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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="اسکار پترسون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اسکار پترسون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BD" title="Оскар Питърсън – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Оскар Питърсън" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%81_%CE%A0%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD" title="Όσκαρ Πίτερσον – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Όσκαρ Πίτερσον" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="اسکار پترسون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اسکار پترسون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%EC%8A%A4%EC%B9%B4_%ED%94%BC%ED%84%B0%EC%8A%A8" title="오스카 피터슨 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오스카 피터슨" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%80_%D5%93%D5%AB%D5%A9%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Օսկար Փիթերսոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Օսկար Փիթերսոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A8_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F" title="אוסקר פיטרסון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אוסקר פיטרסון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="ოსკარ პიტერსონი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ოსკარ პიტერსონი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskars_P%C4%ABtersons" title="Oskars Pītersons – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Oskars Pītersons" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Оскар Петерсон – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Оскар Петерсон" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86" title="اوسكار بيترسون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اوسكار بيترسون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3" title="オスカー・ピーターソン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オスカー・ピーターソン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Oscar Peterson" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" 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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Canadian jazz pianist (1925–2007)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient, see <a href="/wiki/Oscar_V._Peterson" title="Oscar V. Peterson">Oscar V. Peterson</a>. For the American carver of fish decoys, see <a href="/wiki/Oscar_W._Peterson" title="Oscar W. Peterson">Oscar W. 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Quebec">CQ</a> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ontario" title="Order of Ontario">OOnt</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Oscar_Peterson.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Peterson in 1977"><img alt="Peterson in 1977" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Oscar_Peterson.jpg/220px-Oscar_Peterson.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Oscar_Peterson.jpg/330px-Oscar_Peterson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Oscar_Peterson.jpg/440px-Oscar_Peterson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="12871" data-file-height="8533" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Peterson in 1977</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Oscar Emmanuel Peterson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-08-15</span>)</span>August 15, 1925<br /><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 23, 2007<span style="display:none">(2007-12-23)</span> (aged 82)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mississauga" title="Mississauga">Mississauga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output 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class="external text" href="https://oscarpeterson.com">oscarpeterson.com</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Oscar Emmanuel Peterson</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CC</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Quebec" title="National Order of Quebec">CQ</a> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ontario" title="Order of Ontario">OOnt</a></span> (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007)<sup id="cite_ref-death_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was a Canadian <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> pianist and composer. Considered a <a href="/wiki/Virtuoso" title="Virtuoso">virtuoso</a> and one of the greatest <a href="/wiki/Jazz_piano" title="Jazz piano">jazz pianists</a> of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won eight <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a>, as well as a lifetime achievement award from the <a href="/wiki/The_Recording_Academy" title="The Recording Academy">Recording Academy</a>, and received numerous other awards and honours. He played thousands of concerts worldwide in a career lasting more than 60 years. He was called the "<a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of the keyboard" by <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a>, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community, "the King of inside swing". </p><p>Peterson worked in duos with <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Jones_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Jones (musician)">Sam Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pass" title="Joe Pass">Joe Pass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irving_Ashby" title="Irving Ashby">Irving Ashby</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson,_Oscar_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson,_Oscar-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Basie,_Count_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Basie,_Count-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-King_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He considered the trio with <a href="/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" title="Ray Brown (musician)">Ray Brown</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herb_Ellis" title="Herb Ellis">Herb Ellis</a> "the most stimulating" and productive setting for public performances and studio recordings. In the early 1950s, he began performing with Brown and drummer <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Smith_(drummer)" title="Charlie Smith (drummer)">Charlie Smith</a> as the Oscar Peterson Trio. Shortly afterward Smith was replaced by guitarist <a href="/wiki/Irving_Ashby" title="Irving Ashby">Irving Ashby</a>, who had been a member of the Nat King Cole Trio. Ashby, who was a swing guitarist, was soon replaced by <a href="/wiki/Barney_Kessel" title="Barney Kessel">Barney Kessel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their last recording, <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Town_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio">On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio</a></i>, recorded live at the <a href="/wiki/Town_Tavern" title="Town Tavern">Town Tavern</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, captured a remarkable degree of emotional as well as musical understanding among three players.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peterson won eight Grammy Awards during his lifetime between 1975 and 1997. He is considered among the best jazz pianists and jazz improvisers of the twentieth century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson was born in <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, to immigrants from the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>);<sup id="cite_ref-thecanadianencyclopedia.ca_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thecanadianencyclopedia.ca-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His mother, Kathleen, was a domestic worker; his father, Daniel, worked as a porter for <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a> and was an amateur musician who <a href="/wiki/Autodidacticism" title="Autodidacticism">taught himself</a> to play the <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">organ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-thecanadianencyclopedia.ca_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thecanadianencyclopedia.ca-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peterson grew up in the neighbourhood of <a href="/wiki/Little_Burgundy" title="Little Burgundy">Little Burgundy</a> in Montreal. It was in this predominantly <a href="/wiki/Black_Canadians" title="Black Canadians">black</a> neighbourhood that he encountered the jazz culture.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the age of five, Peterson began honing his skills on trumpet and piano, but a bout of <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a> when he was seven prevented him from playing the trumpet again, so he directed all his attention to the piano.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father was one of his first music teachers, and his sister <a href="/wiki/Daisy_Sweeney" title="Daisy Sweeney">Daisy</a> taught him classical piano. Peterson was persistent at practicing <a href="/wiki/Scale_(music)" title="Scale (music)">scales</a> and classical <a href="/wiki/%C3%89tude" title="Étude">études</a>. </p><p>As a child, Peterson studied with Hungarian-born pianist Paul de Marky, a student of <a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Thom%C3%A1n" title="István Thomán">István Thomán</a>, who was himself a pupil of <a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a>, so his early training was predominantly based on classical piano. But he was captivated by traditional jazz and <a href="/wiki/Boogie-woogie" title="Boogie-woogie">boogie-woogie</a> and learned several <a href="/wiki/Ragtime" title="Ragtime">ragtime</a> pieces. He was called "the <a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis" title="Joe Louis">Brown Bomber</a> of the Boogie-Woogie".