This song blows my mind in 100 directions. Not only is Joe Pass the man I consider the pinnacle of jazz guitar, but his combination with Oscar Peterson, a man I consider the pinnacle of jazz piano, makes for an unstoppably energetic interplay of two complete virtuosos. This has been my favorite jazz video/song for a few years and still never loses it's power and punch. I am continuously in awe of not only their technical skill, but the endless creativity these two sources of genius radiate
I'm always out of breath after listening to Oscar. This man had "feel" up the wazoo. No pianist can groove like Oscar did. He reaches down and grabs the piano by the nuts and doesn't let go until it's time to light up a cigarette.
Utterly criminal that the late Martin Drew is not listed above as the drummer. Played with Ronnie Scott for many years and accompanied Oscar on most of his European tours back then. Regularly supported visiting star acts in pick up bands on their visits to the UK. A great of British jazz and a seriously underrated drummer. Certainly well up to playing in this lofty company as you can see and hear..
I think the English language needs to invent a few new words just to describe the genius of Oscar Peterson. Normal superlatives just aren't sufficient. This is phenomenal.
the stride section (which kicks off around the 7:00 mark) is mind-blowingly amazing... and i'm saying that as someone who's been playing for 20 years... oscar peterson is terrifyingly good.
Bought this concert on laser Disc 25 years ago and discovered what a terrific bass player Dave Young is. Anybody who plays with Oscar, Joe and Martin has got to be top notch and DY is just that.
but what you guys must understand is that he put in countless hours into practice EVERY DAY for most of his life! you really gotta love what you're doing to have that kind of dedication.
What I liked about Oscar is him humming along to it, a sheer love of music, he could not stop himself! I recall growing up on B&W tv listening to him,great really impressed me as a small boy
When I was quite young not in my teens yet I used to stay up late to watch this guy on BBC TV live every week his trio then were brilliant and it changed my ears to music! fantastic musician
never have i been so non offended by a man(Oscar) dominating a performance, and you can still hear everybody's fabulous solos. it doesn't seem to matter that Oscar played comps loudly, during other guys' solos. it somehow works. and it's fitting to have that dominant personality to go with being made eager to display such marvellous God given talent. Kinda like Michael Jackson never wanting to give up the microphone. it works.
This man just blew my mind. I literally put my hand over my mouth while watching him play at times. What a privilege to witness such talent. I'm so grateful to have stumbled upon him. Yowsa!!! Isn't it great to be entertained by someone who gives this much attention to their craft? Absolutely fabulous
I'm also impressed with guys like Pass and Art Pepper, who could be wasted on heroin addiction, yet come back to the level of musicians such as this. Oscar always talks about music as bloodsport. He enjoys humiliating the other sol musician, who has to at least offer a challenge. he got it with Barney Kessel, then Herb Ellis, and finally Joe Pass (he was probably a lot more relaxed for the session he made with Roy Clark).
I first heard this piece in 1987, when I started listening to what I called then traditional jazz (I had been a smooth jazz fan since about 1981 as a teenager). This was on my first dubbed cassette (you might remember those) for trad jazz, along with Nigerian Market place and Wynton Marsalis first album. Never looked back since then. Lovely
Non è possibile non amare questo talento naturale già bambino prodigio trasformatosi in una delle colonne portanti del jazz mondiale. Si è speso nella didattica per far crescere le nuove leve del jazz e di è dato fino all'ultimo respiro, anche quando privato da un ictus dell'uso pieno della mano sinistra ha continuato a farci sognare.
@jimraw1 you are spot on my friend .i spoke to martin many many years ago in the bulls head in barnes. what a lovely bloke. and without doubt one of the best in the world.i played bass in london in the early fifties for a couple of years and new a lot of the jazz players.phil seaman as well but thats another story lol.many thanks.
Luca Filigheddu I saw Oscar on a number of occasions in the 1960s when he played with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen and he and the trio as a whole were just brilliant. I also saw him around that time accompanying Ella as well as years later at the Glasgow Jazz Festival in 1992 I think. He was still brilliant but it was the following year he had a stroke I think and was sadly never quite the same. But it was a privilege to have seen him on so many occasions.
Yeah Dave Young is a beast on upright bass, both playing jazz and classical. He filled in for NHOP on a lot of OP's North American trips because the Dane didn't like to fly.
