Oscar Peterson going lightspeed mode 

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

Oscar - and i cannot stress this enough - Peterson.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Playing improvised stride at 330 bpm is crazy

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!

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.

He plays against the Petrov defence by Black.

Man I love this dude.

This is enough to make a man wanna quit

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

Genius.

Oscar the man 🎶🙏

You are The best transcriber on RU-vid Brother! 🔥

other worldly. miles beyond

Unbelievable 😮

Incredible! A real genius !

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 (:

Just imagine writing it out

Nobody should be this good

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

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!

Legends right here. This is just unbelievable. 😂

With Niels-Henning Oscar Peterson!

Amazing!!!!!

The SWEAT on this man was so earned

I saw OSCAR & MCCOY TYNER play TOGETHER (dueling pianos) in San Francisco. MCCOY was the KING by the end of the gig. To sum it up, Oscar plays everything that you've heard before. McCoy plays everything that you've NEVER HEARD before. 😀🙏🏼

MORE. I actually beg you. PELASE PLEASE PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE!!!!!!!

Just wow

He was in my opinion the greatest.

Una Piramide di GENIALITA' !!!

A whole audience of pianists.

Oh, behave! 😁

Increíble que pueda entender las notas que hace exactamente el contrabajo 😅

Super Human Man . . .

damn 😳

Oscar Peterson didn’t play the piano. The piano played him.

not quite on the 1/8 note singlesaround 0:20 , there were tripets in there.

Imagine if he'd practiced !!

⚠️ What software do you often use for helping transcribing ? There are several on the market right now ! 🙏👍

Sure

Super Saiyan 3 skills

No cell phones, no tattoos -everyone just enjoying the stride

Jesus.

Dan.....what software do you use to slow this down for transcription?

swanee river:)

Is this possible 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🫣🫣

how can you transcribe this?

that's your grandfather

ok! je vais prendre une hache et casser mon piano! 🙁

He repeatedly gets the melody for Mack The Knife completely wrong. Amateur.

Will playing like this in 2024 get you paid and laid tho?

Technically impressive to some, audibly disturbing to all.

For a classically trained pianist this is not very difficult. It is fast, but otherwise rather simple.

This is a mockery of the White man's music.

That music don't make no sense.