Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass: Unbridled excellence!

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  • Oscar Peterson and Joe Pass (1980s): Source is VHS recording from same period. Superb musicianship with evident mutual respect! Uploaded in honor of Dad (1926-2012): Dedicated husband and father, physician, musician and more.

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  • @gitardood
    @gitardood ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Imagine what kind of society we'd have if THIS was considered the popular music.

  • @andyszpekman5205
    @andyszpekman5205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    The only guy who could hold his own with Joe Pass, or with Oscar Peterson, depending on how you want to look at it.

    • @mallanac
      @mallanac 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      You should check out Niels-Henning Ørsted Petersen - he definitely could hold his own.

    • @bowserh2012345
      @bowserh2012345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@mallanac Came here to say this. This guy never heard of NHØP.

    • @whetcalf
      @whetcalf 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly!

  • @thelonious-dx9vi
    @thelonious-dx9vi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    It's crazy how Joe stays loose and comfortable, not getting rattled or swamped, or dragging, in all that piano and high tempo. He's just all ears, hears it and plays it.

    • @EvilSean62
      @EvilSean62 ปีที่แล้ว

      i dreak of that grounded knowledge , not having to think ... insanity if you have to eat or breathe

  • @MusikeXavier
    @MusikeXavier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    To play guitar in a duet with Oscar Peterson and rise to that level of wonderfulness is truly unbridled excellence!!

    • @johnstasio6205
      @johnstasio6205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “Beyond category “ Dukes praise not mine !

  • @zwakelemgabhi
    @zwakelemgabhi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Once upon a time, there were these two masters, one played the piano, the other played the guitar.

    • @neptune696cameron6
      @neptune696cameron6 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      If there is such a thing as "mastery" we are priviledge to it in recordings like this. For me as an intermediate sort of musician ... at least I know it can be achieved. Humankind , despite it's weaknesses , is capabable of such heights. Simply astounding that mere mortals have attained this level of expression in one lifetime. Magnificent! cheers..

  • @motoputz3201
    @motoputz3201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    i was lucky enough to see Joe Pass perform in a dinner club inside some guys house in half moon bay, ca just before he died. he couldn't get the house amp to work so he asked me to help, as i was sitting in front of him ... that jeorsee accent was thick man especially with the choice "french" being spoken about said amp!
    a memory i have burned in my mind forever ...what a night

  • @hank1519
    @hank1519 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I can't listen as fast as these geniuses play!

  • @ChrisJohnsonproducer
    @ChrisJohnsonproducer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I saw Oscar and Joe perform together with Ella and Basie - yeah together and in duo's and trio's and with the band. I thank God my father gave me the gift of playing and loving jazz. When performed at this level it is such a pure expression of the human spirit - it is what is great about being alive! - The pure joy on their faces says it all!

  • @wallyb55232
    @wallyb55232 5 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Joe Pass throwin it down with Oscar Peterson. Pass is fearless ...

  • @rolandmueller7218
    @rolandmueller7218 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These two musicians are missed by many people.

  • @martyn3392
    @martyn3392 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    I’ve listened to these guys for decades and had the good fortune to see Joe Pass at Ronnie Scott’s in the 1970’s. Here’s my comment. Just look at the joy on their faces, isn’t this part of what it’s about, unbridled spontaneity and pure joy at connecting with another musician and an audience at the same time. Wonderful!

    • @Psychiatrick
      @Psychiatrick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I keep waiting for them to stop and break out laughing at their timing an synchronicity ..

    • @MikeSheasheaDtree
      @MikeSheasheaDtree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is this improve? Or what?

    • @owenfield818
      @owenfield818 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MikeSheasheaDtree yes, most certainly

  • @ItsRainingSteak
    @ItsRainingSteak ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My God holy Jesus I can't believe what I'm hearing

  • @simonbeckford3025
    @simonbeckford3025 6 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    As good as Peterson is, Pass stuck to him like super-glue.

