Yeahhh. I've played piano for almost 60 years, plus other instruments, and I've always wished I could get just one hand, one finger, even a tip of fingernail into the musical world and mindset of where people like Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum lived. But, it's just not there for me. I can listen and appreciate it all. I know the theory, I have the skill, but there's another level to musical talent that I just don't have. Yes, yes, long ago I bought Peterson's books and practiced, especially his exercises on hand independence. Those surely helped my playing. But I hear these stories and read about the legendary feats of Liszt and Mozart, and I just don't have what is, apparently, another talent. There's a talent for playing and there's another talent for doing these legendary things, that I just don't have. I can't even imagine how it would be to listen to music like Mozart did, and Peterson obviously does. How do you listen to a choral performance in five-part harmony, then go home and write the whole thing out, note for note from memory, perfectly, with no mistakes? It doesn't seem possible. But, it sure is fantastic to listen to someone with that talent.
What an amazingly insightful, and brave comment. I started out playing in 7th grade, played about 4 years, then went to guitar. Then when I heard McLaughlin I said, well, that's enough of that. Even though I quit playing, it left a mark on me that'll last forever. No regrets.
god - beautiful. Why would anybody make their way over to the thumbs down button and press it for a clip like that. This is the best humanity has to offer.
Previn spent a few years as the director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. I'm so proud. Folks in the 'burgh had NO idea of the level of talent of this man, and how lucky we were to have him...hell, I'd only known about him because I was studying voice at the time and my voice teacher almost wet his pants when he heard that Previn was going to be coming to Pgh. and etc etc...
There are two types of genius: 1. The kind that inspires you to be better; to suck it up, put in the work, and just be better 2. The kind that is so otherworldly, that it shuts you down. I'll let you guess what kind Oscar Peterson was.
Art really was a major influence on Oscar. I guess OP feared, admired, and perhaps even envied him altogether. On hearing Art's music being played on a Disklavier Grand he would respond in several ways. He'd laugh at Tatum's humorous (but devilishly virtuostic) "I Know That You Know". He was stunned at "Tiger Rag". He'd shed tears upon hearing "Someone to Watch Over Me". Art also once said, "This is my time now. You are next." It's noteworthy to realize how two greats can influence each other.
music can be funny that way my friend, but im constantly reminded how some people r happy just playn a chord to impress someone or themself, a person should always keep on there mind what am i trying to get out of this instrument? if excitement and happiness is the answer there is the key to perfecting your ability. alot of people r happy to imitate a sound the lose there creativity in process
@bazzatt1 Sorry, bazzat, okay, maybe he can't play it classical style right on the spot (he would probably have to do a little practice first), but hey? Next thing we know, he's doing all those fuck-fast runs, dissonant jazz chords, stride etc. in an insanely faster tempo and make you think as if there were three pianists playing. Understand that Tatum defeated a dozen of the greatest jazz pianists who ever lived in cutting contests, and garnered praise from even Rubinstein or Rachmaninoff.
Thanks newjackswing21! RARE to see an interview with Oscar, and yet with such a formidable talent as Previn. I'm subscribing to your vids. Great stuff!--JS from billevanswebpages site)
Felix Scott playing classical music is not creativity or art? How do you think Tatum and Peterson learn all that music and that sound? Classical music and jazz are not in war, they complete each other and all that great pianist knows it and jazz pianist respect classical pianist and vice versa... So comparing Peterson and Rubinstein is pure stupidity. I heard Peterson played classical music and he was not really good at it... Yuja Wang playing tea for two Tatum version is not so good too becaise its missing that swing thing. Thats differents music, different creativity, DIFFERENCE... No competition. Its two differents languages. Its like sayong that Japanese is a real language where you can compose sentence and english is not! Its absurde!! I know its hard to imagine but music is not competition!!!
"And he couldn't see..." "You had to bring that up." But you don't need to see to play piano, violin, trumpet, guitar, etc. Reading music does seem to require sight. I find that listening is of primary importance.
@@amandajstar Indeed it does; not just for reading music and recognizing the people in your band but I HATE tripping over my bass when I lay it on its side.
What do you mean you don't need to see to play piano? First off, that's not true for every blind person or anyone with near-total loss of vision. Second, this is Tatum we're talking about. Playing at his level isn't a walk in the park for anybody regardless of visual function.
Fastest gun in the West. Fastest pianist in the world. Play yourself. Copying Tatum or memorizing classical music is not where it's at. That is not creativity. Make your own music. That is where you get respect. I agree totally with these guys. They have got good ears and memories. You can hear the Tatum influence in Oscar's playing but he is not a clone.
He did, on film. "Horowitz, The Last Romantic" Look it up! And Horowitz played quite a few other little pieces through his career that Tatum could never event attempt.
