At my fathers burial, this was played as the coffin was carried to the car. He had been jazzing with the church-organplayer until he was too sick. He was a great Peterson-fan.
It's increadible how a song composed many years ago can still move people from different parts of the world! The way he plays is just unique. Amazing!!!
My Dad just loved Oscar Peterson and I never forget His passionate reaction when listening to this particular Oscar Peterson performance 🙏💖🎶 Being the hardworking, tough Man He was, this would bring Him to tears and laughter out of admiration for the profound Soul within it (same with Maria Callas) Strong felt child memories and - of cause - I came to love both through my entire Life 🥰
The greatest Jazz pianist in my opinion. Our family dog died yesterday and i listen to this song thinking of the amazing freedom he has now in Heaven. He was deaf while on this earth and now he hears heavenly music like this. Praise God, i love and miss you Chance.
I’m so sorry for you’re loss. I was blessed with 13 years with my border collie. I’m lucky enough to live in Ottawa where there is a statue of him at the piano where you can join him at the bench while a hidden speaker plays a random tune… Oscar; my dog couldn’t hold a tune to save his life. Lol feel better
Oscar Peters Peterson lives on in the minds of Jazz aficionados as the best piano player that ever scratched the white and black keys. The momentous impact of his musical compositions will be around for generations. What a gift to humanity.
Only came across this a couple of days ago (via BBC Radio 3) - simply fabulous in every respect; what a performer & artist! Touched my jazz music receptor neurons within the opening 3, 4 bars; definitely a piece for my 'final collection'! Many thanks Oscar, & dgbailey777.
We Canadians are blessed with a magnificent national anthem, O Canada, but if we weren't so endowed the I would say that Mr. Peterson's (a Great Canadian) "Hymn to Freedom" would be more than a stand-in. Tears and a scratchy throat are accompaniments every time I hear this sacred music.
In the early 60's, I used to see The Trio at Chicago's London House. One night, a table of ten right at the stage talked loudly through the whole performance...couldn't believe it. Forty years later, while flying for Northwest Airlines, I saw Ray at the ticket counter with his bass. I had to go over and thank him for those wonderful years at London House.
Wow, you saw the Trio live at the London House! That’s my favourite album. As Ramsey Lewis said….when these guys were hot it was like following Jesus Christ and the disciples
@@steamsteam6607 , maybe you can suspend YOUR political agenda long enough to understand what Oscar Peterson actually wrote in his Hymn to Freedom. It's clear he intended that all people live together in peace, justice and harmony. That can never be achieved by insisting that "Blacks and Whites are different peoples" requiring "their own nations." Peterson's vision, like that of Rev. Dr. King, Jr, was one of people overcoming the divisions between them, despite the self-interests of leaders who championed segregation. We are one humanity -- it's about time we recognized that truth and started acting like it! Only then can we truly be free!
Reuben Stump ....and done so smoothly and nonchalantly....... I would have lost my place, hit 50 wrong notes, wet myself and fainted...... On the other hand, if that bead of sweat hit my eye, the same thing would have happened.......😉😉😉😉
Freedom certainly existed in Oscar Peterson's hands! And it's still our privilege to listen to his masterpiece, contemplate what freedom means, and craft visions in which freedom for the greatest number of people exists.
In my Pantheon. First heard him play this at Storyville in Boston, 1958, with Brown and Thigpen. We were about 15 feet from the stage, and when he began the rolling chords, the room shook, I was frozen, and reached to hold the hand of my date, to hold on as though to say, Good God! This was before the civil rights rides, sit-ins, and marches, before Brown v Board of Ed. Looking back, in Oscar's work you could hear it coming.
Not to diminish the power of the performance you heard, but Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, in 1955 Emmett Till was murdered and Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, leading to a year-long bus boycott. In 1957 Congress passed a weak Civil Rights Act, and President Eisenhower had to send 1,000 troops from the 101st Airborne Division to ensure the safety of nine students integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The astonishing passion of Oscar Peterson's performance in 1958 wasn't predictive, but came from what had happened and was happening.
Back in the 80s as a young man in South Africa I heard this song play. It immediately struck me as expressing a longing for something beautiful. The kind of longing that makes one feel like they are almost touching this beauty, they can feel it, smell it . When I then saw the title of the song, it immediately dawned on me that great music comes from God. Less than a decade after that my country achieved its political freedom. We are now fighting for economic freedom for black people. I am in no doubt that the beautiful fingers of Mr. Oscar P will take us there.
