Best Oscar Peterson Trio - Guitar or Drums?

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Peter Martin

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Who swings harder: Oscar Peterson with guitar or drums? In this jazz piano trio showdown, Adam and Peter go head-to-head with seven scorching tracks spanning OP’s career. Team Guitar brings Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, and Joe Pass, while Team Drums is anchored by the ever-swinging Ed Thigpen. We break down comping chemistry, shifting textures, virtuosic solos, and how each setup shaped the trio’s iconic sound. Which format delivered the best Oscar Peterson performances? Join us for a deep dive into Canada’s greatest jazz export.

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0:00.0	Yeah, so he goes down there. He's down there for like six months. He starts dating a woman named Bridget, who's Canadian.
0:05.4	Oh, which reminds me, Peter, today's episode. Let's show a little love to Canada.
0:08.9	Oh, absolutely. Or also, absolute mom.
0:12.4	Yeah, let's maybe talk about Canada's most swinging jazz pianist ever.
0:17.2	Oh, that's easy. Canada's greatest pianist ever, Glenn Gould.
0:21.1	I wouldn't say Glenn Gould's the swinginist. Oh, swinging. No, no, yeah, I was thinking more like Oscar Peterson. Nice. Of course. Yeah. So, Oscar had two different kinds of trios. He had trio with guitar, and he had trio with drums. And I thought we could play a little quiet nights. and maybe Caleb, you play drums on the first half and guitar on the second. We see which one we like that. Okay, we kind of A-B-E.
0:21.8	Exactly.
0:22.1	Let's do it. And I thought we could play a little quiet nights. And maybe Caleb, you play drums on the first half and guitar on the second.
0:37.9	We see which one we like that.
0:38.7	Okay, we'll kind of A-B-E.
0:39.8	Exactly.
0:40.1	Let's do it. Yeah, I like that Yeah, I like that.
0:57.0	I like that.
1:31.5	Yeah. That works. That works. It does work. It does work.
1:51.5	Explore today brought to you by Open Studio, got openstudio, jazz.com for, oh,
2:00.9	your jazz lesson needs, O Peter, yes, O.P. Yes. Oscar Peterson. O.P., I like that. O. Canada. Yeah.
2:01.7	O.P., is that for Oscar Peterson or Oscar Pedford? Because some people... Both, kind of, yeah. Ordinary people as well. Or Owen Pinegrass. There's so many things O.P. could stand for. We should go through them all before we start this episode. Originally, the Pine House Blues. Peter, I would like to dedicate this episode to our lovely listeners north of the border here.
2:21.6	Our Canadian, you'll hear it, because this...
2:25.2	We have a lot of fans up there.
2:26.4	We love them.
2:27.6	We do love them.
2:29.2	We're putting that out there.
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