That "Tea for Two" conference between Horowitz and Tatum never happened - the two great pianists never met. Previn has been long enough in Hollywood to know the value of a good story, however false.
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Rewatching this video, Just noticed that Andre Previn passed away on the 28th february 2019. Rest in peace.
Oscar Peterson was a great teacher and student of jazz, piano, and music.
two amazing dudes just chattin and playin a little!! wonderful
Merci beaucoup for this interview.
Yeahhh. I've played piano for almost 60 years, plus other instruments, and I've always wished I could get just one hand, one finger, even a tip of fingernail into the musical world and mindset of where people like Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum lived. But, it's just not there for me. I can listen and appreciate it all. I know the theory, I have the skill, but there's another level to musical talent that I just don't have.
Yes, yes, long ago I bought Peterson's books and practiced, especially his exercises on hand independence. Those surely helped my playing. But I hear these stories and read about the legendary feats of Liszt and Mozart, and I just don't have what is, apparently, another talent. There's a talent for playing and there's another talent for doing these legendary things, that I just don't have. I can't even imagine how it would be to listen to music like Mozart did, and Peterson obviously does. How do you listen to a choral performance in five-part harmony, then go home and write the whole thing out, note for note from memory, perfectly, with no mistakes? It doesn't seem possible.
But, it sure is fantastic to listen to someone with that talent.
What an amazingly insightful, and brave comment.
I started out playing in 7th grade, played about 4 years, then went to guitar. Then when I heard McLaughlin I said, well, that's enough of that.
Even though I quit playing, it left a mark on me that'll last forever. No regrets.
he is so well spoken, and interesting to listen to.
Two giants of music
god - beautiful. Why would anybody make their way over to the thumbs down button and press it for a clip like that. This is the best humanity has to offer.
Kim ~ AMEN to that! Oscar is from another planet with his playing. He is truly gifted from GOD!
They would do it out of sheer opposition, but I’ll see it as ignorance.
Previn spent a few years as the director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. I'm so proud. Folks in the 'burgh had NO idea of the level of talent of this man, and how lucky we were to have him...hell, I'd only known about him because I was studying voice at the time and my voice teacher almost wet his pants when he heard that Previn was going to be coming to Pgh. and etc etc...
Both were Monsters of music - and each respected each other
It's when we listen to good musicians like Previn that we sre how great Ocar Peterson is
My hero since 1970s!!!!! I love his pianism and humanism
He wares his genius with such grace...true genius.
Damn, Previn can play Art Tatum! No wonder it took him three years!
Class, integrity, talent, etc. etc. etc. There just aren't enough superlatives...
7:40 "that's not hard". Maybe not to Oscar and Andre, but to mere mortals..
It's magic mate...no other word.
They are not humans.
This is such an amazing interview..
He's just incredible and such a joy to listen to.His playing is just WELL.Great Jazz Pianist of all time and can listen to Oscar 24 hours a day...
Oscar.. so well spoken on top of those skills!
Oscar is so sweet. It comes through every pore. 🙏
Amazing to listen to these men who came from massively different musical beginnings. Comparing notes and techniques.❤️❤️❤️
Yeah Oscar was one of the best pianists ever.
There are two types of genius:
1. The kind that inspires you to be better; to suck it up, put in the work, and just be better
2. The kind that is so otherworldly, that it shuts you down.
I'll let you guess what kind Oscar Peterson was.
Who can't love Andre .. Oscar was a great too
What a brilliant mind.
Oscar Peterson; the King.
derek24hudson Art Tatum. The God
amazing piano players
"Uh, alright, anyway" says Andre after introducing Sweet Lorraine...
Wow!
Two very gifted musicians 🥰👍🎭
Wow. That's one helluva anectdote about Horowitz and Art Tatum!
I wish that Andre would've finished playing sweet Lorraine. His style of it was beautiful
Malik Wilfalk that was an exact transcription of Tatums rendition, not Previns.
It was a transcription
Eugene Sedita he changed it up a bit. It wasn’t exactly the same.
Often imitated but never duplicated
Previn's got cojones playing jazz infront of Oscar!!
Previn was a musician's musician just as Peterson was. We miss them both but they left us with many recordings.
@@nemo227 Peterson was so much better
@@kerencanelo8580 who was comparing them you dumbass
previn playing jazz has made my life
wow, thanks for this
Art really was a major influence on Oscar. I guess OP feared, admired, and perhaps even envied him altogether.
On hearing Art's music being played on a Disklavier Grand he would respond in several ways. He'd laugh at Tatum's humorous (but devilishly virtuostic) "I Know That You Know". He was stunned at "Tiger Rag". He'd shed tears upon hearing "Someone to Watch Over Me".