Ed Thigpen may be just one of the most underrated drummers ever. Man could that guy settle a groove in so sweet. I don't care what anyone says, maintaining a slow pulse is ALWAYS harder.
markwest1987 Ed Thigpen: underrated... for me: the musician that brought me to love drums as an instrument. His playing was so subtle, groovy and tasteful... oh man I love that!
@@michaeldoller1706 I'm a piano player so I get my humble pie in a great way every time I listen to Oscar, but I always respected and revered Ed for his amazing sound he created.
Oscar always chose the best guys for his groups: Thigpen, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, NHOP, Martin Drew, Joe Pass. Both Thigpen and Drew have never received the recognition for just how good they were, as good as anyone on the drums in a small group setting. I miss them all (think all of them have passed on to play with Oscar in heaven)
The way he harmonizes and plays at 5:00 is so big but refined, so inspired, you could almost hear the brass and violins of a whole orchestra. Like Bach, your music sounds like evidence, not just because of spiritualism, but because of deep understanding of humanism. I miss this guy.
You are so right. That is simply amazing. I have only heard that kind of a wall of sound one other time. Luca Sestak is a self-taught pianist and singer. His version of "Nobody Knows You (When Your Down and Out) is as incredible as this magnificent recording.
No matter the speed, this trio could make a graveyard groove. This has been an instant favorite of mine and kind of an epiphany, the first time I heard "Night Train".
Full choir is good description. When I first listened to this piece I thought that Peterson had by some sort of magic turned his piano into an organ shortly after the 5:00 mark.
Heard this in a starbucks and was like.... wait... starbucks playing church hymns now? I shazamed it and found this gem. Love the vibe... reminds me of hearing old school gospel as a kid.
Every time I listen to these three, I end up crying, since they are no longer with us. I am sure that if God was not a jazz fan before, he is now. For my money, OP was the best piano player I have ever heard. Ray Brown is the reason why the bass was invented. Ed T fits in perfectly. Shortly before he died I had the great pleasure of meeting Ray Brown. He was as kind and gentlemanly as his playing was the best.
Each one plays to a different style of music and each one is great playing his style. Tatum would not be able to play Oscar's style and vice versa, for example.
Neither is superior or inferior!! Rawwwwrr! Hehehaha! Each possess a distinctive style and flava in their own right regardless the situation! What can one bring to the table!? Gotta play dem cards one way or another. Peterson is a slam dunkin’ beast of a playa anyway. Just like the other crewmates in the Jazz Realm. Also! Bringing god into da picture!? Get dat joint outta hereee!! God accepts all sorts of musical complexities! Ain’t dat right scarecrowman!? Hehehe
Only Art Tatum could probably qualify as "superior" to Oscar (though even that would be subjective). Oscar is surely among the top of the list of greatest jazz pianists.
It's a shame real music like this is not so widely popular. Imagine a world where this is the most listened music - breaking all charts. What a peaceful place do I see... and happy, too. To all musicians such as those... Thank you that you have existed!
Dire que j'aime Oscar Peterson est un faible mot....un grand du Jazz et cet hymne à la liberté une merveille ! Regardez ses mains sur le piano quelle délicatesse et quel talent !
God how I love the internet. It preserves the people for eternity who help you through tough times. Lost someone close to me today and listening to Oscar play this song just makes my heart melt. I think I will go and play it on my piano now, though not quite as dazzling as Oscar plays it. RIP Oscar...One thing I love about playing music is it is the best way to get through those tough times and remember those you love.....
I had the good fortune to hear this trio play this music in person several times in the 60s and broadcast it live. The Oscar Peterson Trio played at The Penthouse in Seattle and KING-FM had a broadcast line from the club to the studio. Those performances of Hymn to Freedom were some of the most moving music I've ever heard. I was very lucky to have been there.
4:51 here the piano mutates in an aeolian harp 🤙 you can feel the notes howling in the winds. Liszt and Chopin tried to do the same several times, but only Oscar succeeded 👏
Think black lives don't matter? I grew up in Iowa in the '40s and '50's in all white towns, but I listened to a lot of great jazz - Oscar, Bird, Prez, Coltrane, Ella,. Lady Day, Sarah - you get the idea. I worshiped these men and women. I can't imagine our society without its wonderful racial diversity. This is one of the most moving compositions and performances I've ever heard.
As good as it gets, as good as it ever got, as good as it will ever get again. Oscar, Ray and Ed, timeless master musicians, you will always be here with us through your music.
