Product Details

• Actors: Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald, Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Norman Granz
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC, DTS Surround Sound
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: View Video
• VHS Release Date: February 6, 1996
• Run Time: 106 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303445314
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,900 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Winner of the...

-Gold Award- The International Film and Video Competition -Bronze Award- WorldFest Houston -CINDY Award: Gold

Product Description

WINNER OF...
-The International Film and Video Competition- Gold Award
-WorldFest Houston- Bronze Award
-The C.I.N.D.Y. Awards- Gold Award
-United Press International- 1995 Years Best in Jazz: Video

Oscar Peterson narrates this feature-length film, tracing the evolution of his ever-changing sound and style: from his early days as Montreal's boogie-woogie sensation, through his meteoric rise to international celebrity.

Distilled from 80 hours of footage, the 106 minute, 2-videocassate "Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar" features close to an hour of rare vintage and exciting contemporary performances, including Nat "King" Cole with Jazz at the Philharmonic and the historic reunion of the Oscar Peterson Trio- Oscar on piano, Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar. Interviews with Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, Cleo Lane, Dizzy Gillespie and many more are woven throughout the narrative, rounding out this portrait of the brilliant jazzman, and the changing cultural climate in which jazz adapted and flourished over the decades.

Wall-to-wall music, rare footage and in-depth interviews with a cast of jazz greats create a film that is destined to become a classic, spanning four decades of a genius' music and ambition to honor his father's credo to "Be the best."

V.I.E.W. Video is proud to present Oscar Peterson still swingin': Mission Accomplished, Mission Continued.

MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Caravan, Gentle Waltz, Boogie Woogie, Tiny's Exercise (Art Tatum), Tenderly, Sweet Loraine (Nat "King" Cole), Hymn to Freedom, Place St. Henri, Perdido (Cleo Lane & John Dankworth), March Past, Nightmare, Migerian Marketplace...and more

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Documentary of jazz master Oscar Peterson!, July 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Music [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This riveting new documentary includes classic and contemporary performances by the piano icon, as well as rare footage and in-depth interviews that tell the story of his early days as a Montreal boogie-woogie sensation and his rise to hall-of-fame status. Included is the reunion of the Oscar Peterson Trio, featuring Ray Brown and Herb Ellis.

#1351 (2 Tapes [2 X 48 min], Hi-Fi Stereo, Color and Black and White.)

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do not purchase this video, January 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Key Music in the of View [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Please do yourself a favour and do not buy this product,We were so disapointed with the content,too many racist comments,and not enough music,poor content, poor interviews and a total waste of money,its so sad that a great player has so much haterid in his heart.we want music to fill our hearts with Joy not to screw the Knife deeper into the wounds.Do not Buy.