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Great thread @onwardjames!

Stumbled onto Oscar Peterson about 15 years ago when I acquired an Oscar Peterson CD collection at a garage sale. Life changing acquisition for me, just wow…followed by more wow….

Here’s the uninterrupted (same) solo of Oscar. Great to watch and listen to after watching Rick Beato’s very fine overview. Just thought I’d include it to append on to your post…

I love the smiles of Barney Kessel and Neils-Henning Orsted Pederson, knowing they are in the presence of greatness. Just classic.

Thanks for finding and sharing this masterpiece.

 
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Found this today.

One of my all-time favorite musicians, the legendary James Brown, brings up Michael Jackson on the stage. Also, Prince.

Watch how James is absolutely having a ball seeing Michael do the moves James made famous.

 
onwardjames said:
This clip of the legend Ray Charles always cracks me up. He praises 3 of the greatest jazz pianists ever, two of which are locked in. Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson are in my 1 and 2 spot all-time.

Ray also whispers to Clint that "motherfucker (Oscar) could play his ass off." That makes me giggle every time.

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Vladimer Horowitz said Art Tatum was the best pianist (including himself) he'd ever heard. He had Art Tatum as a visitor. Naturally their conversation moved to the piano. Below is what happened during the visit.

During Chris Thile’s inaugural show as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion, the immortal jazz pianist Art Tatum received an unexpected shout out. Tatum would have celebrated his 107th birthday that week and, as part of the mini-celebration, Thile got to telling one of the many legends surrounding Tatum’s super-natural pianistic exploits: that he learned how to play the piano through listening to piano rolls, something not particularly strange for that time ... but for the fact that these were piano rolls for four-hands.

Because of their skill as improvisers, that incredible ability to invent music on-the-go, jazz musicians tend to, for want of a better phrase, "freak-out" classical musicians. So, if you ever see a classical pianist with a gaze of petrified enchantment, or perhaps giggling uncontrollably, probably it is because they are listening to a jazz pianist like Tatum or Oscar Peterson. In fact, the most famous instance of this cross-genre admiration involved a meeting between Tatum and legendary classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz.

Horowitz had made his own arrangement of Tatum’s, "Tea for Two," and, being acquaintances, Horowitz endeavored to play his piece for Tatum. Tatum enjoyed it very much and then took to the piano to play his newest rendition of the piece. When he finished, Horowitz, already quite amazed, asked Tatum when he wrote this newest version. Tatum replied that he had done so just now — improvising it all in the moment. Famously, Horowitz never played his arrangement of "Tea for Two" in public again.
 
JoeESP9 said:
Vladimer Horowitz said Art Tatum was the best pianist (including himself) he'd ever heard. He had Art Tatum as a visitor. Naturally their conversation moved to the piano. Below is what happened during the visit.

During Chris Thile’s inaugural show as the new host of A Prairie Home Companion, the immortal jazz pianist Art Tatum received an unexpected shout out. Tatum would have celebrated his 107th birthday that week and, as part of the mini-celebration, Thile got to telling one of the many legends surrounding Tatum’s super-natural pianistic exploits: that he learned how to play the piano through listening to piano rolls, something not particularly strange for that time ... but for the fact that these were piano rolls for four-hands.

Because of their skill as improvisers, that incredible ability to invent music on-the-go, jazz musicians tend to, for want of a better phrase, "freak-out" classical musicians. So, if you ever see a classical pianist with a gaze of petrified enchantment, or perhaps giggling uncontrollably, probably it is because they are listening to a jazz pianist like Tatum or Oscar Peterson. In fact, the most famous instance of this cross-genre admiration involved a meeting between Tatum and legendary classical pianist Vladimir Horowitz.

Horowitz had made his own arrangement of Tatum’s, "Tea for Two," and, being acquaintances, Horowitz endeavored to play his piece for Tatum. Tatum enjoyed it very much and then took to the piano to play his newest rendition of the piece. When he finished, Horowitz, already quite amazed, asked Tatum when he wrote this newest version. Tatum replied that he had done so just now — improvising it all in the moment. Famously, Horowitz never played his arrangement of "Tea for Two" in public again.
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I'm admittedly not very knowledgeable on Art Tatum, though I know Oscar Peterson's music a bit better. I need to catch up with that stuff more. Mostly I listen to somewhat more modern jazz - Monk, Coltrane, etc (though I really dig Ellington). I will say though that Chris Thile’s show is really great and that he really has a deep knowledge of music, from old stuff to contemporary. He has a great house band (he's a fantastic musician in his own right), great guests and really well considered, well researched tributes to all kinds of great musicians, in every genre.
 
onwardjames said:
I'm sure many here are familiar with this Live at Ronnie Scott performance by Jeff Beck.

Well, he turns over his usual burning solo to the young Tal Wilkenfeld. She does not disappoint. Even Vinny, legendary drummer that he is, knows something magical is going on.

I love moments like this.

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RIP Jeff Beck…he was still very young at 78. He was in concert here about a month and a half ago here. Really wanted to go see him. He was in a ~3,000 person venue. Didn’t make it…
 
jblnut said:
Here's a fave of mine - James Brown brings up Robert Palmer and they blow the roof off the place...


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Damn. Just....damn.

I really enjoyed that, though Robert, upon walking to the stage, left James' hype man hanging on that handshake, lol.
 
I hope this is on topic. Many years ago, PBS had a special on SRV. They played it over and over. I didn't watch it at first. While flipping through channels, I just happened to catch when John Mayer was saying " I can play as intensely as him . . . " For a long time I didn't like Mayer for his arrogance. Then one day I watched the whole video, and caught the whole quote: " I can play as intensely as him . . . for 30 seconds."

Ah. I started listening to some John Mayer music.
 
Back in 2006 Buddy Guy joined the Stones in a blindingly good version of "Champagne And Reefer" when they played the Beacon Theater (Scorsese filmed it.) Buddy put Keith Richards in his place, and Keith responded by giving Buddy his guitar, saying "It's yours!" The hand off happens during the last few seconds of the video.

 
My Wed night hangout is Crooked Eye brewery, Hatboro PA, open mic blues night. They have a great house band and folks come from all over to sit in. Once in a while there is magic happening and we get to witness it. Nothing like a couple of very talented musicians gettin their groove on.

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Fellow guitarists, if you don't know the name Shawn Lane, better go look this one up. Worth the trouble, big time.

This genius, a prodigy on piano, goes to India. In some remote bookstore, he proceeds to play to the crowd in their own musical style (24 tones to our 12) and he slays it.

Audience claps at varying intervals, knowing this is good stuff.

But watch legendary drummer Jeff Sipe turn his head to look at Jonas Hellborg (bass) with a grin that says "You're seeing this ****, right?"

Makes me tear up.

2:31 is that look.

 
Prince playing absolutely spectacular guitar in a style most unusual for him, at George Harrison's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Who knew to call him to join Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Steve Winwood?

 
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