Art also once said, "This is my time now. You are next."
It's noteworthy to realize how two greats can influence each other.
This is sooooo cool
Слелайте пожалуйста русские субтитры! Мы тоже любим Оскара Питерсона.
I keep trying to enjoy these ads and there’s videos of a piano player in the middle of it
Wonderful
Oscar was a brilliant man, on top of being a brilliant pianist.
Classy men, players, discussion, music and audience.
It was the same for guitarists when they heard Hendrix, they had to get their heads round it and carry on developing their own styles.
Great stories - I've Got Rhythm - classic
legend
RIP Oscar Peterson
Очень приятный и обаятельный человек!)
@7:01 Andre's body language is like holy shit.
WOW!!!!!
i am 50 and i do and i do care
20 yo ago loved Horowittz. nice
Whirlwind from Tatum...oh I dont remember.....let me see: proceeds to play perfectly without any effort.
Oscar e André sono 2 MOSTRI DEL JAZZ MONDIALE!!!
music can be funny that way my friend, but im constantly reminded how some people r happy just playn a chord to impress someone or themself, a person should always keep on there mind what am i trying to get out of this instrument? if excitement and happiness is the answer there is the key to perfecting your ability. alot of people r happy to imitate a sound the lose there creativity in process
such a onest english man
4:58 there it is.
love it...just a couple cats chillin...only way it could be better is if it were in one of thier homes over a couple beers
hei you i loled you for more than 20 years.
This one also
Oscar, I mean.
it is all over his face andre previn i so jealous i would be too
@bazzatt1 Sorry, bazzat, okay, maybe he can't play it classical style right on the spot (he would probably have to do a little practice first), but hey? Next thing we know, he's doing all those fuck-fast runs, dissonant jazz chords, stride etc. in an insanely faster tempo and make you think as if there were three pianists playing.
Understand that Tatum defeated a dozen of the greatest jazz pianists who ever lived in cutting contests, and garnered praise from even Rubinstein or Rachmaninoff.
Ouai!!!!!
Thanks newjackswing21! RARE to see an interview with Oscar, and yet with such a formidable talent as Previn. I'm subscribing to your vids. Great stuff!--JS from billevanswebpages site)
Go on the BBC..
Oscar - otherworldly....
Felix Scott playing classical music is not creativity or art?
How do you think Tatum and Peterson learn all that music and that sound?
Classical music and jazz are not in war, they complete each other and all that great pianist knows it and jazz pianist respect classical pianist and vice versa... So comparing Peterson and Rubinstein is pure stupidity. I heard Peterson played classical music and he was not really good at it... Yuja Wang playing tea for two Tatum version is not so good too becaise its missing that swing thing. Thats differents music, different creativity, DIFFERENCE... No competition. Its two differents languages. Its like sayong that Japanese is a real language where you can compose sentence and english is not! Its absurde!! I know its hard to imagine but music is not competition!!!
Interviews were better back then.
Wow, what year/decade was this taken in? 70's?
80s
@@unknownkingdom thanks!
"And he couldn't see..."
"You had to bring that up."
But you don't need to see to play piano, violin, trumpet, guitar, etc. Reading music does seem to require sight. I find that listening is of primary importance.
As a songwriter and player I will say: it helps tremendously if you can see!
@@amandajstar Indeed it does; not just for reading music and recognizing the people in your band but I HATE tripping over my bass when I lay it on its side.
@@nemo227 Heh heh : )
What do you mean you don't need to see to play piano? First off, that's not true for every blind person or anyone with near-total loss of vision. Second, this is Tatum we're talking about. Playing at his level isn't a walk in the park for anybody regardless of visual function.
Fastest gun in the West. Fastest pianist in the world. Play yourself. Copying Tatum or memorizing classical music is not where it's at. That is not creativity. Make your own music. That is where you get respect. I agree totally with these guys. They have got good ears and memories. You can hear the Tatum influence in Oscar's playing but he is not a clone.
Felix Scott no.
Y not both
And Horowitz never played Tea for Two again.--lol
He did, on film. "Horowitz, The Last Romantic" Look it up!
And Horowitz played quite a few other little pieces through his career that Tatum could never event attempt.
what!?!!!
you... oscar art... but you ... satnd up
till Oscar came in
horowithtrs last romantic
That "Tea for Two" conference between Horowitz and Tatum never happened - the two great pianists never met. Previn has been long enough in Hollywood to know the value of a good story, however false.
You are correct. And Mozart never existed and Trump has never been to Florida.
@S. T. Whatever gets you through the night.
Do me a favor, bazzat, get out.
This 99 percent of all jazz musicians and others alike, they contain 0 originality.