<sup id="cite_ref-theglobeandmail_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theglobeandmail-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the age of nine, Peterson played piano with a degree of control that impressed professional musicians. For many years his piano studies included four to six hours of daily practice. Only in his later years did he decrease his practice to one or two hours daily. In 1940, at fourteen years of age, he won the national music competition organized by the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Canadian Broadcasting Corporation">Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</a>. After that victory, he dropped out of the <a href="/wiki/High_School_of_Montreal" title="High School of Montreal">High School of Montreal</a>, where he played in a band with <a href="/wiki/Maynard_Ferguson" title="Maynard Ferguson">Maynard Ferguson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a professional pianist, starring in a weekly radio show and playing at hotels and music halls. In his teens he was a member of the Johnny Holmes Orchestra. From 1945 to 1949 he worked in a trio and recorded for <a href="/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company" title="Victor Talking Machine Company">Victor Records</a>. He gravitated toward boogie-woogie and <a href="/wiki/Swing_(jazz_performance_style)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing (jazz performance style)">swing</a> with a particular fondness for <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Wilson" title="Teddy Wilson">Teddy Wilson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Yanow_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yanow-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time he was in his 20s, he had developed a reputation as a technically brilliant and melodically inventive pianist.<sup id="cite_ref-Chilton2002_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chilton2002-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Duos,_trios,_and_quartets"><span id="Duos.2C_trios.2C_and_quartets"></span>Duos, trios, and quartets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Duos, trios, and quartets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oscar_Peterson_en_Ella_Fitzgerald_(1964).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oscar_Peterson_en_Ella_Fitzgerald_%281964%29.jpg/220px-Oscar_Peterson_en_Ella_Fitzgerald_%281964%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oscar_Peterson_en_Ella_Fitzgerald_%281964%29.jpg/330px-Oscar_Peterson_en_Ella_Fitzgerald_%281964%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Oscar_Peterson_en_Ella_Fitzgerald_%281964%29.jpg/440px-Oscar_Peterson_en_Ella_Fitzgerald_%281964%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="1410" /></a><figcaption>Peterson with <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a>, 1964</figcaption></figure> <p>According to an interview with <a href="/wiki/Norman_Granz" title="Norman Granz">Norman Granz</a>, he heard a radio program broadcasting from a local club while taking a cab to the <a href="/wiki/Montr%C3%A9al-Pierre_Elliott_Trudeau_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport">Montreal airport</a>. He was so impressed that he told the driver to take him to the club so he could meet the pianist.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="A source is cited at , but I don't have the book, and it also says that the book author doubts the truth of the anecdote. The anecdote is mentioned at , but does not appear in the transcripts of that site's interviews with Peterson and Granz. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Granz had seen Peterson before this but was underwhelmed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 1949 he introduced Peterson in New York City at a <a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_the_Philharmonic" title="Jazz at the Philharmonic">Jazz at the Philharmonic</a> concert at <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Hall" title="Carnegie Hall">Carnegie Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-theglobeandmail_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theglobeandmail-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He remained Peterson's manager for most of his career. This was more than a managerial relationship; Peterson praised Granz for standing up for him and other black jazz musicians in the segregationist south US of the 1950s and 1960s. In the documentary video <i>Music in the Key of Oscar</i>, Peterson tells how Granz stood up to a gun-toting Southern policeman who wanted to stop the trio from using "whites-only" taxis.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1950, Peterson worked in a duo with double bassist <a href="/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" title="Ray Brown (musician)">Ray Brown</a>. Two years later they added guitarist <a href="/wiki/Barney_Kessel" title="Barney Kessel">Barney Kessel</a>. Then <a href="/wiki/Herb_Ellis" title="Herb Ellis">Herb Ellis</a> stepped in after Kessel grew weary of touring. The trio remained together from 1953 to 1958, often touring with Jazz at the Philharmonic.<sup id="cite_ref-Yanow_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yanow-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1956, Peterson's performances were also showcased on national radio networks by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Selvin" title="Ben Selvin">Ben Selvin</a> within the <a href="/wiki/RCA_Thesaurus" title="RCA Thesaurus">RCA Thesaurus</a> transcriptions library.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right listen noprint"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Way_You_Look_Tonight.ogg" title="File:The Way You Look Tonight.ogg">"The Way You Look Tonight" (1965)</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="31" data-mwtitle="The_Way_You_Look_Tonight.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/The_Way_You_Look_Tonight.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/8/80/The_Way_You_Look_Tonight.ogg/The_Way_You_Look_Tonight.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">The Way You Look Tonight sample</div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>Peterson also worked in duos with <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Jones_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Jones (musician)">Sam Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pass" title="Joe Pass">Joe Pass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irving_Ashby" title="Irving Ashby">Irving Ashby</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson,_Oscar_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson,_Oscar-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Basie,_Count_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Basie,_Count-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-King_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-King-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He considered the trio with Brown and Ellis "the most stimulating" and productive setting for public performances and studio recordings. In the early 1950s, he began performing with Brown and drummer <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Smith_(drummer)" title="Charlie Smith (drummer)">Charlie Smith</a> as the Oscar Peterson Trio. Shortly afterward Smith was replaced by guitarist <a href="/wiki/Irving_Ashby" title="Irving Ashby">Irving Ashby</a>, who had been a member of the Nat King Cole Trio. Ashby, who was a swing guitarist, was soon replaced by Kessel.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their last recording, <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Town_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio">On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio</a></i>, recorded live at the <a href="/wiki/Town_Tavern" title="Town Tavern">Town Tavern</a> in Toronto, captured a remarkable degree of emotional as well as musical understanding among three players.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Ellis departed in 1958, they hired drummer <a href="/wiki/Ed_Thigpen" title="Ed Thigpen">Ed Thigpen</a> because they felt no guitarist could compare to Ellis.<sup id="cite_ref-Yanow_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yanow-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown and Thigpen worked with Peterson on his albums <i><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Night Train (Oscar Peterson album)">Night Train</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Canadiana_Suite" title="Canadiana Suite">Canadiana Suite</a></i>. Both left in 1965 and were replaced by bassist Sam Jones and drummer <a href="/wiki/Louis_Hayes" title="Louis Hayes">Louis Hayes</a> (and later, drummer <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Durham_(jazz_musician)" title="Bobby Durham (jazz musician)">Bobby Durham</a>). The trio performed together until 1970. In 1969 Peterson recorded <i><a href="/wiki/Motions_and_Emotions" title="Motions and Emotions">Motions and Emotions</a></i> with orchestral arrangements of "<a href="/wiki/Yesterday_(Beatles_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Yesterday (Beatles song)">Yesterday</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Rigby" title="Eleanor Rigby">Eleanor Rigby</a>" by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>. In the fall of 1970, Peterson's trio released the album <i><a href="/wiki/Tristeza_on_Piano" title="Tristeza on Piano">Tristeza on Piano</a></i>. Jones and Durham left in 1970. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:In_de_serie_Jazz_at_the_Philharmonica_in_het_Concertgebouw_optreden_van_het_O%E2%80%A6,_Bestanddeelnr_910-2887.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/In_de_serie_Jazz_at_the_Philharmonica_in_het_Concertgebouw_optreden_van_het_O%E2%80%A6%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-2887.jpg/220px-In_de_serie_Jazz_at_the_Philharmonica_in_het_Concertgebouw_optreden_van_het_O%E2%80%A6%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-2887.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/In_de_serie_Jazz_at_the_Philharmonica_in_het_Concertgebouw_optreden_van_het_O%E2%80%A6%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-2887.jpg/330px-In_de_serie_Jazz_at_the_Philharmonica_in_het_Concertgebouw_optreden_van_het_O%E2%80%A6%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-2887.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/In_de_serie_Jazz_at_the_Philharmonica_in_het_Concertgebouw_optreden_van_het_O%E2%80%A6%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-2887.jpg/440px-In_de_serie_Jazz_at_the_Philharmonica_in_het_Concertgebouw_optreden_van_het_O%E2%80%A6%2C_Bestanddeelnr_910-2887.