One of my most memorable musical experiences was singing the Hymn to Freedom while at the cultural Olympics in Seoul in 1988. The cultural Olympics precede the athletic Olympics. Approximately 1000 vocalists from around the world sang this in the main stadium. . It was a very proud moment for this Canadian Montrealer, OP's birthplace.
j ai entendu monsieur oscar en mars 69 sur les disques laisses dans sa fuite judiciaire d un oncle , et j ai decide de &evenir piano. deux ans apres mon entree au conservatoire etait acquise c en fut trop pour ma geoliere qui des lors m i'terdisit méme d ouvrir le clavier 2:05 never mind c est toute ma vie qui allait etre un immense morceau de jazz. et qq fois devant une de mes impro, ou d un bon swing, je vous enyendd eclater de votre bon sourire et vos immenses mains plaqient un petit accord. merci, cher oscar et de toute eternite je vous dis merci. liberte cherie je crie ton nom. bye, bye🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂
And the piano was grateful to have been played with such passion, talent and art. Ceased to be part of the home furniture, and managed to touch the hearts of men. A piano that talks and sings with all his powers and makes something better inside people. Thanks for share Oscar.
I couldn't agree more. This song is pure musical genius! It makes me happy and sad at the same time. Peterson is playing like a full choir, and the drums are perfectly in the rhythm. I have listened to this like six million times I will keep on going.
Been listening to this for decades, not sure how many decades I have left to listen to it, but hope it's a few, because it's just so good to hear it, every time.
Had been aware of the name Oscar P for years,knew he was a piano player without listening to his stuff.This though ,is jaw droppingly brilliant.why is he not better known? This is about my hundredth listen in 2 days : )
@@MrSilverbirch Well if you are new to OP start with the Canadiana Suite. An album of original compositions. but I'm a Canadian so I might be biased (so was he).
A tremendous "peace of music" that will tickle your soul and delight your heart. So beautiful it has Art Tatum in tears and Don Pullen saying"Oh my goodness". Phineas Newborn shaking his head in pure amazement. Shhh...the universe is dancing.
I THOUGHT I was a musician....WOW! Unbelievable what ONLY ONE man plays---it's SUPERHUMAN!! I feel SO blessed to be able to experience this joyous virtuosity once--- and now ANYTIME! THANK YOU,Oscar, and guys!
I'm listening to this piece of art in 2017, in a very particular way: I'm Venezuelan, I fight everyday against the dictatorship of Maduro and this "hymn to freedom" it's a big inspiration for me.
And my government, here in Brazil, has helped this disgusting pig - and many others. Hopefully things will change as soon as the next president assumes, on January of 2019.
It's ridiculous how good Oscar Peterson was. I'm pretty gutted I never got to see him perform in person but I'm glad there's so many recordings. You can probably find a dozen or more recordings of him playing this piece. It's kinda crazy how many recordings there are but what's bonkers is that I've never heard a bad one.
I met Oscar Peterson in about 1980. I was in college and aJazz singer from Canada...who I accompanied on the piano...she knew someone who knew Oscar...we were able to go back stage and meet him...talked for about 1/2 hour. One of the most personal. down to earth people,...kind, funny,...entertaining.....never forgot....... him shaking my hand as Tess and I left his backstage room...he addressing me by name.....what a genuine man. Great night
This wonderful, uplifting, joyful and inspiring anthem, composed by OP, (and played at President Obama's inauguration ceremony) just has to be on anyone's shortlist for a world anthem - and played here by probably the world's finest ever jazz trio!
I didn't know they played that for Obama. That was a real good honor and great suggestion made on the part of music. It's well deserved to Obama. The free to be who he wants to be the first black president of the United state of America
Love your comment, didn’t remember or know that was played ay Obama inauguration, and also I’m “generally” into classical music, I heard of corse OP but don’t remember to have the reaction that I’m having now, it blows my mind, Having 10 versions of the clavier well tempered or lots of Bach , didn’t pay all the attention this deserve, this is music at its best Thank you
I've played this daily since Jan 1st 2019. I keep hearing something new! - Absolute perfection in feeling, soul & technicality. Each listen leaves me somehow refreshed and exhausted at the same time.
At my fathers burial, this was played as the coffin was carried to the car. He had been jazzing with the church-organplayer until he was too sick. He was a great Peterson-fan.
Oscar, you were a national treasure. Nay, a planetary treasure . Thanks for the music ❤
No fear, no sorrow; just joyful jazz.
It's increadible how a song composed many years ago can still move people from different parts of the world! The way he plays is just unique. Amazing!!!
