November/December 2000 Vol. 32, no. 11-12

From the Exhibition Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Sensation

Oscar Peterson's first commercial recording, a 78-rpm disc of "I Got Rhythm" and "Sheik of Araby", recorded April 30, 1945, for the label His Master's Voice/Victor in Montreal.

Exhibition Hours

9:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily
Exhibition Room A
Admission is free

   

This millennium exhibition honours internationally acclaimed Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson. The exhibition showcases a career that has spanned more than half a century, taking him far from his roots in the tight-knit black Montreal community of St-Henri to the heights of international success.