Louis Armstrong
Nina Simone
Ella Fitzgerald
Toots Tielemans
Stan Getz
and many more…! I’ve currently made up the following playlist (see right sidebar), however expect more [...]