Monday YouTube Fix: Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown & Ed Thigpen
Andrew Hitz
Oscar Peterson is such a bad man that it's hard to process. Combine him with one of the best bass players in the world and a drummer with amazing touch and you've got a winner. Tunes don't get much more simple than C Jam Blues. Couple that with the elegant and transparent instrumentation of a piano trio and it allows for a lot of space for these three gentlemen to operate. I love the piano breakdowns. As with any great jazz musician, Oscar keeps grooving his you know what off when the rhythm section drops off. We classical players can learn a lot from that.
Enjoy!
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