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4317" data-file-height="3304" /></a><figcaption>Oscar Peterson Trio in 1959</figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1970s Peterson formed a trio with guitarist Joe Pass and bassist <a href="/wiki/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>. This trio emulated the success of the 1950s trio with Brown and Ellis and gave acclaimed performances at festivals. Their album <a href="/wiki/The_Trio_(1973_album)" title="The Trio (1973 album)"><i>The Trio</i></a> won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance by a Group. On April 22, 1978, Peterson performed in the interval act for the <a href="/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1978" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1978">Eurovision Song Contest 1978</a> that was broadcast live from the <a href="/wiki/Palais_des_congr%C3%A8s_de_Paris" title="Palais des congrès de Paris">Palais des congrès de Paris</a>. In 1974 he added British drummer <a href="/wiki/Martin_Drew" title="Martin Drew">Martin Drew</a>. This quartet toured and recorded extensively worldwide. Pass said in a 1976 interview, "The only guys I've heard who come close to total mastery of their instruments are Art Tatum and Peterson".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peterson was open to experimental collaborations with jazz musicians such as saxophonist <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a>, trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Clark_Terry" title="Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a>, and vibraphonist <a href="/wiki/Milt_Jackson" title="Milt Jackson">Milt Jackson</a>. In 1961, the Peterson trio with Jackson recorded the album <i><a href="/wiki/Very_Tall" title="Very Tall">Very Tall</a></i>. His solo recordings were rare until <i><a href="/wiki/Exclusively_for_My_Friends" title="Exclusively for My Friends">Exclusively for My Friends</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/MPS_Records" title="MPS Records">MPS</a>), a series of albums that were his response to pianists such as <a href="/wiki/Bill_Evans" title="Bill Evans">Bill Evans</a> and <a href="/wiki/McCoy_Tyner" title="McCoy Tyner">McCoy Tyner</a>. He recorded for <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Records" title="Pablo Records">Pablo</a>, led by Norman Granz, after the label was founded in 1973, including the <a href="/wiki/The_Silent_Partner_(soundtrack)" title="The Silent Partner (soundtrack)">soundtrack</a> for the 1978 thriller <i><a href="/wiki/The_Silent_Partner_(1978_film)" title="The Silent Partner (1978 film)">The Silent Partner</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Yanow2000_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yanow2000-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1980s he played in a duo with pianist Herbie Hancock. In the late 1980s and 1990s, after a stroke, he made performances and recordings with his protégé <a href="/wiki/Benny_Green_(pianist)" title="Benny Green (pianist)">Benny Green</a>. In the 1990s and 2000s he recorded several albums accompanied by a combo for <a href="/wiki/Telarc_International_Corporation" title="Telarc International Corporation">Telarc</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ill_health_and_later_years">Ill health and later years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ill health and later years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grave_of_Oscar_Peterson_-_St._Peter%27s_Anglican_Church.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Grave_of_Oscar_Peterson_-_St._Peter%27s_Anglican_Church.jpg/220px-Grave_of_Oscar_Peterson_-_St._Peter%27s_Anglican_Church.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Grave_of_Oscar_Peterson_-_St._Peter%27s_Anglican_Church.jpg/330px-Grave_of_Oscar_Peterson_-_St._Peter%27s_Anglican_Church.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Grave_of_Oscar_Peterson_-_St._Peter%27s_Anglican_Church.jpg/440px-Grave_of_Oscar_Peterson_-_St._Peter%27s_Anglican_Church.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Tombstone of Oscar Peterson at St. Peter's Anglican Church in Mississauga</figcaption></figure> <p>Peterson had arthritis from his youth, and in later years he had trouble buttoning his shirt. Never slender, his weight increased to 125 kg (276 lb), hindering his mobility. He had hip replacement surgery in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the surgery was successful, his mobility was still hampered. He then mentored the <a href="/wiki/York_University" title="York University">York University</a> jazz program and was the Chancellor of the university for several years in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-oliverjones_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oliverjones-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He published jazz piano etudes for practice. </p><p>In 1993, a <a href="/wiki/Stroke" title="Stroke">stroke</a> weakened his left side and removed him from work for two years. During the same year, incoming prime minister <a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a>, his friend and fan, offered him the position of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Governor_of_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario">Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario</a>. According to Chrétien, Peterson declined the job due to ill health related to the stroke.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although he recovered some dexterity in his left hand, his piano playing was diminished, and his style relied principally on his right hand. In 1995 he returned to occasional public performances and recorded for Telarc. In 1997 he received the <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Lifetime_Achievement_Award" title="Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award">Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award</a> and an International Jazz Hall of Fame Award. His friend, Canadian politician and amateur pianist <a href="/wiki/Bob_Rae" title="Bob Rae">Bob Rae</a>, said, "a one-handed Oscar was better than just about anyone with two hands."<sup id="cite_ref-radio2best_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio2best-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2003, Peterson recorded the DVD <i>A Night in Vienna</i> for <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a> with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, <a href="/wiki/Ulf_Wakenius" title="Ulf Wakenius">Ulf Wakenius</a>, and Martin Drew. He continued to tour the U.S. and Europe, though at most one month a year, with rest between concerts. In 2007, his health declined. He canceled his plans to perform at the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Jazz_Festival" title="Toronto Jazz Festival">Toronto Jazz Festival</a> and a Carnegie Hall all-star concert that was to be given in his honour. Peterson died on December 23, 2007, of <a href="/wiki/Kidney_failure" title="Kidney failure">kidney failure</a> at his home in <a href="/wiki/Mississauga" title="Mississauga">Mississauga</a>, Ontario.<sup id="cite_ref-death_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life,_composer_and_teacher"><span id="Personal_life.2C_composer_and_teacher"></span>Personal life, composer and teacher</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personal life, composer and teacher"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson was married four times. He had seven children with three of his wives.<sup id="cite_ref-Voce_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Voce-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He smoked cigarettes and a pipe and often tried to break the habit, but he gained weight every time he stopped. He loved to cook and remained overweight throughout his life.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Peterson taught piano and improvisation in Canada, mainly in Toronto. With associates, he started and headed the Advanced School of Contemporary Music in Toronto for five years during the 1960s, but it closed because touring called him and his associates away, and it did not have government funding.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical_style_and_influences">Musical style and influences</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Musical style and influences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson was influenced by <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Wilson" title="Teddy Wilson">Teddy Wilson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_P._Johnson" title="James P. Johnson">James P. Johnson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Art_Tatum" title="Art Tatum">Art Tatum</a>, to whom many compared Peterson in later years.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After his father played a record of Tatum's "<a href="/wiki/Tiger_Rag" title="Tiger Rag">Tiger Rag</a>", he was intimidated and disillusioned, quitting the piano for several weeks. "Tatum scared me to death," said Peterson, adding that he was "never cocky again" about his ability at the piano.