woodwardIIIrd (August 12, 2008 at 11:58 am)

there only appears once or twice in ones life a keyboard genious such as oscar. if you play,you sit in awe when he plays. you can't believe a mind can do what he does with his. at least we still have recordongs of his talent.

recordingangel (August 10, 2008 at 2:51 am)

The soul if you will, is in the Phrasing and the Accents, the softness fo some notes he was just so technically advanced that it sounds like there is a formula to this but in kansas City, this man would run the corresponding scale to the chords in every key?!

recordingangel (August 10, 2008 at 2:45 am)

Don't forget Art Tatum & Fats Waller!

lasharul (August 7, 2008 at 7:27 am)

i can't find on youtube my favourite classical composition weetland by oscar peterson. that's pity..

megabopp (August 1, 2008 at 6:09 pm)

No musician is perfect, even Bill. I am amoung his biggest fans but there were a few recordings where I feel he connected less than others, as for Oscar take a listen to "the jazz soul of Oscar peterson" In that recording there's enough heart and soul and then some! Other than that, I'm in no position to say who you should or should'nt like.

hobgoblin5921 (July 31, 2008 at 12:57 am)

nah i would say the other way round personaly- this is not what i would call heart felt music, but has its merits intelectually (i suppose). evans is heart felt always

tsedesdad (July 30, 2008 at 12:57 am)

Dude! Oscar wiped his sweat during a right hand solo figure. This miniscule feat bespeaks the greatness of musical athleticism. I love how these cats were so hot and remained so into their legendary years. The true Jazz piano greats dont just have followers, they have parishoners!

jetherocardoso (July 28, 2008 at 2:34 pm)

Oscar and Bill were Gods.

Pepewoods (July 16, 2008 at 10:00 pm)

i'm lovin da musik!!!! i've been playin keyboard for a few years and i arrange a little. does anyone have any ideas as far as how and what to practice...what are the great books and dvd's related to piano and keyboard....what are the great bands (any genre)...should i focus on becoming good at reading sheet music... anything that's going to help me grow musically ( even different ideas from the questions that i posted) i'm open to.

blah148 (June 25, 2008 at 5:58 am)

The beautiful thing about music and the arts is the versitality of it, because of the vastness of possibilities, every innovator has their respective discoveries of the musical 'universe'. Artists will never be proven better than one another because every discovery or innovation has its own special characteristics that make it what it is. This is why arguing who was the better between Bill and Oscar is futile. Perhaps we should forget this fruitless debate and enjoy the product of their genius.