Oscar Peterson, modern master of jazz piano, dies aged 82
December 26th, 2007
The Independent - He mastered the balance between technique, hard blues grooving and tenderness. No one will ever be able to take his place." Peterson was a rarity in many respects: a Canadian in a musical form dominated by Americans, and a jazz musician who made the
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The Independent - He was one of the best-ever blues pianists in jazz and also, despite the huge urgency of his solo skills, one of its cosmopolitan accompanists. Just as well, for he worked with most of the giants of jazz from Louis Armstrong to Charlie Parker, from