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tatum was a model for Peterson's musicianship during the 1940s and 1950s. Tatum and Peterson became good friends, although Peterson was always shy about being compared to Tatum and rarely played the piano in Tatum's presence. </p><p>Peterson also credited his sister—a piano teacher in Montreal who also taught several other Canadian jazz musicians—with being an important teacher and influence on his career. Under his sister's tutelage, Peterson expanded into classical piano training and broadened his range while mastering the core classical pianism from scales to preludes and fugues by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He asked his students to study the music of <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>, especially <i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier" title="The Well-Tempered Clavier">The Well-Tempered Clavier</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Goldberg_Variations" title="Goldberg Variations">Goldberg Variations</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Art_of_Fugue" title="The Art of Fugue">The Art of Fugue</a></i>, considering these piano pieces essential for every serious pianist. Among his students were pianists <a href="/wiki/Benny_Green_(pianist)" title="Benny Green (pianist)">Benny Green</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Jones_(pianist)" title="Oliver Jones (pianist)">Oliver Jones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Building on Tatum's pianism and aesthetics, Peterson also absorbed Tatum's musical influences, notably from piano concertos by <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff" title="Sergei Rachmaninoff">Sergei Rachmaninoff</a>. Rachmaninoff's harmonizations, as well as direct <a href="/wiki/Musical_quotation" title="Musical quotation">quotations</a> from his <a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._2_(Rachmaninoff)" title="Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)">2nd Piano Concerto</a>, are scattered throughout many recordings by Peterson, including his work with the most familiar formulation of the Oscar Peterson Trio, with bassist <a href="/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" title="Ray Brown (musician)">Ray Brown</a> and guitarist <a href="/wiki/Herb_Ellis" title="Herb Ellis">Herb Ellis</a>. During the 1960s and 1970s Peterson made numerous trio recordings highlighting his piano performances; they reveal more of his eclectic style, absorbing influences from various genres of jazz, popular, and classical music. </p><p>According to pianist and educator Mark Eisenman, some of Peterson's best playing was as an understated accompanist to singer <a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella Fitzgerald</a> and trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Roy_Eldridge" title="Roy Eldridge">Roy Eldridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peterson is considered one of history's great jazz pianists.<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was called the "<a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of the keyboard" by <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a>, simply "O.P." by his friends, and informally in the jazz community as "the King of inside swing".<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Avrich" title="Barry Avrich">Barry Avrich</a> produced a documentary on Peterson's life titled <i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson:_Black_%2B_White" title="Oscar Peterson: Black + White">Oscar Peterson: Black + White</a></i> that had its world premiere at the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="Toronto International Film Festival">Toronto International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oscar Peterson was the subject of a circulating commemorative 1 <a href="/wiki/Canadian_dollar" title="Canadian dollar">Canadian dollar</a> coin in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grammy_Awards">Grammy Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Grammy Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1975 Best Jazz Performance by a Group <i><a href="/wiki/The_Trio_(1973_album)" title="The Trio (1973 album)">The Trio</a></i></li> <li>1977 Best Jazz Performance by a Soloist <i><a href="/wiki/The_Giants_(album)" title="The Giants (album)">The Giants</a></i></li> <li>1978 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist <i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Jam_%E2%80%93_Montreux_%2777" title="Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77">Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77</a></i></li> <li>1979 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist <i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_The_Trumpet_Kings_%E2%80%93_Jousts" class="mw-redirect" title="Oscar Peterson and The Trumpet Kings – Jousts">Oscar Peterson and The Trumpet Kings – Jousts</a></i></li> <li>1990 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Blue_Note_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Live at the Blue Note (Oscar Peterson album)">Live at the Blue Note</a></i></li> <li>1990 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist <i>The Legendary Oscar Peterson Trio Live at the Blue Note</i></li> <li>1991 Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Group <i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_at_the_Blue_Note" title="Saturday Night at the Blue Note">Saturday Night at the Blue Note</a></i></li> <li>1997 Lifetime Achievement Award Instrumental Soloist Lifetime Achievement</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_awards">Other awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson_1.jpg/220px-Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson_1.jpg/330px-Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson_1.jpg/440px-Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson" title="Statue of Oscar Peterson">statue of Oscar Peterson</a> was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in June 2010.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Pianist of the year, <a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat"><i>DownBeat</i> magazine</a>, 1950, and won again for the next 12 years<sup id="cite_ref-ambassador_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ambassador-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>, Officer, 1972; Companion, 1984<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Canadian Version of the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Silver_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal">Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal</a>, 1977</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="Canadian Music Hall of Fame">Canadian Music Hall of Fame</a>, 1978</li> <li>Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award, <a href="/wiki/Black_Theatre_Workshop" title="Black Theatre Workshop">Black Theatre Workshop</a>, 1986</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Thomson_of_Fleet" title="Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet">Roy Thomson Award</a>, 1987</li> <li>Toronto Arts Award for lifetime achievement, 1991</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_General%27s_Performing_Arts_Award" title="Governor General's Performing Arts Award">Governor General's Performing Arts Award</a>, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ontario" title="Order of Ontario">Order of Ontario</a>, member 1992<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/125th_Anniversary_of_the_Confederation_of_Canada_Medal" title="125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal">125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal</a>, 1992</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Gould_Prize" title="Glenn Gould Prize">Glenn Gould Prize</a>, 1993</li> <li>International Society for Performing Artists award, 1995</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyola_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Loyola Medal">Loyola Medal</a> of Concordia University, 1997<sup id="cite_ref-ambassador_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ambassador-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praemium_Imperiale" title="Praemium Imperiale">Praemium Imperiale</a> World Art Award, 1999</li> <li>Oscar Peterson Concert Hall named at Concordia University, 1999<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> Music Prize, 2000</li> <li>Toronto Musicians' Association Musician of the Year, 2001</li> <li>Canadian Version of the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Golden_Jubilee_Medal" title="Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal">Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal</a>, 2002<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SOCAN" class="mw-redirect" title="SOCAN">SOCAN</a> Special Achievement Award, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canada%27s_Walk_of_Fame" title="Canada's Walk of Fame">Canada's Walk of Fame</a>, 2013</li> <li>Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juno_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Juno Award">Juno Award</a> Hall of Fame</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Jazz_Awards" title="BBC Jazz Awards">BBC Radio Lifetime Achievement Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Order_of_Quebec" title="National Order of Quebec">National Order of Quebec</a>, Chevalier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" title="Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a>, France</li> <li>Civic Award of Merit, City of Mississauga, 2003<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Oscar Peterson Theatre, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, 2007</li> <li>Oscar Peterson Hall, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto_Mississauga" title="University of Toronto Mississauga">University of Toronto Mississauga</a>, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Oscar Peterson Public School, <a href="/wiki/Whitchurch-Stouffville" title="Whitchurch-Stouffville">Stouffville</a>, 2009<sup id="cite_ref-YRDSB-OPPS_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-YRDSB-OPPS-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Parc Oscar-Peterson, <a href="/wiki/Little_Burgundy" title="Little Burgundy">Little Burgundy</a>, Montreal, renamed in Peterson's honour 2009<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Oscar_Peterson" title="Statue of Oscar Peterson">Statue of Oscar Peterson</a> unveiled in Ottawa by Queen Elizabeth II, 2010<sup id="cite_ref-TorStar10_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TorStar10-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Jazz Born Here</i>, mural by Gene Pendon depicting Oscar Peterson, at Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Seigneurs in Montreal<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historica_Canada" title="Historica Canada">Historica Canada</a> <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Minutes" title="Heritage Minutes">Heritage Minute</a>, 2021<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Honorary degrees from <a href="/wiki/Berklee_College_of_Music" title="Berklee College of Music">Berklee College of Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carleton_University" title="Carleton University">Carleton University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_University_at_Kingston" title="Queen's University at Kingston">Queen's University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Concordia_University_(Montreal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordia University (Montreal)">Concordia University</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Laval" title="Université Laval">Université Laval</a>, <a href="/wiki/McMaster_University" title="McMaster University">McMaster University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Allison_University" title="Mount Allison University">Mount Allison University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niagara_University" title="Niagara University">Niagara University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_West_Indies" title="University of the West Indies">University of the West Indies</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Western_Ontario" title="University of Western Ontario">University of Western Ontario</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/University_of_Victoria" title="University of Victoria">University of Victoria</a>, and <a href="/wiki/York_University" title="York University">York University</a></li> <li>(Announced) Public square to be named in honour of Oscar Peterson, <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, 2021<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instruments">Instruments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Instruments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%B6sendorfer" title="Bösendorfer">Bösendorfer</a> pianos – 1980s and 2000s, some performances from the 70s onward.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaha_Corporation" title="Yamaha Corporation">Yamaha</a> – Acoustic and <a href="/wiki/Disklavier" title="Disklavier">Disklavier</a>; used from 1998 to 2006 in Canada (Touring and Recording)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinway_%26_Sons" title="Steinway & Sons">Steinway & Sons</a> Model A (which currently resides at <a href="/wiki/The_Village_(studio)" title="The Village (studio)">Village Studios</a> in Los Angeles) – most performances from the 1940s through the 1980s, some recordings.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baldwin_Piano_Company" title="Baldwin Piano Company">Baldwin</a> pianos – some performances in the US, some recordings.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Bechstein_Pianofortefabrik" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik">C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik</a> pianos – some performances and recordings in Europe.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrof" title="Petrof">Petrof</a> pianos – some performances in Europe.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clavichord" title="Clavichord">Clavichord</a> – on album <i>Porgy and Bess</i> with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pass" title="Joe Pass">Joe Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fender_Rhodes" class="mw-redirect" title="Fender Rhodes">Fender Rhodes</a> electric piano – several recordings.</li> <li>Synthesizer – several recordings.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond organ</a> – some live performances and several recordings.</li> <li>Vocals – some live performances and several recordings.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Peterson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Note: All-Star albums feature sideman who are not necessarily listed while titles which include "Oscar Peterson" or the OP Trio are usually shortened.</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">As<br />leader<br />or<br />co-leader</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Plays</i><br />series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_Duke_Ellington" title="Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_George_Gershwin" title="Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin">George Gershwin</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_Harold_Arlen" title="Oscar Peterson Plays Harold Arlen">Harold Arlen</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_Count_Basie" title="Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie">Count Basie</a></i> (1955)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1955–58</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/In_a_Romantic_Mood" title="In a Romantic Mood">In a Romantic Mood</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Russell_Garcia_(composer)" title="Russell Garcia (composer)">Russ Garcia</a>, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_at_the_Stratford_Shakespearean_Festival" title="Oscar Peterson at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival">At the Stratford Shakespearean Festival</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_at_the_Concertgebouw" title="Oscar Peterson at the Concertgebouw">At the Concertgebouw</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soft_Sands_(album)" title="Soft Sands (album)">Soft Sands</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Bregman" title="Buddy Bregman">Buddy Bregman</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oscar_Peterson_Trio_with_Sonny_Stitt,_Roy_Eldridge_and_Jo_Jones_at_Newport" title="The Oscar Peterson Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport">Trio with Sonny Stitt, Roy Eldridge and Jo Jones at Newport</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Fair_Lady_(Oscar_Peterson_Trio_album)" title="My Fair Lady (Oscar Peterson Trio album)">My Fair Lady</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Town_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="On the Town with the Oscar Peterson Trio">On the Town</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Jazz_Portrait_of_Frank_Sinatra" title="A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra">A Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_Soul_of_Oscar_Peterson" title="The Jazz Soul of Oscar Peterson">The Jazz Soul</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swinging_Brass_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="Swinging Brass with the Oscar Peterson Trio">Swinging Brass</a></i> (with Russ Garcia, 1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fiorello!_(album)" title="Fiorello! (album)">Fiorello!</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Plays the<br />Songbook</i><br />(1959)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_the_Cole_Porter_Songbook" title="Oscar Peterson Plays the Cole Porter Songbook">Cole Porter</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_the_Duke_Ellington_Song_book" title="Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song book">Duke Ellington</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_the_George_Gershwin_Songbook" title="Oscar Peterson Plays the George Gershwin Songbook">George Gershwin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_the_Harold_Arlen_Songbook" title="Oscar Peterson Plays the Harold Arlen Songbook">Harold Arlen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_the_Jerome_Kern_Songbook" title="Oscar Peterson Plays the Jerome Kern Songbook">Jerome Kern</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_the_Richard_Rodgers_Songbook" title="Oscar Peterson Plays the Richard Rodgers Songbook">Richard Rodgers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Plays_Porgy_%26_Bess" title="Oscar Peterson Plays Porgy & Bess">Porgy & Bess</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_London_House_Sessions" title="The London House Sessions">The<br />London<br />House<br />Sessions</a></i><br />(1961)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Put_On_a_Happy_Face_(album)" title="Put On a Happy Face (album)">Put On a Happy Face</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Something_Warm" title="Something Warm">Something Warm</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_the_Trio" title="The Sound of the Trio">The Sound of the Trio</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trio_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="The Trio (Oscar Peterson album)">The Trio</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trio<br />&<br />Guests</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Very_Tall" title="Very Tall">Very Tall</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Milt_Jackson" title="Milt Jackson">Milt Jackson</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Affinity_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Affinity (Oscar Peterson album)">Affinity</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bursting_Out_with_the_All-Star_Big_Band!" title="Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!">Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band!