My Dad just loved Oscar Peterson and I never forget His passionate reaction when listening to this particular Oscar Peterson performance 🙏💖🎶 Being the hardworking, tough Man He was, this would bring Him to tears and laughter out of admiration for the profound Soul within it (same with Maria Callas) Strong felt child memories and - of cause - I came to love both through my entire Life 🥰
Bach composed song centuries ago and they still touch us...
オスカーピーターソンの奏でる中でも、この曲は その背景にあるものを感じる事が出来る最高の一曲と感じられ、心の底から突き上げさせられる。素晴らしい。
The greatest Jazz pianist in my opinion. Our family dog died yesterday and i listen to this song thinking of the amazing freedom he has now in Heaven. He was deaf while on this earth and now he hears heavenly music like this. Praise God, i love and miss you Chance.
Amen
Erroll Garner
……not forgetting that everything Oscar learnt was from Art Tatum
@@xxcrump3575wait Erroll is deaf?
I’m so sorry for you’re loss. I was blessed with 13 years with my border collie. I’m lucky enough to live in Ottawa where there is a statue of him at the piano where you can join him at the bench while a hidden speaker plays a random tune… Oscar; my dog couldn’t hold a tune to save his life. Lol feel better
This is one of a few songs that literally make me cry every time I hear it.
Bet you look weird in public doing that 😂
Currently balling lmaoooo
Oscar Peters Peterson lives on in the minds of Jazz aficionados as the best piano player that ever scratched the white and black keys. The momentous impact of his musical compositions will be around for generations. What a gift to humanity.
The Canadian mint just issued the Oscar Peterson coin. A tribute to a Canadian icon. It has some of the notes from this song on the coin. RIP
Oscar Peterson composed this song to support the struggle for freedom and civil rights for black Americans in the 1960s.
Music brings everyone together.
Only came across this a couple of days ago (via BBC Radio 3) - simply fabulous in every respect; what a performer & artist! Touched my jazz music receptor neurons within the opening 3, 4 bars; definitely a piece for my 'final collection'! Many thanks Oscar, & dgbailey777.
Just heard this today for the very first time.
Awesome 😎😎😎😎
One of the most beautiful songs I have ever listened to. Thank you Oscar
We Canadians are blessed with a magnificent national anthem, O Canada, but if we weren't so endowed the I would say that Mr. Peterson's (a Great Canadian) "Hymn to Freedom" would be more than a stand-in. Tears and a scratchy throat are accompaniments every time I hear this sacred music.
Amen brother!
In my opinion, Oscar is the king of the jazz piano.
In the early 60's, I used to see The Trio at Chicago's London House. One night, a table of ten right at the stage talked loudly through the whole performance...couldn't believe it. Forty years later, while flying for Northwest Airlines, I saw Ray at the ticket counter with his bass. I had to go over and thank him for those wonderful years at London House.
Wow, you saw the Trio live at the London House! That’s my favourite album. As Ramsey Lewis said….when these guys were hot it was like following Jesus Christ and the disciples
Music like this is truly what makes life worth living. Amazing.
We played this at my fathers funeral as he and all the family are fans of Oscar, still brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it ......
We too played this at my brothers funeral (he was 49), so I know how you feel.
Diane Clark my condolences
God Bless You. My Uncle Johnny would have loved this one.
beautiful and deep tune..........good selection to honor your pops
I see that your father was a good man.
I like to think of it as almost a musical version of "I have a dream..."
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The very best. i have always loved it. i want it played at my funeral.
very good
I totally agree! Excellent understanding.
@@steamsteam6607 , maybe you can suspend YOUR political agenda long enough to understand what Oscar Peterson actually wrote in his Hymn to Freedom. It's clear he intended that all people live together in peace, justice and harmony. That can never be achieved by insisting that "Blacks and Whites are different peoples" requiring "their own nations."
Peterson's vision, like that of Rev. Dr. King, Jr, was one of people overcoming the divisions between them, despite the self-interests of leaders who championed segregation. We are one humanity -- it's about time we recognized that truth and started acting like it!
Only then can we truly be free!
Solos using one hand, and uses the other to wipe sweat from his brow...what a badass.
Reuben Stump
....and done so smoothly and nonchalantly.......
I would have lost my place, hit 50 wrong notes, wet myself and fainted......
On the other hand, if that bead of sweat hit my eye, the same thing would have happened.......😉😉😉😉
Hell fuckin yeah
One of Oscar's hands is worth at least 4 regular hands. I think that's the pianist exchange rate last time I checked
4? that's a bargain
conniek stuart
The man was a genius. The greatest. Yet, so humble.
