Name	Oscar Peterson (Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont.)
Other Name(s)	Maharaja of the Keyboard O.P. The Brown Bomber of Boogie-Woogie
Height	6' 3"  (190 cm)
Build	Large
Hair Color	Black
Date of Birth	August 15, 1925
Birthplace	Montreal, QC
Star Sign	Leo
Died	December 23, 2007 (Aged 82)
Location of Death	Mississauga, ON, Canada
Cause of Death	Kidney Failure & Stroke Complications
Nationality	Canadian
Ethnicity	Black
Religion	Christian
High School	Montreal High School, Montreal, QC
Occupation	Pianist
Celebrity Index	Os
Claim to Fame	Jazz Royalty
Favourite Links	www.oscarpeterson.co
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Quotes

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.

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I don`t do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn`t care less. If it sells one, it sells one.

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I play as I feel.

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I don`t believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.

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Montreal was a very active jazz center until club owners started putting in strippers instead of music. Before long, there was nothing to hear.

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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn`t be able to do that.

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We`re not like pop musicians who have to perform the same top ten tunes every night of a tour.

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Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing.

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I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea.

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I am the worlds laziest writer.

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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they`re trying to say with jazz. You don`t need any prologues, you just play.

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I have no one style.

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It`s the group sound that`s important, even when you`re playing a solo.

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You not only have to know your own instrument, you must know the others and how to back them up at all times. That`s jazz.

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See also Trivia Index (O) :: Quotes Index (O) :: Connections Index (O)

• Oscar Peterson and Kelly Peterson
• Oscar Peterson and Lillian Peterson
• Oscar Peterson and Sandy Peterson
• Oscar Peterson and Lionel Hampton
• Oscar Peterson and Charlotte Peterson

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