...long before other Americans saw the need to re-examine the concept of racial integration and equal rights, jazz performers and promoters were doing more than breaking down barriers; they were ...

"Satin Doll," a song seemingly played ad infinitum, was turned into the crowning centerpiece of Oscar Peterson's opening set at the Blue Note. The big guy from Canada invests the Duke Ellington ...

NEW YORK -- As part of the celebration of Black History Month, Sandy Kenyon is taking a look at a jazz giant who was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, but came to write an anthem of the struggle of ...

Last week at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, the Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet and the National Arts Centre Orchestra presented Peterson’s civil rights anthem Hymn to Freedom and the world premiere of ...

REVIEW: Hulu documentary, 'Oscar Peterson: Black + White,' is the definitive chronicle of the genius jazz pianist, showing his journey to greatness and the sacrifice that came with it. The mark of a ...

Legend has it that Norman Granz wanted to introduce Oscar Peterson to America through his Carnegie Hall concerts, but the Canadian citizen couldn't obtain a work visa to allow him to appear. So Granz ...

If raindrops were made of crystal, they’d be akin to the sound of Oscar Peterson playing. The young woman said her mother, Kelly, Peterson’s fourth wife, was “doing okay” and that the family would be ...