PG Music Releases Oscar Peterson Multimedia
CD-ROM
 July 23, 1999
PG Music Inc. and Kelso Music proudly present the Oscar Peterson Multimedia
CD-ROM, an in-depth exploration of the life and music of this 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.
Oscar Peterson's signature CD-ROM raises the Multimedia experience to
a new level of artistry by seamlessly merging his musical genius with
the imaginative application of multimedia technology. Interactive audio/visual
performances are integrated with on-screen piano display, professional
piano charts, and Oscar Peterson's recorded audio commentaries. The user
can see and study exactly what the master is playing, with the added pleasure
of listening to Oscar Peterson's engaging personal anecdotes and brilliant
musical insights.
The powerful and innovative new Multimedia engine reveals every nuance
of Oscar Peterson's virtuosity. For the first time it is possible to experience
audio performances perfectly synchronized to the real-time display of
transcribed notation and an on-screen virtual piano keyboard. An extensive
list of ancillary MIDI features allows the user to slow the tempo, step
through the piece note by note, loop selected segments, or transpose the
music into a favorite key.
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Fourteen complete Audio/Video performances are included. Oscar Peterson
performs some of his greatest recorded works, including The Smudge, Hogtown
Blues, Chicago Blues, Place St. Henri, Nightingale, Hymn To Freedom, Night
Time, and Blues for Big Scotia. Every note of the eight audio performances
is seen in notation and played in real time on the virtual piano keyboard.
The six fabulous full-length video performances include Place St. Henri,
City Lights, Slow Blues (with Count Basie), The Theme, Bach's Blues, and
Love Ballade. These videos are taken from memorable television specials
and from Oscar Peterson's BBC Television series.
There are ten MIDI transcriptions of famous Oscar Peterson blues performances,
precise 'note-for-note' transcriptions and performances of Oscar Peterson
blues originals including Riff Blues, Blues Etude, Blues Of The Prairies,
Greasy Blues (for Count Basie), Gay's Blues, Texas Blues, Ron's Blues,
Kelly's Blues, R.B. Blues, and Oscar's Boogie. On-screen notation and
piano display enable in-depth study of over 100 choruses of authentic
Oscar Peterson blues.
The interactive Autobiography, plus Oscar Peterson's recorded audio Commentary,
Song Notes and a Photo Gallery further enhance the wealth of musical content.
The Autobiography is an intimate portrait of his life and music from the
early days in Montreal to the present, a delight for Oscar Peterson fans.
It is supplemented by the Timeline, a convenient guide to the highlights
of Oscar's life and career.
In 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 provide musical analysis of the audio performances by Oscar
himself. The Photo Gallery is a browser's delight with over 100 of Oscar'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, including
chord symbols and articulations, can be printed from the program. These
professional charts, showing every note that Oscar Peterson is playing,
are also available separately in the companion music book and audio CD,
Oscar Peterson Note-for-Note. This is a huge book with more than 200 pages
of authorized transcriptions plus an 18 track audio CD.
The 24 landmark selections on the Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD-ROM are
a 'must-have' collection for education or entertainment, an essential
addition to the libraries of jazz fans, students, musicians and educators.
They provide hours of listening pleasure plus unprecedented opportunities
for enhanced study and appreciation through the application of PG Music
Inc.'s creative multimedia technology.
Other highlights include:
- Extensive playback controls & Jukebox with play All or play Favorites
option.
- Transpose the notation to any key.
- Slow down the music for further study.
- Listen to high quality audio playing through the computer soundcard.
- On-screen piano display of the notes Oscar is playing (color coded
by hands).
- On screen notation, complete with chord symbols and articulations,
showing exactly what Oscar is playing.
- Video performances in half screen or full screen mode.
The Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD-ROM is available for the Windows operating
system, and requires:
- Windows 95, 98, NT or 3.1.
- 16 MB RAM.
- Any Windows compatible 16 bit sound card (e.g. SoundBlaster 16, AWE32,
AWE64, Ensoniq, Yamaha, etc.).
- CD-ROM drive.
PG Music Inc. is a leading innovator of computer music software that
is easy, powerful and fun. The company is best known for its award-winning
Band-in-a-Box intelligent music software, and for more than 20 other musical
software titles.
In dedicating the Oscar Peterson Multimedia CD-ROM to legendary 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."
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