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August 23
Oscar Peterson – Birdland
$75-$100 Attack of the octogenarian ivory godz: tonight is a rare opportunity to witness two of the most masterful musicians to ever sit behind a piano - Oscar Peterson and Randy Weston. Both artists, who started out in music during the 1940s swing to bop transition, were initially R&B and boogie woogie-based pianists. Peterson quickly became a disciple of Art Tatum and Weston of Thelonius Monk. Peterson, who cemented is finger-filled virtuosic style in the early 1950s classic trios consisting of Ray Brown and Barnie Kessel/Herb Ellis, also loaned his dizzying tickle to Billy Holiday, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Ben Webster, Stan Getz, Gene Krupa, and just about anyone else you can think of during the decade following World War II. Randy Weston, who eventually became known for his unusual chording and dynamic compositions as a trio-leader in the same era, was less busy and more dissonant than Peterson. Whereas Peterson and his style have remained static, and true to their bop-era form, Weston, who lived in Morocco for much of the 1960s, has continued to create sounds as rootless as his lifestyle, exploring many African-based forms. It’s a true shame that Peterson is an incredibly exploitative and class-specific $75/$100 ticket… because Weston’s show is absolutely free. Speaking of which, octogenarian brass legend Clark Terry is also doing a free show at Riverside Park.... Men you just don’t meet every day.
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