@@jacobzimmermann59 Stride literally developed out of ragtime in the 20s and 30s. To say they're something else entirely is just inaccurate! But you're right, this is probably more stride than ragtime. May my 10-year-ago self be corrected :-)
@@0darroch There is obviously some room for debate in this, but for one thing, ragtime is a genre of music while stride is a way to play the piano. You can play ragtime on a guitar, for example; talking about playing stride on a guitar is a contradiction in terms. There is also a profound difference in terms of "feel". Ragtime is typically an AABBAACCDD form, usually with a march-style 2/4 beat (although obviously there are exceptions) and with "even eights"; stride is usually played as 4/4 or 12/8 and always with "swing eights" (although that can vary too, there is a famous recording of the Gravy Waltz where Oscar Peterson switched into a 3/4 stride solo for a couple of bars). In fact, the only common trait between ragtime and stride is the iconic "oom-pah" movement of the left hand; but other music is full of that too, in particular Chopin, Liszt and Debussy. Quite frankly, the only reason why Liszt 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody is not counted as a "stride" piece is probably because it was composed before James P. Johnson came along ;)
Oscar Peterson's Piano Party was a weekly TV programme which wasn't just about jazz, but introduced to the audience anybody who could play the piano. Why did the BBC phase out these popular music programmes? Why is there virtually no music to be found on the BBC TV nowadays?
I have been watching a lot of OP's performances with NHOP and Dave Young and I feel Dave Young is just as good as NHOP was. No disrespect to NHOP of course cause he was a beast. But Young's style is amazing. Plus this to me is Oscar's best performance, the tempo was just over the top and Joe Pass was right on point and I love the way Martin Drew plays those drums! This concert in it's entirety to me is just the greatest!
@bazz991 well the theme is the first 32 measures, (the melody he plays along with the guitar player), plus coda he played in this tune, after that he plays the solo, then others...and they play the theme again at the end. it's always like that with jazz tunes, you first play the theme, then improvise your solo and when you're done you play the theme again, and that's the end of the song.
This song blows my mind in 100 directions. Not only is Joe Pass the man I consider the pinnacle of jazz guitar, but his combination with Oscar Peterson, a man I consider the pinnacle of jazz piano, makes for an unstoppably energetic interplay of two complete virtuosos. This has been my favorite jazz video/song for a few years and still never loses it's power and punch. I am continuously in awe of not only their technical skill, but the endless creativity these two sources of genius radiate
I'm always out of breath after listening to Oscar. This man had "feel" up the wazoo. No pianist can groove like Oscar did. He reaches down and grabs the piano by the nuts and doesn't let go until it's time to light up a cigarette.
I'm guessing the way those fingers are burning up the keys, he never needs matches to light it either.
👍😂 I just feel bad for his "wazoo"!
Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass what a tremendous combo
Utterly criminal that the late Martin Drew is not listed above as the drummer. Played with Ronnie Scott for many years and accompanied Oscar on most of his European tours back then. Regularly supported visiting star acts in pick up bands on their visits to the UK. A great of British jazz and a seriously underrated drummer. Certainly well up to playing in this lofty company as you can see and hear..
tomtheeagle1 played with Russias Greg Fine Trio also!
Completely agree
Oscar Peterson is definitely in a league of his own
Deeply moved and makes me cry. Perfection.
I think the English language needs to invent a few new words just to describe the genius of Oscar Peterson. Normal superlatives just aren't sufficient. This is phenomenal.
One of Oscar's finest. Also Dave Young at his very best on the bass. An unusually energetic Joe Pass.
Drummer Martin Drew as solid as ever.
I have never witnessed anyone perform the Cakewalk more gracefully than Mr. Oscar Peterson. Definitely a real work of art.
Of course. He wrote it! :)
Duhhh!!!! He wrote it....smh
The sheer JOY!! of this brings tears to my eyes, every time. Thank you, Oscar. Thank you forever.
the stride section (which kicks off around the 7:00 mark) is mind-blowingly amazing... and i'm saying that as someone who's been playing for 20 years...
oscar peterson is terrifyingly good.
Bought this concert on laser Disc 25 years ago and discovered what a terrific bass player Dave Young is. Anybody who plays with Oscar, Joe and Martin has got to be top notch and DY is just that.
but what you guys must understand is that he put in countless hours into practice EVERY DAY for most of his life!
you really gotta love what you're doing to have that kind of dedication.
What I liked about Oscar is him humming along to it, a sheer love of music, he could not stop himself! I recall growing up on B&W tv listening to him,great really impressed me as a small boy
Oscar is/was and forever shall be the best.
This is what i call a magic.
Можно слушать бесконечно......... этот Шедевральный SWING !!!!!!
0:26 What did he do just there?! He clapped or some shit, that's damn amazing, right in the middle of an intro passage.
Richard An He had pretty bad arthritis, he was probably just trying to click his thumb
No he was feeling the music!
