Oscar Peterson
1925 – 2007 · aged 82
Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007)
- Born
- 15 Aug 1925 · Montreal
- Died
- 23 Dec 2007 · Mississauga
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 15 Aug 1925BornBorn in Montreal
- 1974AwardGrammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album
- 1977AwardGrammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
- 1978AwardCanadian Music Hall of Fame
- 1978AwardGrammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
- 1979AwardGrammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
- 1985AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
- 1986AwardDr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award
- 1990AwardGrammy Award for Best Jazz Performance
- 1991AwardKnight of the National Order of Quebec
- 1993AwardGlenn Gould Prize
- 1996AwardGrammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- 23 Dec 2007DiedDied in Mississauga
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1925 – 2007).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer. As a virtuoso who is considered to be one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won eight Grammy Awards, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the "Maharaja of the keyboard" by Duke Ellington, simply "O.P." by his friends, and was informally known in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing".
He considered his 1953–1958 trio with Ray Brown and Herb Ellis "the most stimulating" and productive setting for public performances and studio recordings. He also worked solo, as an accompanist, and in duos and trios with Sam Jones, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Joe Pass, Irving Ashby, Count Basie, and Herbie Hancock.
Peterson won eight Grammy Awards between 1975 and 1997. He is considered among the best jazz pianists and jazz improvisers of the twentieth century.
Text from the Wikipedia article Oscar Peterson, CC BY-SA 4.0
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