Ruth Abernethy
A Canadian born artist, born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, whose main medium is the use of bronze casting to create life-size amazing sculptors .
Oscar Peterson
This is the statue of Oscar Peterson created by the one and only Ruth Abernethy. this statue is a bronze-casted statue that is located at the National Art Center in Ottawa, Ontario. Oscar Peterson is a Canadian-born jazz musician, known to the jazz community as “The King of the Inside Swing”.
Combining elements of European and African traditions, jazz is a style of music that originated with African Americans in the early 20th century. It is characterized by its improvisatory nature, rhythmic vitality (i.e., “swing”) and emotional expressiveness. Because jazz predates its earliest documented evidence (i.e., recordings), some controversy surrounds its origins. According to generally accepted theory, however, jazz can be traced to the socio-musical environment of New Orleans at the dawn of the 20th century.
By the early 21st century, jazz increasingly found a place on the curricula of many universities and colleges in Canada and elsewhere, but its tradition remains largely aural. It has been assimilated most often by imitation of admired, iconic performers (e.g., Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, etc.), followed by selective refinement of what has been imitated and, finally, evolution into a personal style or form of self-expression.
Moe Koffman
BORN: December 28, 1928 PASSED: March 28, 2001 INSTRUMENT: Saxophone, Flute Moe Koffman was born in Toronto Ontario in 1928
Rob McConnell
BORN: February 14, 1935, PASSED:May 1, 2010 INSTRUMENT: Trombone Rob McConnell was born in London Ontario in 1935
Kenny Wheeler
BORN: January 14th, 1930 PASSED: September 18th, 2014 INSTRUMENT: Trumpet, Flugelhorn Kenny Wheeler was born in Toronto Ontario Canada in 1930
Oscar Peterson
BORN: August 15th 1925 PASSED: December 23rd 2007 INSTRUMENT: Piano Oscar Peterson was born in Montreal Quebec