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Oscar Peterson has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 6 January 2015. Oscar Peterson's music has been featured on 13 episodes.

Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Peterson began learning trumpet and piano from his father at the age of five, but by the age of seven, after a bout of tuberculosis, he concentrated on the piano. Some of the artists who influenced Peterson during the early years were Teddy Wilson, Nat "King" Cole, James P. Johnson, and the legendary Art Tatum, to whom many have tried to compare Peterson in later years. In fact,…

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Blue Moon
Oscar Peterson
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Blue Moon
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Blue Moon
Oscar Peterson
Mercury1952
Blue Moon
Oscar PetersonMercury1952
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When Your Lover Has Gone
Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson
Verve Records1959
When Your Lover Has Gone
Ben Webster, Oscar PetersonVerve Records1959
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I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Oscar Peterson
Verve Records1998
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Oscar PetersonVerve Records1998
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Hymn To Freedom
Oscar Peterson
Telarc Jazz1999
Hymn To Freedom
Oscar PetersonTelarc Jazz1999
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Noreen's Nocturne
Oscar Peterson
MPS Records1968
Noreen's Nocturne
Oscar PetersonMPS Records1968
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Love Is Here To Stay
Oscar Peterson
MPS Records1968
Love Is Here To Stay
Oscar PetersonMPS Records1968
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Georgia On My Mind
Oscar Peterson
Pablo Records1976
Georgia On My Mind
Oscar PetersonPablo Records1976
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My Ship
Oscar Peterson, Nelson Riddle
Verve Records1963
My Ship
Oscar Peterson, Nelson RiddleVerve Records1963
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Eleanor Rigby
Oscar Peterson
MPS Records1969
Eleanor Rigby
Oscar PetersonMPS Records1969
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