Freedom may exist in the minds of many, but only in the hands of few.
Wait till you see just how few still have it in 6 years.
@@KC9UDX foreshadowing lol I like it
I sincerely hope your wrong though
Freedom certainly existed in Oscar Peterson's hands! And it's still our privilege to listen to his masterpiece, contemplate what freedom means, and craft visions in which freedom for the greatest number of people exists.
Freedom will not be given to you by someone else.
In my Pantheon. First heard him play this at Storyville in Boston, 1958, with Brown and Thigpen. We were about 15 feet from the stage, and when he began the rolling chords, the room shook, I was frozen, and reached to hold the hand of my date, to hold on as though to say, Good God! This was before the civil rights rides, sit-ins, and marches, before Brown v Board of Ed. Looking back, in Oscar's work you could hear it coming.
Not to diminish the power of the performance you heard, but Brown v. Board of Education was decided in 1954, in 1955 Emmett Till was murdered and Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, leading to a year-long bus boycott. In 1957 Congress passed a weak Civil Rights Act, and President Eisenhower had to send 1,000 troops from the 101st Airborne Division to ensure the safety of nine students integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The astonishing passion of Oscar Peterson's performance in 1958 wasn't predictive, but came from what had happened and was happening.
Back in the 80s as a young man in South Africa I heard this song play. It immediately struck me as expressing a longing for something beautiful. The kind of longing that makes one feel like they are almost touching this beauty, they can feel it, smell it . When I then saw the title of the song, it immediately dawned on me that great music comes from God. Less than a decade after that my country achieved its political freedom. We are now fighting for economic freedom for black people. I am in no doubt that the beautiful fingers of Mr. Oscar P will take us there.
Ed Thigpen may be just one of the most underrated drummers ever. Man could that guy settle a groove in so sweet. I don't care what anyone says, maintaining a slow pulse is ALWAYS harder.
markwest1987 Ed Thigpen: underrated... for me: the musician that brought me to love drums as an instrument. His playing was so subtle, groovy and tasteful... oh man I love that!
Yup.
Amen to that. Being overshadowed by the greats does not diminish Ed's understated quality. Perfect for this format.
@@michaeldoller1706 I'm a piano player so I get my humble pie in a great way every time I listen to Oscar, but I always respected and revered Ed for his amazing sound he created.
Oscar always chose the best guys for his groups: Thigpen, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, NHOP, Martin Drew, Joe Pass. Both Thigpen and Drew have never received the recognition for just how good they were, as good as anyone on the drums in a small group setting. I miss them all (think all of them have passed on to play with Oscar in heaven)
The way he harmonizes and plays at 5:00 is so big but refined, so inspired, you could almost hear the brass and violins of a whole orchestra. Like Bach, your music sounds like evidence, not just because of spiritualism, but because of deep understanding of humanism. I miss this guy.
Beautifully said.
even the MD421 (dynamic Sennheiser microphone on top of the gp) was overwhelmed and gave up working...
You are so right. That is simply amazing. I have only heard that kind of a wall of sound one other time. Luca Sestak is a self-taught pianist and singer. His version of "Nobody Knows You (When Your Down and Out) is as incredible as this magnificent recording.
True spiritualism is all about true humanism -- God became man, so that man can become a god.
I had the exact thought. It sounded so full, yet Peterson was the only one with an instrument playing the melody.
No matter the speed, this trio could make a graveyard groove. This has been an instant favorite of mine and kind of an epiphany, the first time I heard "Night Train".
I'm vexed. Never heard a piano sound like a full choir, like he does in the explosion towards the end. A firework of emotion in this piece.
Sounds like a caliopy!
it's like a whole gospel choir...
"Never heard a piano sound like a full choir"
Brilliant description.
Full choir is good description. When I first listened to this piece I thought that Peterson had by some sort of magic turned his piano into an organ shortly after the 5:00 mark.
It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Oscar Peterson was considered by many as the best pianist in the world. A great Canadian.
Billy Taylor was great but that's just special right there I've created a new music folder and this is the 1st entry greatest music
Heard this in a starbucks and was like.... wait... starbucks playing church hymns now? I shazamed it and found this gem. Love the vibe... reminds me of hearing old school gospel as a kid.
Oh. So. I have Never gotten chills from any person playing the piano until now. Jesus!!!
Remembering Oscar Peterson today, and every day: Aug. 15, 1925 - Dec. 23, 2007
+Madeleine Hague Absolutely - accompanying the heavens !
