Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Original title: Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Original language: enIMDB: tt0418999
TMDB: 274598
Release date: Sunday, 1st January 1995
Adult: No
Genres:
Documentary
Duration: 1h 34min
Popularity: 3.658
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Overview: This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity with Norman Granz and the ground-breaking Jazz at the Philharmonic and beyond. In this award-winning autobiographical portrait, legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson narrates his story, from his beginnings in smoke-filled Montreal clubs to hallmark performances with jazz greats. Concert footage includes an unforgettable combo -- Nat King Cole with Jazz at the Philharmonic and the Oscar Peterson Trio Wall reunion. Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie are interviewed, among others. - Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald
Popularity: 3.658
Rate:
Overview: This riveting music documentary traces the history of Jazz piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days as Montreal's teenage Boogie-Woogie sensation through his meteoric rise to international celebrity with Norman Granz and the ground-breaking Jazz at the Philharmonic and beyond. In this award-winning autobiographical portrait, legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson narrates his story, from his beginnings in smoke-filled Montreal clubs to hallmark performances with jazz greats. Concert footage includes an unforgettable combo -- Nat King Cole with Jazz at the Philharmonic and the Oscar Peterson Trio Wall reunion. Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie are interviewed, among others. - Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Ella Fitzgerald
Directors
Sylvia Sweeney
(Director)
(Director)William R. Cunningham (Director)
(Director)Writers
Bruce Garvey (Writer)
(Writer)Oscar Peterson
(Script Consultant)
(Script Consultant)Cast
Oscar Peterson (Narrator)
(Narrator)Oscar Peterson (Self)
(Self)Ray Brown (Self)
(Self)Herb Ellis
(Self)
(Self)Ella Fitzgerald
(Self)
(Self)Dizzy Gillespie
(Self)
(Self)Norman Granz (Self)
(Self)Jeff Hamilton (Self)
(Self)Herbie Hancock
(Self)
(Self)Quincy Jones
(Self)
(Self)Dudley Moore
(Self)
(Self)Ed Thigpen (Self)
(Self)Videos
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