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The Alternative Oscars

No, not “Alternative Oscars” like “awards for movies that were totally better than whatever the bourgeois Academy Awards voted for.” Alternative Oscars as in, “10 other people we like named Oscar.”...  read more

Oscar Peterson: 1925-2007

[Above: Oscar Peterson and Ray Charles in 1974 - (Associated Press)] While many were away enjoying the holidays (Paste included), the jazz world lost one of its all-time greats. Pianist Oscar Peterson died from kidney failure on December 23, 2007 in his hometown of Mississauga, Ontario, a Toronto suburb. Widely considered one of the most influential piano players in jazz history, Peterson rose to fame in the '50s alongside Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Count Basie and Ella Fitzgerald. Peterson was an active player, and was involved in several successful combos throughout his career. The most famous incarnation of...  read more