By The Canadian Press. Published August 11, 2022 at 6:23 am
“The Royal Canadian Mint is launching a special coin celebrating late music legend Oscar Peterson.
The one-dollar circulation coin is set to be unveiled at a Toronto event this morning.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to be in attendance alongside the jazz pianist’s widow, Kelly Peterson, and daughter, Céline Peterson.
Pianist and composer Thompson Egbo-Egbo will pay tribute to Peterson with a special performance.
Born in Montreal in 1925, Peterson is widely regarded as one of the foremost jazz pianists of his generation, winning numerous Juno and Grammy Awards over his 60-year career.
Peterson made Mississauga his home for 30 years.
He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame before dying of kidney failure in 2007 at the age of 82.”
From Montreal to Mississauga, a man of music is remembered.
His story makes me believe we should water the connection between these two city’s.
It doesn’t always need to be Toronto and everyone else.
Just like Kariya Park’s connection to the city Kariya in Japan, we can honor our relationships, with stories and lives like Oscar’s.