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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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tablejockey
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"The Good Life was taken from the same sessions as The Trio"


The LP jacket says it was recorded at the London House hotel in Chicago-May 1973. I'm guessing it's a "supper club" setting? You can hear the waiters running around, glasses/plates being shuffled
about. Once you settle into the album, you want to signal a waiter over for a drink!
elliottbnewcombjr
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thanks to you and others for the Oscar links. 

He is awesome, heard him live a few times at Blue Note and at Carnegie Hall, met him, very generous with his time, a classy gentleman.
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mijostyn OP
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@frogman , whoops, I did give the wrong link. Thanx for pointing that out. Not sure how I did that as I was watching the Ronnie Scott's performance. Computers. 
That's why that piano is so big, that extra 1/2 octave. Must add 5 feet the the piano!
Wouldn't you like to give Joe Pass a Les Paul and see what happens?

@tablejockey,  that atmosphere is pretty generic among jazz musicians. At Blakey and Bill Evans come to mind. They played in clubs. If you are going to practice you might as well get paid for it. I think the atmosphere adds to the recording and on a good system you can imagine being in the venue. 


flennon
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I saw the Beato video too and I think he was right calling it  the greatest solo he had ever heard. Beato is really good at breaking down what is happening and clearly understands musical theory as well as the musicianship itself. Such a great performance that Kessel and Pederson were both blown away by it as well.
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ghosthouse
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Thanks for posting @mijostyn 

I just watched the clip on Beato's channel.  Simply amazing.  Oscar seems super human (especially what he's playing starting around 13:00 minutes).  The looks between his sidemen are priceless.  Enjoyed the whole thing very much.   
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