Another great is now gone. Be thankful we still have all the recordings to relive and discover. I was lucky too and got to see him perform. Even after his stroke, and the limitations it gave him, I heard him once perform with essentially one hand ... it was BEAUTIFUL.
Got this in my CBC email yesterday:
About Oscar…To honour the memory of jazz great Oscar Peterson, Tonic presents About Oscar, the award-winning eight-part documentary series. It begins today, Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 6 p.m. (6:30 NT), on CBC Radio 2.
If you miss any of the parts, i'm sure they'll be up as podcasts/downloads:
http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/blog/2008/01/02/oscar_peterson_docum_1.html
BTW, his Christmas album is one of my favourites (along with Mel Torme's):
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r1202_124.htm