Doug Miller, bass and Benny Green, piano in a Tribute to Oscar Peterson at Jazz Port Townsend 2009
photo by Jim Levitt
The general consensus is that one of the major highlights at this Summer’s Jazz Port Townsend was The Tribute to Oscar Peterson played by the Benny Green Trio. This exciting performance brought the capacity audience to its feet with the brillance of Benny Green’s Tribute to piano great Oscar Peterson. Most of the music was also composed by Oscar Peterson. This special concert will air on Jazz Northwest from 88.5, KPLU and kplu.org on Sunday August 16 at 1 PM PDT.
Benny Green was officially designated a protegé of Oscar Peterson in connection with the Glenn Gould prize awarded to Mr. Peterson in 1993. As a result, the two spent considerable time together as friends and fellow pianists. They recorded one CD together, “Oscar and Benny” for Telarc in 1998.
Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke exclusively for KPLU. The program is also available as a podcast from kplu.org after the airdate.