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Joshua Rosenau spends his days defending the teaching of evolution at the National Center for Science Education. He is also a graduate student at the University of Kansas, completing a doctorate in the department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. When not modeling species distributions or battling creationists, he writes about developments in progressive politics and the sciences.
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Posted on: December 24, 2007 4:30 PM, by Josh Rosenau
The jazz great was 82. The Times obituary reveals that he played trumpet and piano as a youth, but that a bout with TB forced him to choose the piano. He excelled as a jazz pianist, and played with many of top jazz talent over the course of his seven decade career.
"Don Cha Go Way Mad" by Ella Fitzgerald from the album Ella Fitzgerald At The Opera House (1957, 2:31).
"Things ain't what they used to be" by Oscar Peterson from the album Night Train (1962, 4:38).
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Thanks for posting this, Josh. Mr Peterson's passing is a loss for us all but the gifts he leaves behind are to be treasured for the ages.
Posted by: Abel Pharmboy | December 24, 2007 4:53 PM
Now there was a musician I admired!
Posted by: Monado in Toronto | December 24, 2007 8:10 PM