He was a master and a monster of piano. One of the best of all times. Jazz is the reason.
A true legend like Oscar never truly dies - he's in my ears almost every day
And here I am, in 2020
No words, and so much being said. Played from the heart, and soul. Beautiful beyond description.
Every time I listen to these three, I end up crying, since they are no longer with us. I am sure that if God was not a jazz fan before, he is now. For my money, OP was the best piano player I have ever heard. Ray Brown is the reason why the bass was invented. Ed T fits in perfectly. Shortly before he died I had the great pleasure of meeting Ray Brown. He was as kind and gentlemanly as his playing was the best.
Each one plays to a different style of music and each one is great playing his style. Tatum would not be able to play Oscar's style and vice versa, for example.
Neither is superior or inferior!! Rawwwwrr! Hehehaha! Each possess a distinctive style and flava in their own right regardless the situation! What can one bring to the table!? Gotta play dem cards one way or another. Peterson is a slam dunkin’ beast of a playa anyway. Just like the other crewmates in the Jazz Realm. Also! Bringing god into da picture!? Get dat joint outta hereee!! God accepts all sorts of musical complexities! Ain’t dat right scarecrowman!? Hehehe
Only Art Tatum could probably qualify as "superior" to Oscar (though even that would be subjective). Oscar is surely among the top of the list of greatest jazz pianists.
Jay Francis straight from the Lord
@@og6430 bullshit at this level it's subjective
This is what a lifetime sounds like
🤙
just a touch of gospel while maintaining a jazz feel
HAH! I think it's the opposite. Touch of jazz while maintaining a gospel feel. That's what separates him as a master.
It's a shame real music like this is not so widely popular.
Imagine a world where this is the most listened music - breaking all charts.
What a peaceful place do I see... and happy, too.
To all musicians such as those... Thank you that you have existed!
Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well
I was lucky enough to see him in 1962. I've never heard another pianist comparable to Oscar!
There is none. Benny Green is a good tribute, but he ain't Oscar.
@@mikepaul7122 McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans
@@porterhall27 JoAnne Brackeen, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Dorothy Donegan.
@@porterhall27 Bill Evans and Mccoy Tiner sound nothing like OP
@@connorwilde1471 did I say they did?
Dire que j'aime Oscar Peterson est un faible mot....un grand du Jazz et cet hymne à la liberté une merveille ! Regardez ses mains sur le piano quelle délicatesse et quel talent !
Oscar had so much Soul, so much musical comprehension and feeling. How could he play so fast with those big hot-dog looking fingers? Awesome.
God how I love the internet. It preserves the people for eternity who help you through tough times. Lost someone close to me today and listening to Oscar play this song just makes my heart melt. I think I will go and play it on my piano now, though not quite as dazzling as Oscar plays it. RIP Oscar...One thing I love about playing music is it is the best way to get through those tough times and remember those you love.....
THE HYMN MAKES ME FEEL HOMESICK, BUT I DON´T KNOW WHERE MY HOME IS ANYMORE?
Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Ed Thingpen what awesome,and beautiful BROTHERS
I had the good fortune to hear this trio play this music in person several times in the 60s and broadcast it live. The Oscar Peterson Trio played at The Penthouse in Seattle and KING-FM had a broadcast line from the club to the studio. Those performances of Hymn to Freedom were some of the most moving music I've ever heard. I was very lucky to have been there.
Indeed, lucky you.
Life in the form of music. Undeniable.
4:51 here the piano mutates in an aeolian harp 🤙 you can feel the notes howling in the winds. Liszt and Chopin tried to do the same several times, but only Oscar succeeded 👏
Me too. Play this at my funeral. So much truth here and wisdom.
Puts me on another plane of existence...what an amazing song. OP is the best.
This has to be one of my all-time favorite piano pieces. Oscar P was a force of nature.
even when he's using just one hand while he wipes the sweat off his brow he still sounds like he's using both hands. WOW!! AMAZING!!!!
I once met a group of Canadians in Zambia who expressed ignorance of this great man. To this day I don't understand how that could be possible
Just wonderful! It's not possible to listen to this once - two/three times is a minimum every time! What a Master! ❤
With the best bass player that has ever walked this earth, Ray Brown.
