Gone Baby Gone

Known internationally as the best jazz pianist ever to lay fingers on keys, Canadian legend Oscar Peterson died today from kidney failure. Peterson performed with the likes of Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat King Cole and Stan Getz. He collected countless awards, distinctions, and titles around the world, founded schools, made over 200 recordings, and never left Canada. And let's face it, the dude was just cool.

"It's the group sound that's important, even when you're playing a solo." -Oscar Peterson



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