My very first jazz album purchased was the album "Night Train" by the Oscar Peterson Trio with Ray Brown (bass) and Ed Thigpen (drums). Also it was the first time, I listened to that beautiful song "Hymn to freedom". Ed Thigpen btw a long time resident in Copenhagen within the danish jazz invironment, often playing in the Jazz House Montmartre with another american living in Copenhagen at the time, Kenny Drew (piano) and the two danes N.H.Ø.P. (bass) and Alex Riel (drums). The two latter both house musicians and often jamming with international jazz musicians visiting Copenhagen.
Oscar Peterson - a true legend in jazz and a GIANT on the jazz piano. He recorded more than 100 albums in his life. Among the very best of those IMHO are the ones recorded with PabloRecords, producer Norman Ganz., at Montreux Jazz Festival whether playing with The Big Four, The Big Five or The Big Six for instance "Pablo Live" or with the Oscar Peterson/Buddy DeFranco Quintet on the album "Hark".
Oscar Peterson will always stand among the truely great pianists in jazz, and he will remain one of my top jazz musicians and pianists along with Bill Evans, Art Tatum, Thelonius Monk etc.etc.