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Author Topic: RIP Oscar Peterson, and a weird coincidence Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 12-24-2007 04:12 PM                        During a four-hour drive today, I had an Oscar Peterson album (Very Tall) playing; about half-way through it I wondered whether or not he was still alive. I concluded that he must be, because I've admired his music since I was a teenager and was sure I'd have noticed if he'd died between then and now. Checking the BBC site just now I saw this page. Just one of those strange coincidences, I guess. Spooky, nonetheless. Very sorry to hear of his passing: Night Train and Oscar Peterson Plays the Gershwin Songbook are two of my favourites.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-24-2007 11:12 PM                       Wow, Leo, that is odd indeed. (I like Night Train, too.) I think there's something to events like that. About a month ago, I was driving home from work and the thought suddenly entered my head that time was imminent to hear of someone close dying. It wasn't one of those random thoughts that often enter our heads and then are gone... this really grabbed me. Next morning came the news that my brother's wife had died the previous day.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-25-2007 01:23 AM                     Oscar Peterson!? Didn't he build the "Six Million Dollar Man?" Oh, wait. That's Oscar Goldman. Jewish scientist with mid-American WASP-y looks. I'm sorry. I'll go back to sleep now. Seriously, it's a sad loss. My condolences.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-25-2007 12:40 PM                     Night Train is one of my very favorite albums! That is a strange occurance Leo... RIP Oscar... You were one of the defining greats. Mark  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-25-2007 01:40 PM                        Definitely the master. Blazing articulation on even the hottest technical passages, but his music and his playing was much more than just technical prowess. Got to see him along with Diana Krall live at the Hollywood Bowl in 2001. Even though he wasn't at his best by then (he'd lost a lot of the use of his left hand to a stroke some years earlier) he still wowed his fans that night. Another vote here for Night Train which is playing as I enter this. RIP Oscar.  |  IP: Logged

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