One of the best players...with Jimmy Blanton, Oscar Pettiford and Charlie Mingus
@@SELMER1947 and Ron Carter ! ;)
Not forgetting the ‘great Dane’. Nils Henning Orsted Pederson ! 🎼
Think black lives don't matter? I grew up in Iowa in the '40s and '50's in all white towns, but I listened to a lot of great jazz - Oscar, Bird, Prez, Coltrane, Ella,. Lady Day, Sarah - you get the idea. I worshiped these men and women. I can't imagine our society without its wonderful racial diversity. This is one of the most moving compositions and performances I've ever heard.
One of the good things about House MD is that it's full of good music
Music does not get any better than this for me. Outstanding Ed, Ray and Oscar!!!
Came across this by accident. More relevant now than ever
I guess G. Floyd and Peterson must have crossed path around heaven by now
I mean... not really more relevant than say mid civil rights movement. It’s not really a comparison
Darach Mc Kenna yes,my thoughts as well.
You a fellow irishman?
More relevant than when this was written?
As good as it gets, as good as it ever got, as good as it will ever get again. Oscar, Ray and Ed, timeless master musicians, you will always be here with us through your music.
One of my most memorable musical experiences was singing the Hymn to Freedom while at the cultural Olympics in Seoul in 1988. The cultural Olympics precede the athletic Olympics. Approximately 1000 vocalists from around the world sang this in the main stadium. . It was a very proud moment for this Canadian Montrealer, OP's birthplace.
One of Oscar's great trio recordings. They have all departed this life . RIP gentlemen.
Yes sir Oscar, how I wished I could've met you in person 🔥🔥🔥
Sameeeeee! I cant sleep its already 11am and ive been listening to this masterpiece!
I guess I've been so fortunate in my life... Saw him in Athens a few times; in London ... in San Fransisco... God rest this musical genius...
Bernhardt ?
@@labradog05 great isn't it
So true, what an amazing talent and I am forever grateful for all the joy he brought into my life...
j ai entendu monsieur oscar en mars 69 sur les disques laisses dans sa fuite judiciaire d un oncle , et j ai decide de &evenir piano. deux ans apres mon entree au conservatoire etait acquise c en fut trop pour ma geoliere qui des lors m i'terdisit méme d ouvrir le clavier 2:05 never mind c est toute ma vie qui allait etre un immense morceau de jazz. et qq fois devant une de mes impro, ou d un bon swing, je vous enyendd eclater de votre bon sourire et vos immenses mains plaqient un petit accord. merci, cher oscar et de toute eternite je vous dis merci. liberte cherie je crie ton nom. bye, bye🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😂
Oscar is from my hometown Montreal in Quebec. Such a talent and inspirstion.
Huixtocihuatl me too
did oscar speak french?
I believe I read that Oscar did speak French, I believe I read it in his biography.
@@GrumpyStormtrooper I head he did, but not so well but sitll!
@@NOVAsteamed, he spoke jazz masterfully -- and that comes through no matter what language you speak!
What a beautiful old piano Oscar gets to play.....Nobody more deserving of a fine instrument than he ,and he makes it sing like it never sang before.
And the piano was grateful to have been played with such passion, talent and art.
Ceased to be part of the home furniture, and managed to touch the hearts of men.
A piano that talks and sings with all his powers and makes something better inside people. Thanks for share Oscar.
Well said friend.
Oh yehhhhh!
I couldn't agree more. This song is pure musical genius! It makes me happy and sad at the same time. Peterson is playing like a full choir, and the drums are perfectly in the rhythm. I have listened to this like six million times I will keep on going.
You are the greatest May God bless your soul wherever you may be
Canada's greatest music talent.
Connor Dayman Glenn Gould is also Canadian. Listen to him playing Bach’s Goldberg variations
Let's not forget Leonard Cohen, either.
Diana Krall, 'cough cou-Celine Dion-gh'.
Phenomenal. Most underrated ever.
From another planet. Lovely intro.
The best it gets on piano period. Rip
Oscar...
Been listening to this for decades, not sure how many decades I have left to listen to it, but hope it's a few, because it's just so good to hear it, every time.
Had been aware of the name Oscar P for years,knew he was a piano player without listening to his stuff.This though ,is jaw droppingly brilliant.why is he not better known? This is about my hundredth listen in 2 days : )
@@MrSilverbirch Well if you are new to OP start with the Canadiana Suite. An album of original compositions. but I'm a Canadian so I might be biased (so was he).
@@michaelhatch1994 Well,if you and Oscar are Canadian,theres a good chance youve got Scottish roots like myself(lol). Will check out that album,cheers
Oscar the geneous on piano, of the 20th century !!!