</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Night Train (Oscar Peterson album)">Night Train</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Side_Story_(Oscar_Peterson_Trio_album)" title="West Side Story (Oscar Peterson Trio album)">West Side Story</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_Nelson_Riddle" title="Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle">And Nelson Riddle</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Canadiana_Suite" title="Canadiana Suite">Canadiana Suite</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oscar_Peterson_Trio_Plays" title="The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays">Plays</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Trio_%2B_One" title="Oscar Peterson Trio + One">+ One</a></i> (with Clark Terry, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/We_Get_Requests" title="We Get Requests">We Get Requests</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eloquence_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Eloquence (Oscar Peterson album)">Eloquence</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I/We_Had_a_Ball" title="I/We Had a Ball">I/We Had a Ball</a></i> (multiple groups, 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/With_Respect_to_Nat" title="With Respect to Nat">With Respect to Nat</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_Etude" title="Blues Etude">Blues Etude</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soul_Espa%C3%B1ol" title="Soul Español">Soul Español</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Greatest_Jazz_Concert_in_the_World" title="The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World">The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World</a></i> (multiple groups, 1967)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Exclusively_for_My_Friends" title="Exclusively for My Friends">Exclusively<br />for<br />My<br />Friends</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Action_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Action (Oscar Peterson album)">Action</a></i> (1963–64)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Girl_Talk_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Girl Talk (Oscar Peterson album)">Girl Talk</a></i> (1965–68)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_I_Really_Play" title="The Way I Really Play">The Way I Really Play</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Exclusively_for_My_Friends:_The_Lost_Tapes" title="Exclusively for My Friends: The Lost Tapes">The Lost Tapes</a></i> (1967–68)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mellow_Mood" title="Mellow Mood">Mellow Mood</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Favorite_Instrument" title="My Favorite Instrument">My Favorite Instrument</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Travelin%27_On" title="Travelin' On">Travelin' On</a></i> (1968)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1969–79</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hello_Herbie" title="Hello Herbie">Hello Herbie</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Motions_and_Emotions" title="Motions and Emotions">Motions and Emotions</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Claus_Ogerman" title="Claus Ogerman">Claus Ogerman</a>, 1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Another_Day_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Another Day (Oscar Peterson album)">Another Day</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tracks_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Tracks (Oscar Peterson album)">Tracks</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tristeza_on_Piano" title="Tristeza on Piano">Tristeza on Piano</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walking_the_Line_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Walking the Line (Oscar Peterson album)">Walking the Line</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Great_Connection" title="Great Connection">Great Connection</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Tune_(album)" title="In Tune (album)">In Tune</a></i> (and <a href="/wiki/The_Singers_Unlimited" title="The Singers Unlimited">The Singers Unlimited</a>, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Reunion_Blues" title="Reunion Blues">Reunion Blues</a></i> (and Milt Jackson, 1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oscar_Peterson_Trio_in_Tokyo" title="The Oscar Peterson Trio in Tokyo">In Tokyo</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Solo_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Solo (Oscar Peterson album)">Solo</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_History_of_an_Artist,_Vol._1" title="The History of an Artist, Vol. 1">The History of an Artist, Vol. 1</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_History_of_an_Artist,_Vol._2" title="The History of an Artist, Vol. 2">The History of an Artist, Vol. 2</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trio_(1973_album)" title="The Trio (1973 album)">The trio</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Pablo_Records" title="Pablo Records">Pablo</a>, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_in_Russia" title="Oscar Peterson in Russia">In Russia</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Giants_(album)" title="The Giants (album)">The Giants</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_Life_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="The Good Life (Oscar Peterson album)">The Good Life</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_et_Joe_Pass_%C3%A0_Salle_Pleyel" title="Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel">Oscar Peterson et Joe Pass à Salle Pleyel</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Porgy_and_Bess_(Oscar_Peterson_and_Joe_Pass_album)" title="Porgy and Bess (Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass album)">Porgy and Bess</a></i> (and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Pass" title="Joe Pass">Joe Pass</a>, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oscar_Peterson_Big_6_at_Montreux" title="The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux">The Oscar Peterson Big 6 at Montreux</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tenor_Giants_Featuring_Oscar_Peterson" title="The Tenor Giants Featuring Oscar Peterson">The Tenor Giants</a></i> (and <a href="/wiki/Zoot_Sims" title="Zoot Sims">Zoot Sims</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_%22Lockjaw%22_Davis" title="Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis">Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis</a>, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_the_Bassists_%E2%80%93_Montreux_%2777" title="Oscar Peterson and the Bassists – Montreux '77">And the Bassists – Montreux '77</a></i> (and Ray Brown & <a href="/wiki/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Jam_%E2%80%93_Montreux_%2777" title="Oscar Peterson Jam – Montreux '77">Jam – Montreux '77</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Concert_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="The London Concert (Oscar Peterson album)">The London Concert</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Paris_Concert_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="The Paris Concert (Oscar Peterson album)">The Paris Concert</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Digital_at_Montreux" title="Digital at Montreux">Digital at Montreux</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Child_(album)" title="Night Child (album)">Night Child</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Skol_(album)" title="Skol (album)">Skol</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Grappelli" title="Stéphane Grappelli">Stéphane Grappelli</a>, 1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br />The<br />Trumpet<br />Kings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_Roy_Eldridge" title="Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge">Roy Eldridge</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_the_Trumpet_Kings_%E2%80%93_Jousts" title="Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts">Jousts</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_Harry_Edison" title="Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison">Harry Edison</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_Clark_Terry" title="Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry">Clark Terry</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_and_Jon_Faddis" title="Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis">Jon Faddis</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trumpet_Kings_at_Montreux_%2775" title="The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75">At Montreux '75</a></i> (Eldridge, Gillespie & Terry, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Trumpet_Summit_Meets_the_Oscar_Peterson_Big_4" title="The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4">The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4</a></i> (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alternate_Blues" title="The Alternate Blues">The Alternate Blues</a></i> (with Gillespie, Hubbard & Terry, 1980)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980–2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_North_Sea_Jazz_Festival,_1980_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980 (Oscar Peterson album)">Live at the North Sea Jazz Festival, 1980</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Personal_Touch" title="The Personal Touch">The Personal Touch</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Royal_Wedding_Suite" title="A Royal Wedding Suite">A Royal Wedding Suite</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Marketplace" title="Nigerian Marketplace">Nigerian Marketplace</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(Oscar_Peterson_and_Freddie_Hubbard_album)" title="Face to Face (Oscar Peterson and Freddie Hubbard album)">Face to Face</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, 1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Song_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Freedom Song (Oscar Peterson album)">Freedom Song</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Tribute_to_My_Friends" title="A Tribute to My Friends">A Tribute to My Friends</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/If_You_Could_See_Me_Now_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="If You Could See Me Now (Oscar Peterson album)">If You Could See Me Now</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_the_Philharmonic_%E2%80%93_Yoyogi_National_Stadium,_Tokyo_1983:_Return_to_Happiness" title="Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness">Jazz at the Philharmonic – Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo 1983: Return to Happiness</a></i> (multiple groups, 1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_of_the_Few" title="Two of the Few">Two of the Few</a></i> (with Milt Jackson, 1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Live!" title="Oscar Peterson Live!">Live!</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_After_Time_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Time After Time (Oscar Peterson album)">Time After Time</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_Blue_Note_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Live at the Blue Note (Oscar Peterson album)">Live at the Blue Note</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_at_the_Blue_Note" title="Saturday Night at the Blue Note">Saturday Night at the Blue Note</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Last_Call_at_the_Blue_Note" title="Last Call at the Blue Note">Last Call at the Blue Note</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Encore_at_the_Blue_Note" title="Encore at the Blue Note">Encore at the Blue Note</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Side_by_Side_(Oscar_Peterson_and_Itzhak_Perlman_album)" title="Side by Side (Oscar Peterson and Itzhak Perlman album)">Side by Side</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Itzhak_Perlman" title="Itzhak Perlman">Itzhak Perlman</a>, 1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_More_I_See_You_(album)" title="The More I See You (album)">The More I See You</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_Oscar_Peterson_Christmas" title="An Oscar Peterson Christmas">An Oscar Peterson Christmas</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Tribute_to_Oscar_Peterson_%E2%80%93_Live_at_the_Town_Hall" title="A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall">A Tribute to Oscar Peterson – Live at the Town Hall</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_in_Paris" title="Oscar in Paris">Oscar in Paris</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_Meets_Roy_Hargrove_and_Ralph_Moore" title="Oscar Peterson Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore">Meets Roy Hargrove and Ralph Moore</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_and_Benny" title="Oscar and Benny">Oscar and Benny</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Benny_Green_(pianist)" title="Benny Green (pianist)">Benny Green</a>, 1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Night_in_Munich" title="Summer Night in Munich">Summer Night in Munich</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trail_of_Dreams:_A_Canadian_Suite" title="Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite">Trail of Dreams: A Canadian Suite</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Night_in_Vienna" title="A Night in Vienna">A Night in Vienna</a></i> (2004)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count<br />Basie</a><br />or<br />alumni</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Lester_Young_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio">Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Basie_Jazz" title="Basie Jazz">Basie Jazz</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Count_Basie" title="Count Basie">Count Basie</a>, 1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pres_and_Sweets" title="Pres and Sweets">Pres and Sweets</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Lester_Young" title="Lester Young">Lester Young</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Edison" title="Harry Edison">Harry Edison</a>, 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gee_Baby,_Ain%27t_I_Good_to_You_(album)" title="Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You (album)">Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You</a></i> (Harry Edison, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Going_for_Myself" title="Going for Myself">Going for Myself</a></i> (Lester Young & Harry Edison, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Giants_%2758" title="Jazz Giants '58">Jazz Giants '58</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz" title="Stan Getz">Stan Getz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a> & Harry Edison, 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satch_and_Josh" title="Satch and Josh">Satch and Josh</a></i> (and Count Basie, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Satch_and_Josh...Again" title="Satch and Josh...Again">Satch and Josh...Again</a></i> (and Count Basie, 1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Rider_(album)" title="Night Rider (album)">Night Rider</a></i> (and Count Basie, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Count_Basie_Meets_Oscar_Peterson_%E2%80%93_The_Timekeepers" title="Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson – The Timekeepers">The Timekeepers</a></i> (and Count Basie, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yessir,_That%27s_My_Baby_(album)" title="Yessir, That's My Baby (album)">Yessir, That's My Baby</a></i> (and Count Basie, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson_%2B_Harry_Edison_%2B_Eddie_%22Cleanhead%22_Vinson" title="Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson">Oscar Peterson + Harry Edison + Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson</a></i> (1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter" title="Benny Carter">Benny<br />Carter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Alone_Together_(Benny_Carter_album)" title="Alone Together (Benny Carter album)">Alone Together</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cosmopolite_(album)" title="Cosmopolite (album)">Cosmopolite</a></i> (1952–54)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter_Plays_Pretty" title="Benny Carter Plays Pretty">Plays Pretty</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Jazz_Sounds" title="New Jazz Sounds">New Jazz Sounds</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Bill_Harris_(trombonist)" title="Bill Harris (trombonist)">Bill Harris</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a>, 1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter_Meets_Oscar_Peterson" title="Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson">Benny Carter Meets Oscar Peterson</a></i> (1986)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Roy_Eldridge" title="Roy Eldridge">Roy<br />Eldridge</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_Chair_(Roy_Eldridge_album)" title="Rockin' Chair (Roy Eldridge album)">Rockin' Chair</a></i> (with <a href="/wiki/Roy_Eldridge" title="Roy Eldridge">Roy Eldridge</a>, 1951–52)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dale%27s_Wail" title="Dale's Wail">Dale's Wail</a></i> (Eldridge, 1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Jazz" title="Little Jazz">Little Jazz</a></i> (Eldridge, 1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roy_and_Diz" title="Roy and Diz">Roy and Diz</a></i> (Eldridge and <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a>, 1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happy_Time_(Roy_Eldridge_album)" title="Happy Time (Roy Eldridge album)">Happy Time</a></i> (Eldridge, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_Maturity...Where_It%27s_Coming_From" title="Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From">Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From</a></i> (and Gillespie, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roy_Eldridge_4_%E2%80%93_Montreux_%2777" title="Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77">Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77</a></i> (1977)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" title="Ella Fitzgerald">Ella<br />Fitzgerald</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/At_the_Opera_House" title="At the Opera House">At the Opera House</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_and_Louis" title="Ella and Louis">Ella and Louis</a></i> (and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a>, 1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_and_Louis_Again" title="Ella and Louis Again">Ella and Louis Again</a></i> (and Louis Armstrong, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald_Sings_the_Duke_Ellington_Song_Book" title="Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book">Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_in_Rome:_The_Birthday_Concert" title="Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert">Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jazz_at_Santa_Monica_Civic_%2772" title="Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72">Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ella_and_Oscar" title="Ella and Oscar">Ella and Oscar</a></i> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins" title="Coleman Hawkins">Coleman<br />Hawkins</a><br />and/or <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben<br />Webster</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins_and_Confr%C3%A8res" title="Coleman Hawkins and Confrères">Coleman Hawkins and Confrères</a></i> (with Roy Eldridge & Webster, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins_Encounters_Ben_Webster" title="Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster">Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Genius_of_Coleman_Hawkins" title="The Genius of Coleman Hawkins">The Genius of Coleman Hawkins</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soulville" title="Soulville">Soulville</a></i> (with Webster, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster_Meets_Oscar_Peterson" title="Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson">Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson</a></i> (with Webster, 1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br /><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Rich" title="Buddy Rich">Buddy<br />Rich</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drum_Battle" title="The Drum Battle">The Drum Battle</a></i> (and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Krupa" title="Gene Krupa">Gene Krupa</a>, 1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sing_and_Swing_with_Buddy_Rich" title="Sing and Swing with Buddy Rich">Sing and Swing</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wailing_Buddy_Rich" title="The Wailing Buddy Rich">The Wailing Buddy Rich</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Krupa_and_Rich" title="Krupa and Rich">Krupa and Rich</a></i> (1955)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">With<br />others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Astaire_Story" title="The Astaire Story">The Astaire Story</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Fred_Astaire" title="Fred Astaire">Fred Astaire</a>, 1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buddy_DeFranco_and_Oscar_Peterson_Play_George_Gershwin" title="Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin">Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ellis_in_Wonderland" title="Ellis in Wonderland">Ellis in