The minute-long video chronicles the seven-time Grammy winner s rise from a working-class Montreal family to becoming a world-renowned piano virtuoso.
It touches on his encounters with greatness, such as being dubbed the man with four hands, and acknowledges the racism he faced at jazz gigs in the 1940s.
Peterson died of kidney failure in 2007 at the age of 82.
Both the English and French versions of the Heritage Minute feature end narration by Black Canadian pianists. Oliver Jones appears in the English version while Gregory Charles handles the French.
The Heritage Minute is written by Brynn Byrne and directed by Aaron Yeger, known as co-writer and producer of the acclaimed 2015 film Sleeping Giant.
Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson's legendary career is being celebrated in a Heritage Minute. Historica Canada released the newest clip, timed for Black History Month, in its ongoing series that highlights influential figures from across the country.
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