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Oscar Emmanuel Peterson est un pianiste et un compositeur de jazz canadien. Il est né le 15 août 1925 à Montréal, Québec, Canada et décédé ,le 23 décembre 2007.
Il commença à apprendre la trompette et son père lui apprit à jouer du piano à l'âge de cinq ans, mais vers l’âge de sept ans il se consacra au piano. Il gagna rapidement une réputation de pianiste techniquement brillant et de pianiste de jazz mélodieusement inventif, et devint un invité régulier des radios. Il apparut la première fois au Carnegie Hall en 1949.
Il joua et enregistra entre autres accompagné...
An exciting, serpentine solo maker in the mold of Don Cherry -- Peterson has chops but leaves precision to the wind in favor of spontaneous eruptions of melody. Peterson has a more well-rounded technique than Cherry, however, and plays with greater force.
Unlike many contemporary free jazz players, Peterson is adept at older styles; he's played under such adventurous yet tradition-bound bandleaders as Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Gil Evans, and Elvin Jones, and with such dyed-in-the-wool avant-gardists as Roswell Rudd, Ken McIntyre, and Deidre Murray.
As a youth, Peterson learned drums and cornet. He attended North Texas State University from 1967-1969...
Andrew Peterson has earned a place as one of Christian music’s most respected singer/songwriters, crafting music that splits the difference between groundbreaking folk-rock band Caedmon’s Call and the late, great Rich Mullins. His string of artistically excellent records began with the top 10 radio single “Nothing To Say,” and includes the lush Love & Thunder, Easter-themed Resurrection Letters, Vol. 2, and his newest masterwork Counting Stars, which took the number one spot on the iTunes Christian chart on its release. He tours the globe with his musical cohorts the Captains Courageous, a.k.a. pianist/producer Ben Shive and guitarist Andy Gullahorn. But...
Bird Peterson is an indie electro producer from Austin, TX, who made a name for himself on the Internet, where his bootleg remixes of well-known songs were regularly featured on popular music blogs such as Discobelle, Gorilla vs. Bear, and IHeartComix. Born Andrew Hoke, the Houston native made his album debut in 2001 with Give Em Hell, Bird! on the Solid Trunk Records. Several years later he released his follow-up album, Hot Noise (2007), also on Solid Trunk, plus a series of EPs on various labels: Plays (2007), Solid Trunk (2007), and Your Parents Are Still Making Sweet, Sweet Love!...