    • @louislilli7774
      @louislilli7774 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Joe Pass is not of this world...hope he's stlll killing in his nex one.

    • @Alejandro_87
      @Alejandro_87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Joe Pass was a Titan of Guitar

    • @marlon1171
      @marlon1171 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😯😯😯😯😯Astonishing at the peak of his genius with that 6 string hollow body!!!

    • @michaelcolletti4392
      @michaelcolletti4392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Joe Pass to me was the greatest solo guitarist in the jazz genre

    • @Dtruthseek
      @Dtruthseek 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very well put, Simon Beckford.

  • @josemolina959
    @josemolina959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Jaw dropping performance! R.I.P. Oscar and Joe. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @Alexamdern
    @Alexamdern 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    They are the Einsteins of music.

  • @pamwatson5905
    @pamwatson5905 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Two virtuoso artists jamming with each other. Bliss!

  • @cyrilbrocard
    @cyrilbrocard 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Peterson'e smile is priceless. Two genuinely sweet guys, these two. It shows. As for the music, well... Would you expect anything less than perfection from those cats ?

  • @richardallen3120
    @richardallen3120 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Amazing. Simply amazing.

  • @denisclement7687
    @denisclement7687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nothing like this on TV anymore... Thanks for posting it

  • @jameslundy8951
    @jameslundy8951 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oh Oscar! There was nobody like you! Just phenomenal!

  • @doctordave4247
    @doctordave4247 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Two of the greatest!

  • @philipatoz
    @philipatoz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Thank GOD these geniuses lived in the era of sound recording! Can you imagine them having never recorded or videoed?

    • @sunscxpe.
      @sunscxpe. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think about that a lot. There aren’t many live performances of django Reinhardt and I wish he would’ve been recorded in video playing

    • @rodriguezelfeliz4623
      @rodriguezelfeliz4623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Now think of all of the music we never heard and will never hear :(

    • @axeman2638
      @axeman2638 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      without recording they never would have become the players they were

    • @Johnny-mp2ew
      @Johnny-mp2ew 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Could you imagine being right there in the room with them, hearing them live as they play?

    • @AC-nq6os
      @AC-nq6os ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Johnny-mp2ew Johnny brother, you take your thinking to the next level. I love it, bro.

  • @mikeburns1725
    @mikeburns1725 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Proof that we aren't all created equal. God, I miss these two, along with Clark and NHOP.

  • @MrDXRamirez
    @MrDXRamirez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    The String Master Duo.
    The Peterson Pass Duo.
    Whatever you want to call them, they are
    in life and legend the true role models for humanity.

  • @wastrel09
    @wastrel09 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    this is staggering virtuosity and improvisation

  • @jperryfan
    @jperryfan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Well that was ridiculously great. Gotta go practice now

  • @carguy3460
    @carguy3460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This plays in Heaven's lobby. Live.

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp58 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    There were quite a lot of programmes like this on TV in the 70's. I sat transfixed.

  • @larrywyrick6054
    @larrywyrick6054 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Doesn't get much better than this. No player could swing it like Oscar (everything he did would swing) Joe Pass will be remembered as one of the greats.

    • @clarencenatomagan9413
      @clarencenatomagan9413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Joe pass IS one of the greats...

    • @carlsmith1263
      @carlsmith1263 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cool Daddy Joe n That jazz guitar

    • @RootsKanek
      @RootsKanek 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@clarencenatomagan9413 Exactly!

  • @CARDINAL701
    @CARDINAL701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Two master musicians who are the epitome of world class...Oscar Peterson's hands were like magic as they slid across those keys man...he was phenominal

  • @dennistognan3791
    @dennistognan3791 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Two improvisational giants doing what they were born to do. Wow!

  • @svenflaco4866
    @svenflaco4866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    mesmerizing

  • @jerrytaliercio9087
    @jerrytaliercio9087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is about as best as it could get..absolutely musical Heaven..😎👍🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @laserbeam002
    @laserbeam002 6 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    This was back when the TV networks had great talent on at least once or twice a week and people who would normally never be exposed to such great music could see and experience the greats. Now it's all crappy reality tv shows and infomericials.