RIP Mr. Peterson with all the music you love 4ever 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Never heard this tune before but tears fell within 30 seconds...and now I'm blubbing. Bwaaaa. Beautiful, Oscar.
A tremendous "peace of music" that will tickle your soul and delight your heart. So beautiful it has Art Tatum in tears and Don Pullen saying"Oh my goodness". Phineas Newborn shaking his head in pure amazement. Shhh...the universe is dancing.
I'm in awe! Oscar Peterson makes the piano look like a little toy in his hands & he made me cry!
It’s the wiping his sweat without breaking a sweat. Awesome!
Sublime musical experience - once again. Don't think I will ever get bored with this tune.
Jan Ferré I play it every day--at least once.
I THOUGHT I was a musician....WOW! Unbelievable what ONLY ONE man plays---it's SUPERHUMAN!! I feel SO blessed to be able to experience this joyous virtuosity once--- and now ANYTIME! THANK YOU,Oscar, and guys!
My spirit has been lifted. Simplicity, beauty, glory and genius all in one. Praise the Most High
I'm listening to this piece of art in 2017, in a very particular way: I'm Venezuelan, I fight everyday against the dictatorship of Maduro and this "hymn to freedom" it's a big inspiration for me.
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We're always with you and your will.
Sorry you struggle against Socialism and have to see us American Millennials embrace it.
And my government, here in Brazil, has helped this disgusting pig - and many others. Hopefully things will change as soon as the next president assumes, on January of 2019.
let the lyric of wind below (rage against the machine-talking about analog situation placed in early 90') also inspire you
Thank you Oscar. - November rainy night in New York, 2015
Gosh what a masterpiece played by a master genius
Oscar Peterson era un genio. A partir de una hermosa y simple melodía, compuesta por él, construye una catedral musical.
It's ridiculous how good Oscar Peterson was. I'm pretty gutted I never got to see him perform in person but I'm glad there's so many recordings.
You can probably find a dozen or more recordings of him playing this piece. It's kinda crazy how many recordings there are but what's bonkers is that I've never heard a bad one.
My school band played this for our end of year concert
I met Oscar Peterson in about 1980. I was in college and aJazz singer from Canada...who I accompanied on the piano...she knew someone who knew Oscar...we were able to go back stage and meet him...talked for about 1/2 hour. One of the most personal. down to earth people,...kind, funny,...entertaining.....never forgot....... him shaking my hand as Tess and I left his backstage room...he addressing me by name.....what a genuine man. Great night
I came here for a school project and I listened to it for like an hour it's super calming. I love this
This wonderful, uplifting, joyful and inspiring anthem, composed by OP, (and played at President Obama's inauguration ceremony) just has to be on anyone's shortlist for a world anthem - and played here by probably the world's finest ever jazz trio!
I didn't know they played that for Obama. That was a real good honor and great suggestion made on the part of music. It's well deserved to Obama. The free to be who he wants to be the first black president of the United state of America
Whether you are left or right leaning, the best thing that happened that day was still Oscar performing this hehe
Love your comment, didn’t remember or know that was played ay Obama inauguration, and also I’m “generally” into classical music, I heard of corse OP but don’t remember to have the reaction that I’m having now, it blows my mind,
Having 10 versions of the clavier well tempered or lots of Bach , didn’t pay all the attention this deserve, this is music at its best
Thank you
Each stroke of the keys are the sounds of freedom ringing...so let freedom ring....be water 🌊
My God Oscar, you are the best ......congratulations from Argentina.
The Master of the Piano
I've played this daily since Jan 1st 2019. I keep hearing something new! - Absolute perfection in feeling, soul & technicality. Each listen leaves me somehow refreshed and exhausted at the same time.
Classic. Canadian. Forever talent legend. Makes me proud to be Canadian!
Canadian here, he's the greatest Canadian ever, IMO.
The first part sounds like a old church hymn love lifted me. This triowas amazing
Also the opening bars of Bridge over troubled water.
my favorite Jazz pianist. He is a LEGEND
This has to be the greatest video on the internet
Staple in the daily playlist. Oscar, for decades has been a mandatory staple. Great post. Great performance. Just greatness.
THERE WAS NO GREATER JAZZ PIANO PLAYER THAN OSCAR . LOVE THIS !!
the Bosendorfer-like timbre of this piano works very well in this outstanding performance
OP is by far and away the most technically gifted pianist i have ever heard.
He is one of the top, yes. Art Tatum was his inspiration. I'd suggest giving Art a listen!
he swings so, I can't listen to this sitting completely still. Love me some OP
from the intro... my heart is falling..