Oscar Peterson going lightspeed mode

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Performed by: Oscar Peterson, NHOP
Title : Mack The Knife (PRAHA 1974)
#jazz #piano #transcription

[hvglaser]

Oscar - and i cannot stress this enough - Peterson.

[romandegtiarev]

0:56 Poor cameraman trying to predict where Peterson's hand will go...

[bd]

Total genius. This is when technique just becomes a by product. The guy could play anything he chose to rather than what he was limited to.

[alexquinn]

Playing improvised stride at 330 bpm is crazy

[ArgoBeats]

Damn, transcribing Oscar Peterson isn't the easiest thing to do... thank you Daan!

[oscargill]

Let's be real, no one would be foolish enough to pay Oscar Peterson per note played.

[PiotrBarcz]

Walking those tenths, I wish I had hands big enough to do that, the sound is incredible, so much bass but tenor at the same time in one chord!

[foothillschapel]

I saw him in a bar in the early 70s and couldn't believe it! A great memory.

[joergraaf]

He plays against the Petrov defence by Black.

[huskerbluejay]

This is Bach. This is Beethoven. This is among the highest possible GENIUS level connection of mind, body and spirit. I’d proudly show this to aliens visiting earth.

[ThirdEyePerspective]

This is enough to make a man wanna quit

[throckmortensnivel]

He truly was one of the greats. CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) has many hours of recordings of Peterson, which they played when he passed away. I remember one of the tunes which was moving along at Oscar's normal mode, and then, about two thirds of the way through the piece he just took off. It was amazing to listen to! He just leaped into another level entirely. He could do that. He could carry you along, thinking he was the greatest, then jump to a whole different level in a second. Thank you Oscar, for all the beauty you brought to the world.

[Pianomiano]

Play 1:20 at 0.5 speed and see how his lines still swing hard. Oscar is just wow...

[LegitToaster]

There's a clip of Oscar Peterson talking with Dick Cavett about how his father told him he didn't know how to play piano and showed him Art Tatum's Tiger Rag and he fully wanted to quit after hearing it... He says, “When I heard Art Tatum for the first time, I quit playing the piano for two solid months and had crying fits at night. It actually haunted me that someone could play the piano this well." If you listen to Tiger Rag and then this clip, you can here a few little licks he references here (:

[halukkurtoglu]

He is not playing piano, he went beyond it. He is talking with his piano. Amazing.

[tensaichigo]

Damn. The whole time watching I just asked myself. How is he doing that? Mesmerising stuff.

[TamirAlkobiMusic]

You are The best transcriber on YouTube Brother! 🔥

[whispertread]

And he was quoted as saying "Never be afraid to do more of what you find easy" And I don't think he was joking either. To be able to play like that must mean he was born with a unique clock-speed in his brain that nobody else had. It's brain-wiring and a quirk of nature. How glad the world was that he exploited that for our enjoyment. What a guy he was!

[raddastronaut]

Legends right here.
This is just unbelievable. 😂

[subtituru]

MORE. I actually beg you. PELASE PLEASE PRETTY FUCKING