When I was quite young not in my teens yet I used to stay up late to watch this guy on BBC TV live every week his trio then were brilliant and it changed my ears to music! fantastic musician
Ah that solo section at 6:00 is just too perfect for live improv, i cannot understand how these guys do it.
He plays this masterpiece without any effort.. incredible
Oscar you rule my world! The greatest jazz pianist the universe will ever see. Fact!
never have i been so non offended by a man(Oscar) dominating a performance, and you can still hear everybody's fabulous solos. it doesn't seem to matter that Oscar played comps loudly, during other guys' solos. it somehow works. and it's fitting to have that dominant personality to go with being made eager to display such marvellous God given talent. Kinda like Michael Jackson never wanting to give up the microphone. it works.
Oscar Peterson re - invigorates my love of jazz
That's ridiculous, almost 8 whole minutes of nonstop piano shredding. Oscar Peterson blows my mind.
I so love this man Oscar Peterson.
this is all the motivaton anybody ever needs in their life to practice hard and get better.
I don't think anybody loved their career as much as oscar.
He was an incredible virtuoso. Ideas poured out. Gobsmacked!
Sensacional
Oscar Peterson y Joe Pass
De otra galaxia!
My favorite jazz pianist. Magnificent, lyrical, expressive style. Oscar, you were one of the best. May your music live forever!
After finishing that, I would have fainted. What incredible musicians.
This man just blew my mind. I literally put my hand over my mouth while watching him play at times. What a privilege to witness such talent. I'm so grateful to have stumbled upon him. Yowsa!!! Isn't it great to be entertained by someone who gives this much attention to their craft? Absolutely fabulous
I'm also impressed with guys like Pass and Art Pepper, who could be wasted on heroin addiction, yet come back to the level of musicians such as this. Oscar always talks about music as bloodsport. He enjoys humiliating the other sol musician, who has to at least offer a challenge. he got it with Barney Kessel, then Herb Ellis, and finally Joe Pass (he was probably a lot more relaxed for the session he made with Roy Clark).
Oscars quartet now plays in heaven, i hope that someday we will listen it!
I first heard this piece in 1987, when I started listening to what I called then traditional jazz (I had been a smooth jazz fan since about 1981 as a teenager). This was on my first dubbed cassette (you might remember those) for trad jazz, along with Nigerian Market place and Wynton Marsalis first album. Never looked back since then. Lovely
Excellent !
He is really one of the best jazz pianist ever
that stride at 6:55 is just the best ever..
We are so privileged to be able to enjoy this music. Wow.
his ragtime killing, no one can't do better! Peterson is the king! the god of jazz! he is a martian, i don't belive that human can do that!
QUE DIRE, IL EST LE PLUS GRAND, PLUS UN TRES TRES GRAND GUITARISTE DE JAZ QUI L'ACCOMPAGNE.
RIEN DE PLUS A DIRE !
WOW!!!!! amazing!!!
@6:55 Stride, muthafuckas!
Non è possibile non amare questo talento naturale già bambino prodigio trasformatosi in una delle colonne portanti del jazz mondiale. Si è speso nella didattica per far crescere le nuove leve del jazz e di è dato fino all'ultimo respiro, anche quando privato da un ictus dell'uso pieno della mano sinistra ha continuato a farci sognare.
Best drummer, best bassist, and certainly best pianist.
Great two-handed piano virtuosity from Oscar. Wow!
real gents, untouchable musicians. I'm lucky, i saved all the japan recordings on vinyl and sealed them. Great find, thank you for the up'
leaves me awestruck, and sufficiently eargasmed. just looking at those fingers gives me RSI!
@jimraw1 you are spot on my friend .i spoke to martin many many years ago in the bulls head in barnes. what a lovely bloke. and without doubt one of the best in the world.i played bass in london in the early fifties for a couple of years and new a lot of the jazz players.phil seaman as well but thats another story lol.many thanks.
wonderful! we just saw Dave Young pay tribute to Oscar Peterson.
WOW BRILLIANT!!
And his friend that is playing that guitar is really feeling it...he is into it. I enjoyed the sounds as well as the performance.
Obrigada Oscar!!!
Grande mestre!!!
This guys are crazy genius! OMG!!!!!!!
surprenante vélocité ! merveilleux !
Thank You Sir Oscar Peterson
Excellent!
I am astonished and amazed sitting here in Pakistan watching this hallmark of human faculty
Putting Peterson and Pass on the same stage is like putting a flame to a gas canister - explosive!
bass player stole the show! =P=P=P
Oscar...your a legend
Das ist fantastisch 👌😊
After all these years..... The sweetest cakewalk ever...
fantastic . and our own martin drew swinging or wat
Just like meltin butter!
