Archives for the 'Oscar Peterson' Category
The Trio
Liner notes often contain interesting information about the musicians. Other times they can be impenetrable, possibly drug fueled, expositions that bring together disparate subjects of no apparent relation and compress them, unwillingly, into a 100 words or less. What’s more, they can rub off causing the reader to begin writing in an excessive style.
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The Oscar Peterson (half)Hour
I’ve always wanted to do a radio show on the CBC called “The Oscar Perterson Hour”, in which I would play nothing but Oscar Peterson cds, and wax lyrical about the life and times of this jazz giant. I was even going to affect a low raspy voice like Ross Porter, who does a program [...]