Wonderland</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Herb_Ellis" title="Herb Ellis">Herb Ellis</a>, 1955–56)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Toni_(album)" title="Toni (album)">Toni</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Toni_Harper" title="Toni Harper">Toni Harper</a>, 1955–56)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong_Meets_Oscar_Peterson" title="Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson">Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anita_Sings_the_Most" title="Anita Sings the Most">Anita Sings the Most</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Anita_O%27Day" title="Anita O'Day">Anita O'Day</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Only_the_Blues" title="Only the Blues">Only the Blues</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Sonny_Stitt" title="Sonny Stitt">Sonny Stitt</a>, 1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz_and_J._J._Johnson_at_the_Opera_House" title="Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House">Stan Getz and J. J. Johnson at the Opera House</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stan_Getz_and_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio">Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Ray_Brown" title="This Is Ray Brown">This Is Ray Brown</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Ray_Brown_(musician)" title="Ray Brown (musician)">Roy Brown</a>, 1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Stitt_Sits_in_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="Sonny Stitt Sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio">Sonny Stitt Sits in</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bill_Henderson_with_the_Oscar_Peterson_Trio" title="Bill Henderson with the Oscar Peterson Trio">Bill Henderson with</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zoot_Sims_and_the_Gershwin_Brothers" title="Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers">Zoot Sims and the Gershwin Brothers</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Milt_Jackson_Big_4" title="The Milt Jackson Big 4">The Milt Jackson Big 4</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eddie_%22Lockjaw%22_Davis_4_%E2%80%93_Montreux_%2777" title="Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77">Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4 – Montreux '77</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/How_Long_Has_This_Been_Going_On%3F_(Sarah_Vaughan_album)" title="How Long Has This Been Going On? (Sarah Vaughan album)">How Long Has This Been Going On?</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan" title="Sarah Vaughan">Sarah Vaughan</a>, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Linger_Awhile:_Live_at_Newport_and_More" title="Linger Awhile: Live at Newport and More">Linger Awhile</a></i> (Sarah Vaughan, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Misbehavin%27_(Clark_Terry_album)" title="Ain't Misbehavin' (Clark Terry album)">Ain't Misbehavin'</a></i> (Clark Terry, 1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_But_a_Few_of_Us_Left" title="Ain't But a Few of Us Left">Ain't But a Few of Us Left</a></i> (Milt Jackson, 1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hark_(album)" title="Hark (album)">Hark</a></i> (Buddy DeFranco, 1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Some_of_My_Best_Friends_Are...The_Piano_Players" title="Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players">Some of My Best Friends Are...The Piano Players</a></i> (Ray Brown, 1994)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film<br />soundtracks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Silent_Partner_(soundtrack)" title="The Silent Partner (soundtrack)">The Silent Partner</a></i> (1978)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Glenn_Gould_Prize_laureates" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#d3d3d3;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Glenn_Gould_Prize_laureates" title="Template:Glenn Gould Prize laureates"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Glenn_Gould_Prize_laureates" title="Template talk:Glenn Gould Prize laureates"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Glenn_Gould_Prize_laureates" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Glenn Gould Prize laureates"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Glenn_Gould_Prize_laureates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Gould_Prize" title="Glenn Gould Prize">Glenn Gould Prize laureates</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1987 <a href="/wiki/R._Murray_Schafer" title="R. 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Murray Schafer</a></li> <li>1990 <a href="/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin" title="Yehudi Menuhin">Yehudi Menuhin</a></li> <li>1993 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oscar Peterson</a></li> <li>1996 <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dru_Takemitsu" title="Tōru Takemitsu">Tōru Takemitsu</a></li> <li>1999 <a href="/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma" title="Yo-Yo Ma">Yo-Yo Ma</a></li> <li>2002 <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Boulez" title="Pierre Boulez">Pierre Boulez</a></li> <li>2005 <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Previn" title="André Previn">André Previn</a></li> <li>2008 <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Abreu" title="José Antonio Abreu">José Antonio Abreu</a></li> <li>2011 <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a></li> <li>2013 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Lepage" title="Robert Lepage">Robert Lepage</a></li> <li>2015 <a href="/wiki/Philip_Glass" title="Philip Glass">Philip Glass</a></li> <li>2018 <a href="/wiki/Jessye_Norman" title="Jessye Norman">Jessye Norman</a></li> <li>2020 <a href="/wiki/Alanis_Obomsawin" title="Alanis Obomsawin">Alanis Obomsawin</a></li> <li>2022 <a href="/wiki/Gustavo_Dudamel" title="Gustavo Dudamel">Gustavo Dudamel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Canadian_Music_Hall_of_Fame" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#cedff2;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Canadian_Music_Hall_of_Fame" 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class="mw-selflink selflink">Oscar Peterson</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Snow" title="Hank Snow">Hank Snow</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Anka" title="Paul Anka">Paul Anka</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Young" title="Neil Young">Neil Young</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Gould" title="Glenn Gould">Glenn Gould</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Crew-Cuts" title="The Crew-Cuts">The Crew-Cuts</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Diamonds" title="The Diamonds">The Diamonds</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Lads" title="The Four Lads">The Four Lads</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilf_Carter_(musician)" title="Wilf Carter (musician)">Wilf Carter</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot" title="Gordon Lightfoot">Gordon Lightfoot</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Guess_Who" title="The Guess Who">The Guess Who</a> (1987)</li> <li><i>No inductee</i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Band" title="The Band">The Band</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Forrester" title="Maureen Forrester">Maureen Forrester</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">1990-2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Cohen" title="Leonard Cohen">Leonard Cohen</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_%26_Sylvia" title="Ian & Sylvia">Ian & Sylvia</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Murray" title="Anne Murray">Anne Murray</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_(band)" title="Rush (band)">Rush</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffy_Sainte-Marie" title="Buffy Sainte-Marie">Buffy Sainte-Marie</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Clayton-Thomas" title="David Clayton-Thomas">David Clayton-Thomas</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Doherty" title="Denny Doherty">Denny Doherty</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kay_(musician)" title="John Kay (musician)">John Kay</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domenic_Troiano" title="Domenic Troiano">Domenic Troiano</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky" title="Zal Yanovsky">Zal Yanovsky</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Evans" title="Gil Evans">Gil Evans</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Breau" title="Lenny Breau">Lenny Breau</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maynard_Ferguson" title="Maynard Ferguson">Maynard Ferguson</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moe_Koffman" title="Moe Koffman">Moe Koffman</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_McConnell" title="Rob McConnell">Rob McConnell</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Foster" title="David Foster">David Foster</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luc_Plamondon" title="Luc Plamondon">Luc Plamondon</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fairbairn" title="Bruce Fairbairn">Bruce Fairbairn</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#cedff2;;width:1%">2001-2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn" title="Bruce Cockburn">Bruce Cockburn</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lanois" title="Daniel Lanois">Daniel Lanois</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Cochrane" title="Tom Cochrane">Tom Cochrane</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Ezrin" title="Bob Ezrin">Bob Ezrin</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Tragically_Hip" title="The Tragically Hip">The Tragically Hip</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Rock" title="Bob Rock">Bob Rock</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triumph_(band)" title="Triumph (band)">Triumph</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loverboy" title="Loverboy">Loverboy</a> 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