Yes...you were!
Allan Mohring really? very, very jealous :-)
Luca Filigheddu I saw Oscar on a number of occasions in the 1960s when he played with Ray Brown and Ed Thigpen and he and the trio as a whole were just brilliant. I also saw him around that time accompanying Ella as well as years later at the Glasgow Jazz Festival in 1992 I think. He was still brilliant but it was the following year he had a stroke I think and was sadly never quite the same. But it was a privilege to have seen him on so many occasions.
É inacreditável o que ele faz com o piano!
Oh, I cannot forget the great guitarist.
wtf why does this only have like a few hundred thousand views. this is fucking amazing
fantastic!!!
GENIUS
I don't care what the title is, that was no "Cakewalk."
That has to be one of the rippingest performances I've ever seen in any genre. WOW!
amazing groove! yeah!
Yeah Dave Young is a beast on upright bass, both playing jazz and classical. He filled in for NHOP on a lot of OP's North American trips because the Dane didn't like to fly.
The guy was a genius, going into ragtime at 6:57 is unreal, I would give anything to have been at this gig!! What a hero.
That's stride, ragtime is something else entirely.
Jacob Zimmermann thanks for correcting him
@@jacobzimmermann59 Stride literally developed out of ragtime in the 20s and 30s. To say they're something else entirely is just inaccurate! But you're right, this is probably more stride than ragtime. May my 10-year-ago self be corrected :-)
@@0darroch There is obviously some room for debate in this, but for one thing, ragtime is a genre of music while stride is a way to play the piano. You can play ragtime on a guitar, for example; talking about playing stride on a guitar is a contradiction in terms. There is also a profound difference in terms of "feel". Ragtime is typically an AABBAACCDD form, usually with a march-style 2/4 beat (although obviously there are exceptions) and with "even eights"; stride is usually played as 4/4 or 12/8 and always with "swing eights" (although that can vary too, there is a famous recording of the Gravy Waltz where Oscar Peterson switched into a 3/4 stride solo for a couple of bars). In fact, the only common trait between ragtime and stride is the iconic "oom-pah" movement of the left hand; but other music is full of that too, in particular Chopin, Liszt and Debussy. Quite frankly, the only reason why Liszt 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody is not counted as a "stride" piece is probably because it was composed before James P. Johnson came along ;)
@@jacobzimmermann59 Oohh excellent nuance, I like it! I hadn't considered that distinction. Props to you sir!
The best jazz pianist of all time
No words can describe Genius, he just was.
It also helps that he had perfect pitch and an extensive classical training as a child prodigy (studied under Paul de Marky at age 14).
That solo😤😔❤
Incredible.
bellissima questa canzone
Oscar Peterson's Piano Party was a weekly TV programme which wasn't just about jazz, but introduced to the audience anybody who could play the piano. Why did the BBC phase out these popular music programmes? Why is there virtually no music to be found on the BBC TV nowadays?
Amazing bass player!
Bravissimo !!!!
Jazz heaven...
I have been watching a lot of OP's performances with NHOP and Dave Young and I feel Dave Young is just as good as NHOP was. No disrespect to NHOP of course cause he was a beast. But Young's style is amazing. Plus this to me is Oscar's best performance, the tempo was just over the top and Joe Pass was right on point and I love the way Martin Drew plays those drums! This concert in it's entirety to me is just the greatest!
It is awesome!!!
Cuatro buenos músicos, jazz ... con eso basta para que la magia surja.
Impresionante!!! realmente Oscar y Joe Pass son increibles!! hay que hacer una estatua de estos dos en todos los jardines del mundo :)
the best of the best....
Greatest
@bazz991
well the theme is the first 32 measures, (the melody he plays along with the guitar player), plus coda he played in this tune, after that he plays the solo, then others...and they play the theme again at the end. it's always like that with jazz tunes, you first play the theme, then improvise your solo and when you're done you play the theme again, and that's the end of the song.
It is in an Oscar Peterson song book yes, it is also on the CD "Nigerian Marketplace".
BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
素晴らしい！
Whenever life gets hard. I watch this and realize life’s easy compared to Oscars tuplets
Meraviglioso!!!!!!!!!!!
waaaaaaaaaaa this is soooo good
oh my gosh what a solo!!!!! o0
He definitely has the use of both hands here...
Awesome.
amazing drummer...
You've just heard brilliance!
Exactly! I'm left handed and I still couldnt imagine ever being that proficient with my left hand...