    • @Alejandro_87
      @Alejandro_87 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Enlighten the masses...? no thanks said the NWO.

    • @paulsimmons5726
      @paulsimmons5726 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Crappy reality shows... Hmmm, hopefully the star of one of them will be getting fired, himself, real soon.

    • @plumhunter9158
      @plumhunter9158 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so true ... TV could be(and almost was?) such a powerful medium to educate and enlighten ... and money and greed has turned most of it into crap

    • @ChannelMaster720
      @ChannelMaster720 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY! SYLVIA - FL 7/15/2019

    • @GVernon
      @GVernon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Couldn't have said it better myself!

  • @danjv
    @danjv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Their interplay at 3:07 is otherworldly! This video is a real gem.

  • @namastemind8441
    @namastemind8441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    12 Minutes of Pure Heavenly Ecstasy! Long Live Jazz

  • @GeneTrujillo
    @GeneTrujillo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Holy wow! A ludicrous display of musical excellence!

  • @ldognz
    @ldognz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    my dad loved Oscar Peterson-to me this is like the dance of the gods:)

  • @jacobsnitgen2650
    @jacobsnitgen2650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oscar has such a big grin in the beginning I couldn't help but smile. They were having so much fun here

  • @samuelj.bufalini7029
    @samuelj.bufalini7029 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    'It was my great good fortune to see Oscar and Joe perform at a small nightclub in North Vancouver, B.C., back in the '80s -- one of the greatest musical experiences of my life.

  • @gangnamstylegrandpa6352
    @gangnamstylegrandpa6352 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Jaw-dropping talent , once in a lifetime performance !!! You will never ever hear this live again !!

  • @curiouscurious6558
    @curiouscurious6558 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    had tickets to see them in Boston, but Oscar couldnt make it, so Joe played solo (music hall in Boston) he was amazing

  • @mariobuttino6095
    @mariobuttino6095 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The greatest jazz guitarist to walk the planet,Joe Pass,the greatest jazz pianist to walk the planet,Oscar Peterson. I saw Joe Pass perform many times but I regret never seeing Oscar Peterson.

  • @nirvilchigs7871
    @nirvilchigs7871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really don't think I've seen any better than this! Anywhere!

  • @johnpower2018
    @johnpower2018 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Even the greatest rock players can't touch this and I am a huge Hendrix fan...

  • @castellanodrclaudio
    @castellanodrclaudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ....ma che bravi!!
    Joe Pass ed Oscar Peterson?
    Due Grandi Artisti del Jazz, due " Big," di Elevata Statura Internazionale, due Grandi Artisti che hanno coronato e costellato con la loro Arte il firmamento della Musica Jazz.
    Ascoltarli insieme, come in questa occasione, è una eccezionale opportunità per gli amanti del Jazz che avvertono, sulla loro pelle, quella tipica ed incontenibile sensazione universale dell'anima che si chiama "Emozione"!!
    E ti pare poco??
    I peli delle braccia diventano "ispidi", resti lì ad ascoltarli , incantato ed a bocca aperta, senza dire una parola, per l'incontenibile "emozione" che avverti nel cervello e nell'anima e dici a te stesso sottovoce: Santo Cielo, che meraviglia!!
    Ma che bravi, bravi veramente.
    Le mie più sincere congratulazioni.
    c.castellano,italy
    .......but how good !!
    Joe Pass and Oscar Peterson?
    Two Great Jazz Artists, two "Big," of High International Stature, two Great Artists who crowned and studded the firmament of Jazz Music with their Art.
    Listening to them together, as on this occasion, is an exceptional opportunity for Jazz lovers who feel, on their skin, that typical and irrepressible universal sensation of the soul called "Emotion" !!
    And it seems a little to you?
    The hairs of the arms become "bristly", you stay there to listen to them, enchanted and open-mouthed, without saying a word, for the irrepressible "emotion" you feel in your brain and soul and say to yourself in a whisper: Good heavens, wonderful!!
    But what good, really good.
    My sincere congratulations.
    c.castellano, Italy

  • @pianonight
    @pianonight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great to see all the appreciation for Oscar and Joe, who I unfortunately never saw live. They were at an unbelievable level of musicianship and musical telepathy. I read that Oscar used to practice 18 hours a day. Sounds like it.

