Oscar Peterson

[Prof. Euphonious Thump]

My goof! Sorry! Been up since 3 A.M......
     Thump

--- Annie Grieshop <annie at allthingspiano.com> wrote:

> 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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