Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Oliver Jones - Canada's Favorite Jazz Pianist is also Favored Winter Resident of Florida

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Here is a recent article about Oliver Jones who performed for the Gold Coast Jazz Society this past season. Whether you caught his excellent show or not, this interview is an interesting read about an interesting artist doing interesting things! CRB


Still at the piano

He plays 70-plus concerts a year and Oliver Jones, 74, ‘still loves a good tune’

By STEPHEN PEDERSEN

Tue. Jul 14 - 4:46 AM


"CANADA’S FAVOURITE jazz pianist, Oliver Jones, tried to retire 10 years ago, but his mentor and friend, Oscar Peterson, with whom he shares a two-handed tsunami approach to the keyboard, wouldn’t let him get away with it. "I stopped playing for close to five years at the end of ’99," Jones said over the phone from his Montreal summer home last week."


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