    • @rodriguezelfeliz4623
      @rodriguezelfeliz4623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I thought he practiced 48 hours a day, taking account how he sounds...

  • @terryjames548
    @terryjames548 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oscar and Joe complimented each other. They were simply the best musicians in the world.

  • @enlightenedjohnson
    @enlightenedjohnson 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To me it seems surreal! I watch and listen to them play so seemingly effortless and so perfect!

  • @newliferadio1
    @newliferadio1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    beautiful music by two late greats of jazz. they will be missed, though we have them still with us by tape.

  • @stlev99
    @stlev99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oscar Peterson is great. And Joe Pass... They haven't invented a word for that talent!

  • @michaelthompson6452
    @michaelthompson6452 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing ❤

  • @curiouscurious6558
    @curiouscurious6558 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AMAZING! So passionate, and creative, and swings at that tempo. As a piano player many years traveled a couple hours to hear Joe and Oscar, on arriving found out Oscar was not able to make the gig, Joe p[ayed solo, dissapoint to learn, but Joe was amazing

  • @PhillyTom
    @PhillyTom 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely speechless. Thank God it’s recorded

  • @1m2u3s8
    @1m2u3s8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    eeee la Madonna ..... questi due sono uno spettacolo !!

  • @michaelthompson6452
    @michaelthompson6452 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing 👏

  • @delfinmontoya6
    @delfinmontoya6 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    super buenos. merci beaucoup. allez si á Montreal ¡ vive Quebec toujours !!

  • @aromero385
    @aromero385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These guys are really good. I never listened them before, but I can appreciate their music.

  • @BernieHollandMusic
    @BernieHollandMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I could listen to these two for ever !

  • @robertnewman2850
    @robertnewman2850 7 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    musical talent of this kind belonged to men such as Johann Sebastian Bach and a few others. Peterson and Pass were undoubtedly others. That power of improvisation is amazing.

  • @christopher9152
    @christopher9152 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Two legends showing how it's done...incredible.

  • @dewood9463
    @dewood9463 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Simply the best duet ever.

  • @adrianruiz7137
    @adrianruiz7137 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Unbelievable!!!

  • @user-vv7qe3lq5q
    @user-vv7qe3lq5q 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Классно! Позитивно! Потрясающе! Еще! Еще! Еще!

  • @thinkerly1
    @thinkerly1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At about 5:00 Peterson and Pass start playing as fast as humans can play, and they smile and smile as they listen to each other.

  • @artseymour3892
    @artseymour3892 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first time I saw these guys together was in the London House in 1973 this is a great post these are great musicians. thanks for posting

  • @austinhinchey2325
    @austinhinchey2325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pure Art!!!

  • @thesaint2700
    @thesaint2700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speechless! ...with tears in my eyes 🙏🏽

  • @jlane987
    @jlane987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow so much talent so glad we can still see them and hear how great they really were 2 of the best😎👍🏻👍🏻

  • @willythewave
    @willythewave 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Two master musicians Thank you for uploading and hats off to your dad.

  • @bertgetner9397
    @bertgetner9397 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Incredible. Now these guys had mastered their instruments. Love it.

  • @penchev73
    @penchev73 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pure Magic!😊😊😊😊😊😊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @wraithstrongopark
    @wraithstrongopark 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    45 seconds in and my mind was blown!

  • @Beatboxerskills
    @Beatboxerskills 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love it when they throw musical expressions at each other
    And I love their faces while they’re doing that even more!

