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Oscar Peterson:
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Jazz Piano legend Oscar Peterson brings an exciting new level of artistry to the Multimedia experience in this signature CD-ROM. This rich treasury integrates interactive audio/visual performances with on-screen piano display and notation. You can see and study exactly what the master is playing! Join Oscar for a musical journey through his life and career. There's also a comprehensive Multimedia autobiography loaded with audio and video clips PLUS exclusive photographs from Oscar Peterson's private collection.
Feature Rich Multimedia Program
With this powerful and innovative new Multimedia engine, you can view and study every nuance of Oscar Peterson's virtuosity. For the first time it is possible to experience audio performances perfectly synchronized to the real-time display of transcribed notation and an on-screen virtual piano keyboard. Use the full range of complimentary MIDI features to slow the tempo, step through the piece note by note, loop, or transpose to your favorite key.
14 Complete Audio/Video performances by Oscar Peterson
Hear Oscar Peterson perform some of his greatest recorded works, including The Smudge, Hogtown Blues, Chicago Blues, Place St. Henri, Nightingale, Hymn To Freedom, Night Time, and Blues for Big Scotia. You'll also see every note of Oscar's performance in notation and played in real time on the virtual piano keyboard.
Watch fabulous full-length video performances of Place St. Henri, City Lights, Slow Blues (with Count Basie), The Theme, Bach's Blues, and Love Ballade.
10 MIDI transcriptions of famous Oscar Peterson blues performances.
Precise 'note-for-note' transcriptions & performances of Oscar Peterson blues originals including Riff Blues, Blues Etude, Blues Of The Prairies, Greasy Blues (for Count Basie), Gay's Blues, Texas Blues, Ron's Blues, Kelly's Blues, R.B. Blues, Oscar's Boogie, and Blues For Big Scotia. Study the on-screen notation and piano display as you listen to over 100 choruses of authentic Oscar Peterson blues.
Oscar Peterson Autobiography, Audio Anecdotes, Photos and more!
Oscar's interactive autobiography is an intimate portrait of his life and music from the early days in Montreal to the present. A delight for Oscar Peterson fans.
Over two hours of audio commentary by Oscar Peterson. Oscar tells the story of his life, music, and the musicians he has worked with - Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and many others. Includes musical analysis of the audio performances by Oscar himself!
Browse through over 100 of Oscar's favorite photos - memorable moments, musicians, 
landmark performances, awards, mementos and more.
The Timelineis a convenient guide to the highlights of Oscar's life and career.
Complete Discography
From 1945 to the present, Oscar has recorded over 3,000 pieces in over 400 sessions and over 1,000 albums! Instantly find the details of any recording.
Print the Music !
Print over 200 full pages of 'note-for-note' piano transcriptions including chord symbols and articulations. Each page shows you exactly what Oscar is playing.
A 'must-have' library for education or entertainment!
These 24 landmark selections are an essential addition to the library of jazz fans, students, musicians and educators! Play the complete song list automatically in Jukebox mode for hours of listening pleasure, or use the powerful and innovative Multimedia features to pursue a fuller knowledge and understanding of the music that makes Oscar Peterson a jazz legend.
Also check out Oscar Peterson: Note-for-Note
The companion piece to the CD-ROM, consisting of transcriptions of Oscar Peterson performances and an audio CD.
Endorsements for Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD-ROM
| Benny Carter writes: "Oscar Peterson is one of those rare performers who have taken the art of Jazz piano to a new level. This superb CD-ROM offers a fascinating glimpse into the creative process of a master. Its many innovative options will enable musicians at all levels to study in detail his techniques while they enjoy his incomparable artistry." For over six decades, Benny Carter has occupied a unique place in American music. His contributions to Jazz on trumpet, alto saxophone and clarinet, and as an arranger, orchestra leader, composer and teacher have earned him a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, honorary doctorates from Princeton, Harvard, the New England Conservatory, and Rutgers, and the Kennedy Center Honors-America's highest award for a lifetime of artistic excellence. |
| Marian McPartland writes: "The combination of a CD-ROM with a companion Book and CD of Oscar Peterson's music will be irresistible to music lovers and students alike; it has something for everybody. One can open the numerous files on the CD-ROM for study, and listen to the music as well, or just sit back and enjoy the CD. There are 18 of Oscar's own compositions to listen to and absorb. For anyone wanting to know more about Oscar Peterson's creative world, nothing could be more perfect than this musical bonanza." Jazz icon Marian McPartland has hosted the Peabody Award winning program "Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz" on National Public Radio since 1978. She is the recipient of Downbeat Magazine's "Lifetime Achievement Award.", and has been inducted into the International Association of Jazz Educators Hall of Fame. Marian McPartland has been honored by Yale University, Bowling Green University, the University of South Carolina, and Hamilton, Union, and Bates Colleges. |
| Makoto Ozone writes: "As I spent so much time listening to and transcribing the solos of Oscar Peterson since I first saw him in OSAKA Japan when I was 11 years old, I had prepared myself not to get too excited about this CD-ROM until I actually saw what it contained. Then I saw it - and it absolutely blew my mind! I heard my voice saying, 'Why wasn't this there when I needed it!' I can't tell you how many cassette tapes I stretched by playing them back and forth in order to get the notes he played. But this - I simply froze when I saw the piano keyboard display on my computer's monitor showing exactly what he was playing. And you can even click a button to make the music play in half time! I personally would like to thank Oscar Peterson for sharing his wonderful music with us and making it accessible to everyone. I am sure this product is going to help make more and more talented young musicians throughout the world." Award-winning jazz pianist -Makoto Ozone debuted with his self-titled album in 1983, and recently released his 14th album, No Strings Attached. A former member of the Gary Burton Quartet, he has also appeared on albums by Paquito D'Rivera, Marc Johnson, Chuck Loeb, Kimiko Ito, and Katsumi Watanabe. |
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