| "In the 1950s Oscar Peterson managed to form the best paid jazz trio without percussion instruments. The resignation of his guitarist and the growing demand for concerts in large halls made him and his future manager Norman Granz think about a new instrumentation: Instead of a chamber musical orchestration with piano, basso and guitar they opted for the classical piano trio - and therefore in favour of acoustically way more prominent drums. In 1958 Gene Gammage assumed this position. (Peterson, Ray Brown and the new third-man Ed Thigpen) Peterson was a heavy-weight on the piano as well as in real life a steady force in the ever-changing world of jazz of those years. [...more...]
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