A New Jazz Experience:The Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD ROM.

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A New Jazz Experience: The Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD-ROM.
Victoria, B.C. July 19, 1999 - The Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD-ROM , from Kelso Music and PG Music Inc., is
an in-depth exploration of the life and music of the legendary Jazz pianist in a full-featured multimedia music
program with 8 live audio recordings, 6 memorable concert and television videos, 10 MIDI Blues Etudes, and a host
of powerful multimedia programming features that bring new dimensions to the appreciation of Oscar Peterson's
peerless talent.
In dedicating the Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD-ROM to pioneer Jazz impressario Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson
writes, "Watching the development of this CD-ROM on my life and music has been a deeply satisfying experience.
I'm very pleased with the result, and I hope you will be too."
Oscar Peterson's signature CD-ROM raises the Multimedia experience to a new level of artistry by seamlessly
merging his musical genius with the creative application of multimedia technology. Notable features include:
• Interactive audio/visual performances integrated with on-screen piano display and professional piano charts
• Audio performances perfectly synchronized to real-time notation display and on-screen virtual piano keyboard.
• MIDI features to change tempos, step through music note-by-note, loop user-selected sections, or transpose
the music to a favorite key. Oscar Peterson's Autobiography, from the early days in Montreal to the present, plus
a convenient Timeline.
• More than two hours of recorded audio Commentary. Oscar Peterson tells the story of his life, music, and the
musicians he has worked with - Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis and many others.
• Recorded audio Song Notes providing Oscar Peterson's personal musical analysis of the audio performances.
• The Photo Gallery with over 100 of Oscar Peterson's favorite photos - memorable moments, famous friends and
Jazz musicians, landmark performances, awards, mementos and more.
• The complete Discography features a search engine to instantly find the details of any recording. All of Oscar
Peterson's recordings are included, over 3,000 pieces in over 400 sessions and over 1,000 albums recorded from
1945 to the present. More than 200 full pages of 'note-for-note' piano transcriptions.
• Extensive playback controls & Jukebox play mode.
Companion music book and audio CD available.
Oscar Peterson Note-for-Note is the companion music book and audio CD with more than 200 pages of
authorized transcriptions plus an 18 track audio CD. Transcriptions of Oscar Peterson's Jazz piano
performances are understandably rare. The transcendent virtuosity of this legendary jazz genius presents
a daunting challenge to any copyist who seeks to render Oscar Peterson's live performances "note-for-
note". Gifted Jazz pianist Miles Black has proven equal to the challenge in Oscar Peterson: Note-for-
Note. This is an authorized volume of 18 full-length transcriptions, all taken directly from original
recordings and all personally approved by Oscar Peterson.
These features, plus many more, afford jazz lovers a rich new experience of the musical genius of Oscar Peterson.
PG Music Inc. is a leading innovator of computer music software that is easy, powerful and fun. The award winning
Band-in-a-Box intelligent music program is the flagship product of the more than 30 PG Music Inc. MIDI music and
Multimedia titles available. PG Music Inc. is on the Internet at www.pgmusic.com.
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