Biographic Highlights (From Wikipedia)
- Born Oscar Emmanuel Peterson in Montreal (August 15, 1925)
- Won the national music competition organized by the CBC (1940)
- Released first recordings: I Got Rhythm and The Sheik of Araby (1945)
Links: Oscar Peterson, More Oscar Peterson Stories, Video above courtesy of Overjazz - First Album: Piano Solos (1950)
- Plays with Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich on The Drum Battle (1952)
- Plays with Count Basie on Basie Jazz (1952)
- Releases Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson (1959)
Links: Louis Armstrong, More Louis Armstrong Stories, Video above courtesy of Jazz & Blues- Received Order of Canada, Officer (1972)
- 1st Grammy (of 8): Best Jazz Performance by a Group The Trio (ft guitarist Joe Pass, and bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen)(1975)
Links: Joe Pass, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Video above courtesy of Joseph Passadena - Inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1978)
- Received Order of Canada, Companion (1984)
- Honoured on Austrian postage stamps (2003)
- Honoured on Canada Post stamps (2005)
- Died of kidney disease at his home in Mississauga (December 23, 2007)
- Canada's Walk of Fame (2013)
- Documentary Oscar Peterson: Black + White released (2021)
- A "Heritage Minute" about him was created (2021)
Links: Heritage Minutes, Video above courtesy of Historica Canada - Featured on a commemorative loonie (2022)
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