  • @spark_6710
    @spark_6710 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing!!! Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass together!!! Oscar Peterson had a pretty voice! He often hummed playing pianos with very low deep voices..., but his speaking voices & singing voice are pretty & much higher than ones I was familiar with! His piano play is so amazing! And it looked like as if he was having an ecstasy watching & listening to Joe Pass playing his guitar! So funny!

    • @neptune696cameron6
      @neptune696cameron6 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I seem to hear some of the influnces of musical history being quoted and embelished even. Django Rheinhart , Nat King Cole , Art Tatum.. Who carries the tradition of the great river now? I hate to be judgemental of musics.. but sooo much contemp[oray pop is sooooo overated (yet self absorbed). These men were freaking GIANTS. Yet so humble at the same time. There are no words... Just listen and thank the creator you had ears. be well all..

  • @randytate6848
    @randytate6848 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always love the joy on Oscar's face.

  • @LloydMajor
    @LloydMajor ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome!

  • @RayBrookes1954
    @RayBrookes1954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Astonishing musicianship.

  • @nancychace8619
    @nancychace8619 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible! I got to see them play in a quartet (?) with Ella singing in San Francisco many years ago. A once in a lifetime concert. This was extraordinary - there's hope for the world! Thanls for sharing.

  • @kenedwards655
    @kenedwards655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Joe Pass The Greatest ever.

  • @giuseppeiuliano5723
    @giuseppeiuliano5723 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Credo che continuerei ad ascoltare questa musica anche se mi dicessero che sta avvenendo la fine del mondo...è un fenomeno musicale incredibile e prodigioso...fa piangere per l'emozione.Grazie a Osca Peterson e a Joe Pass per quello che riescono a generare in chi ascolta.

  • @bogdanpaduch9559
    @bogdanpaduch9559 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jaka fantastyczna gra na fortepianie

  • @mattlandonmusic
    @mattlandonmusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is the BEST! Fantastic.

  • @markbenson9379
    @markbenson9379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wonderful. Thanks for this!

  • @thomassicard3733
    @thomassicard3733 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Catharsis has been reached and acknowledged.

  • @anatolyFedotov
    @anatolyFedotov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bravo!

  • @dannywoody5497
    @dannywoody5497 ปีที่แล้ว

    2 masters having fun greatness love and respect

  • @salchaos
    @salchaos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant playing by both gentlemen.

  • @magicdaveable
    @magicdaveable 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! Two Virtuosos. Thanks!

  • @robertjones9598
    @robertjones9598 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best videos I have ever seen! Thanks for uploading.

  • @antoninodepaduanascimentof7996
    @antoninodepaduanascimentof7996 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Uma aula de jazz com dois gênios!!! Que Deus os tenha em ótimo lugar!!!

  • @secularDudeNE
    @secularDudeNE 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fantastic, they were two of my favorites. Thank you for posting. Nice dedication in the subject, BTW.

  • @Moniguitar1
    @Moniguitar1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am equally amazed about the 33 geniuses who put the thump down for the highest level and the most sophisticated music that exists on our planet ! My advice to those : please stick to your hobbies like go fishing or riding horses etc… and leave the music alone.

  • @jamesha175
    @jamesha175 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    @5:18 oscar is like, "oh no you didn't!"

  • @BigKexpress
    @BigKexpress 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing!!!

  • @PedalPusherE9
    @PedalPusherE9 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely UNBELIEVABLE!!! 😁

  • @Johnny-mp2ew
    @Johnny-mp2ew 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love it when two greats meet.

  • @Dontaking2008
    @Dontaking2008 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great vid. Especially singing Oscar!

  • @dannymcdermott5549
    @dannymcdermott5549 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You can't fool me, that's God in an Oscar Peterson costume.

    • @rodriguezelfeliz4623
      @rodriguezelfeliz4623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those two are a gift of God to mandkind

    • @Johnny-mp2ew
      @Johnny-mp2ew 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Of course God himself would love to dress up in an Oscar Peterson costume.

  • @DavidZHmar
    @DavidZHmar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome