I teared up watching this and I’m not sure why. It’s so beautiful and happy sounding that a feeling of peace came over me. I felt God’s presence in the music. I’ve never heard of Oscar till today 7/30/21, and I’ll never forget Oscar from this day forward. Awe inspiring talent!
That’s lovely. He is beyond compare. Hope you enjoy exploring his music. Saw him live many times, when I was 13 first ( 1973) - so grateful to have seen him in his prime.
When I make my all time greatest list, Oscar is far and away Number 1 piano. And Ray Brown is there on bass, but Neils Pedersen is a very very close honorable mention. I never get tired of listening to this one. This is a definition!!!!!!!!
This is the ultimate love song. Oscar Peterson plays it with perfection. I never get tired of listening to it and all its versions. It fills my soul with total peace.
Some tunes are especially fun to play - when you're good at it. I haven't heard anyone play it better than Oscar Peterson. It's just a great big delight to listen to each Oscar Peterson recording of this tune.
Talent beyond belief. I am certain that when I pass, if I'm worthy, I will hear this blessed gentleman defining pure jazz in paradise. Music frees the soul.. Let us all rise, together, and celebrate a realm that has no limits. Oscar is opening the door for us, right here.
I can't remember how many times I have watched this video but every time I do I cry like a baby. The performances are amazing even the melody of the song is amazing. There are few people about whom yon can say that they are the best in the world at what they do. But you can say it about Oscar and Ray and Neil Pedersen is not far behind. With our loss of Oscar and Ray I have tom say "If God was not a jazz fan before He is now.
Certainly my favorite O.P. Performance of all time, his solo on this one truly takes you to heaven & back to earth, it’s a musical masterpiece, purely saturated with Soul, been over 16 years since I first heard this & it’s my go to track, Whenever I feel thirsty for those feel good vibes... Yes Lawd!
¡Qué maravilla! Es impresionante escuchar cómo Oscar Peterson improvisa, de manera genial, a partir de esta hermosísima y simple melodía. No sé por qué esta melodía me llena de tristeza y melancolía.
This is one of those sublime delights a lifetime of music listening affords to anyone who's undertaken it. (& Peterson is more complex than his persona might suggest.)
All I can say is that NHØP had a right hand that a pretty decent Flamenco Guitarist would ha' been proud to own -and on a BASS! -That, taste, creativity and the need to be challenged. Who else would he play with but Oscar?!
Ray Brown who took piano lessons before he decided to be a bassist seems to be highly suited to sensing the most fitting chord improvs he plays with such acute timing. The tone of his bass compliments Oscar's playing better than that of Niels Pedersen whose gift is fingerwork that lends to his speed.
Look, I'm going to say it in East Side Detroit Michigan language. This is the only brother on earth, that in layman terms, could walk-it exactly like he talk-it. He could make that them ivory keys, do some unheard of shit!
So the gods came out to play ...The Almighty Peterson , Demigod Pederson , Legend Brown ....This bass argument will hold for a long time as long as Jazz remains but that Neil Pederson.....boyyyyyy,....he is simply not human lol
I feel just about the same way as you do, though I think it's fair to say that it is Ray Brown who comes in second after Nhøp, and not the other way around.
