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Oscar Peterson Performance 1983 Live in Tokyo

Rick Beato has a youtube entitled greatest solo of all time. I went for it and Beato pulls out this Oscar Peterson trio performance at Ronni Scotts 1974. Oscar burns a hole in the floor with the longest, beautifully tuned grand I have ever seen. From both a technical  and musical standpoint, darn it if Beato isn't right! So, I pulled up the entire performance and watched it on the big system. The trio is Oscar, Neils Pederson (bass) and Joe Pass (guitar). Oscar is doubling as percussion. The entire performance is mind bending. I never realized how good Pederson and Pass were. I'd never heard them in a live performance. The Studio Records always seemed to me to be...contrived. Not forgetting about Oscar's playing, Pederson and Pass are both up there with the greats. Even if the music is not your cup of tea the technique of all three artists will amaze. There are more "I can't believe he just did that" moments in this video than I have ever seen and heard in one performance before. If you have not seen it please enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJ1vU23X4A
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mijostyn,
I have loved Oscar's playing for years and it was through listening to him that I discovered Joe Pass. After I write this, I will listen to the performance in your link.
The way a guitarist plays, and what he plays are of course matters of personal taste, but as far as technical ability, Joe Pass is just far beyond any other guitarist in any genre that I have personally heard, including guys like Segovia, Bream and John Williams. His mind is fertile with brilliant ideas of improvisation, and they just flow out of him in a colorful stream. Oscar is of course always brilliant, and Pederson is a great bass player that I have on a number of discs.
Thanks for the heads up! 
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