Oscar Peterson

[Annie Grieshop]

Acutally, Bix was from Iowa -- Davenport, to be exact.  Must be something
about growing up in river cities, huh:  Davenport, Toledo, Pittsburgh, even
Hartford and Harlem.  Thanks for the tip on the new box set -- sounds great!

Annie Grieshop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prof. Euphonious Thump [mailto:lclgcnp at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 9:23 AM
> To: Pianotech List
> Subject: Re: Oscar Peterson
>
>
> Well, Ruth Etting and Bix Beiderbecke were from
> Indiana, Tatum was from Toledo, Ohio, Hines was from
> Pittsburgh, Jones was a  Pennsylvania coal miner,
> Tucker was from Hartford and  Thomas "Fats" Waller was
> from Harlem, where his father was a Deacon at the
> Baptist church ( and he learned to play, on the organ
> ). But I'm "with you" as far as the beauty, skill and
> potency of these artists'  music is concerned, and its
> vast superiority  vs much of what has been created,
> since !
>
> Peace,
>      Thump
>
> P.S. If you likle this sort of stuff, you may be very
> interested in TCM's new "Box Set" of "The Jazz Singer"
> ( 1927 ) which includes 2-1/2 extra hours of
> "Vitaphone" shorts, from about 1926 onward, with many
> of the musical/Vaudevilian Artistes of the day !!!
>
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