Oscar Peterson was one of the giants of jazz piano. Fast fingers and a hardwired sense of swing defined Peterson and made him a favorite musical partner for everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Herbie ...

Reporting from TORONTO — Kelly Peterson, widow of the towering piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson, never imagined she would become a record producer. But for years after her husband’s death, in 2007 at age ...

To mark the forthcoming 90th birthday of the towering jazz pianist Oscar Peterson, who died in 2007 at age 82, a new recording will bring to light several of the virtuoso’s previously unheard ...

MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Hi, I'm Murray Horwitz. You know, it's always amazing to me how different a piano, a bass, and a set of drums can sound when they're played by different ...

Hear tracks by Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tyla, Lana Del Rey and others. By Jon Pareles, Giovanni Russonello and Lindsay Zoladz The flashing fingers of this jazz piano icon, and his mesmerizing tracks, ...

Oscar Peterson's dazzling keyboard technique, commanding sense of swing and mastery of different piano styles could leave even his most accomplished peers awe-struck. His death brought forth tributes ...

As noted in the thoroughly entertaining “Oscar Peterson: Black + White,” the jazz giant never seemed to struggle, not musically: He arrived on the scene “fully formed,” someone notes, a technical ...

Oscar Peterson, whose dazzling piano playing made him one of the most popular jazz artists in history, died Sunday night at his home in Mississauga, Ontario, outside Toronto. He was 82. The cause was ...

Oscar Peterson at the piano? Oscar Peterson was the piano. His touch could be light and feathery, as ethereal as a memory. It could operate with blinding speed, releasing liquid lines that felt like a ...