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Site & Board Matters => Luminous Landscape Video => Topic started by: mbridgers on December 25, 2007, 09:57:27 am
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Oscar Peterson, Jazz great and passionate photographer, has died.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071225/ap_en_...car_peterson_51 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071225/ap_en_mu/obit_oscar_peterson_51)
Michael did a nice interview with him back in LLVJ 7.
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A sad day for jazz fans - for anyone who loves music; he really was a giant.
Interestingly, as he pointed out in the interview to which you refer, he also was a great lifelong fan of photography and a bit of an equipment junkie. He told Michael & I that when he was on the road so much in the Fifties & Sixties, he used to book an extra room in the hotels the group stayed in so that he could set up a darkroom - that 'kept him out of mischief' he added with a twinkle.
In the past few years, Oscar Peterson was often to be found keenly looking over the latest cameras at the camera dealer Vistek here in Toronto - sitting in his wheelchair in front of the camera counter.
He was also a very charming man and very generous of his time. He will be sorely missed.
Addendum: Michael has suggested that we put the interview up as a free download for those interested. Here it is. (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/video_journal/QT_movs/LLVJ-07/OscarPeterson.mov) CS
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A sad day for jazz fans - for anyone who loves music; he really was a giant.
Interestingly, as he pointed out in the interview to which you refer, he also was a great lifelong fan of photography and a bit of an equipment junkie. He told Michael & I that when he was on the road so much in the Fifties & Sixties, he used to book an extra room in the hotels the group stayed in so that he could set up a darkroom - that 'kept him out of mischief' he added with a twinkle.
In the past few years, Oscar Peterson was often to be found keenly looking over the latest cameras at the camera dealer Vistek here in Toronto - sitting in his wheelchair in front of the camera counter.
He was also a very charming man and very generous of his time. He will be sorely missed.
Addendum: Michael has suggested that we put the interview up as a free download for those interested. Here it is. (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/video_journal/QT_movs/LLVJ-07/OscarPeterson.mov) CS
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Michael and Chris...thank you for sharing that video...and thank you Mr. Peterson...
kind regards...