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オスカーピーターソンが82歳で亡くなった。 Jazz great and native Montrealer Oscar Peterson died today (Dec 24 2007) at the age of 82. Oscar Peterson was one of the biggest international stars to ever come out of Montreal, a jazz great who performed alongside the likes of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie. His career began at the Negro Community Centre in Little Burgundy. His family taught Oscar the basics, but soon the prodigy was impressing his teachers. "I didn't know what I was doing," said Peterson in an NFB documentary. "I just knew I could do this." Some said that Peterson sounded like two people playing. But despite his talent, he encountered his share of racists in his drive to the top. "I remember we were due to play the Ritz Carlton, and they weren't going to have this," said Peterson. Eventually people came around and lined up to see Oscar. Even after a stroke in 1993 disabled his left hand, he could still play. His last Montreal performance was in 2004 at the jazz festival, where he celebrated his 79th birthday. His name now adorns Concordia's school of music, and his legend has inspired many children at that same community centre where he learnt to play. |

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